Isc triple action snap failure to close.

[colb]

Look, Listen and Feel all your life-support connections, connecting, and for sensibility, quit using a faulty life-support product.

I read up on the double action snap and learned that they can open when the snap is compressed against the body. I'm not sure which is better/worse. Does this put us at caribiners and quickies? What are you using?

 

[ghostice]

Did he get back to you with batch or production run numbers (wonky v.s. new improved) - I could be wrong but that should be available as part of CE cert process I think. Personally a Saturday project today was to cut out the ISC triple snaps I had and render them unserviceable (and a buncha funny shapes) with a sledge (and a beer). Once you introduce doubt into the system and yet another thing to always have to check up on, I check out of stuff like this. Check my prussik cord before I tie up, but never had it not work if it gets clanked against a trunk . . . so in my risk matrix, not worth the anxiety if it's gonna be fussier than a triple locking biner. Some of the above experience makes me nervous, esp. if I can't ID new stuff from old stuff I might have. Back to ISC doubles for me.

 

[southsoundtree]

I read up on the double action snap and learned that they can open when the snap is compressed against the body. I'm not sure which is better/worse. Does this put us at caribiners and quickies? What are you using?

Double-safety biners, newly a quickie, and flip line with single-safety before opening gate snap-hook.

 

[evo]

I read up on the double action snap and learned that they can open when the snap is compressed against the body. I'm not sure which is better/worse. Does this put us at caribiners and quickies? What are you using?

I use a double action steel on a wire core. With the oldschool big dee rings it can roll and open the dual action. For rope I use steel oval carabiners.
I’m kinda pissed I bought a lemon. I wanted a Tri lock carabiner gate isc snap, but I got the bunk one instead (I either screwed up ordering, or they screwed up filling the order) regardless my fault for not sending it back. I instead used it, for a few climbs and it jammed on me, just like the old one.
Now I’m stuck with it, hardly used.

 

[Merle Nelson]

Did he get back to you with batch or production run numbers (wonky v.s. new improved) - I could be wrong but that should be available as part of CE cert process I think. Personally a Saturday project today was to cut out the ISC triple snaps I had and render them unserviceable (and a buncha funny shapes) with a sledge (and a beer). Once you introduce doubt into the system and yet another thing to always have to check up on, I check out of stuff like this. Check my prussik cord before I tie up, but never had it not work if it gets clanked against a trunk . . . so in my risk matrix, not worth the anxiety if it's gonna be fussier than a triple locking biner. Some of the above experience makes me nervous, esp. if I can't ID new stuff from old stuff I might have. Back to ISC doubles for me.

Never replied with info on how to tell new batch from old "good from bad" on this thread as far as I have seen. Turns out I have three to cut off lanyards and short positioning lines and replace with biners.