Opinions Of The Trango Snap???

[richhoffman]

Are these things good for lanyards???

 

[Rookieclimber]

I like it. It is a little bit easier to open, but I could see it becoming a problem if you hook it on your D ring with the gate facing in.

It opens easy, but maybe a little too easy.

 

[tophopper]

Its scary fast! But I like it.

About rookieclimbers statement about not clipping gate facing in.... do you mean gate out and locking mechanism in?
In my experience, you should clip it gate in and locking mechanism out. With the locking mech on the inside its real easy to lean on it opening the mechanism.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

I agree John!

 

[Zac]

Redesigned for 2008!
http://www.iscwales.com/whatshot/2008/August/index.htm

It looks like an improvement, but they are still really easy to open.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

When you guys say 'easy to open' do you mean easy as in convenient or easy as in 'too easy and it could open by accident' ?

 

[tod_k]

If the locking mechanism is pressed it's quite easy for them to "roll out" of a dee ring because of the size of the gate and the opening.

 

[NickfromWI]

Which is the trango snap?

 

[Mark_B.]

Petzl actually warns exactly about that kind of scenario, see attachment.

 

[Mark_B.]

One thing I don't get about using snaps on lanyards is this: We demand double locking krabs in the whole climbing system, but on the lanyard it's OK to use a snap with a single locking mechanism. That to me seems inconsistent.

I realise the snap type connectors are popular with many people and I'm not knocking that, I just don't quite understand why an exception should be made here as to the level of safety vs. the other connectors we use.

 

[Zac]

Too easy to open!

 

[Mark_B.]

is that a reason for or against?

 

[Playground_Hero]

Good point mark food for thought.

 

[louis]

i've been using one for about 4 years, mine is not made by isc, its made by kong, the kong version is not as easy to open ... isc calls it the trango snap
kong calls it the tango carabiner
same thing though

attachment of mine

 

[louis]

do a search on kong tango carabiner-----its been around for a while

 

[PUClimber]

I have one of each and love them both.

 

[Zac]

In my opinion, that would be a negative.

This is my favorite rope snap

 

[Murph]

Agreed