can anyone recommend a cheap, load bearing carabinier?

[ollyboyd]

I'm after a few carabiniers for my hammock suspension and I'm finding it a bit tricky as eBay is swamped with no-brand accessory carabiniers which are fine but won't take weight. Anyone found any before?
Cheers!

 

[Mike8472]

Try a soft shackle/dynema shackle. They are as strong as metal carabiners but only weigh a few grams. You can pick them up on any of hammock sites such as dd hammocks or ukhammocks or even ebay. Tend to be priced around £5-7.

 

[Jared]

Flints have steel screwgates for less than £4. http://www.flints.co.uk/acatalog/Steel-General-Purpose-Karabiners-to-EN362.html

If want lighter wire carabiners then buying a climbing quickdraw could work out cheaper.

Eg. http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/wild-country-xenon-wire-quickdraw-10cm-p123276

 

[The Cumbrian]

Needlesports always have good deals on carabiners too.

 

[Shewie]

Have a look at quickdraws in the climbing stores, that's what I used when I had crabs on my setup.

 

[demographic]

Needlesports pretty much always have good deals on the go.
Its worth noting that last time I was buying DMM quadcams from Cotswold I got them to pricematch with Needlesports so you can haggle the price down a bit even in the chains.

I just didn't want to spend the money on diesel to go to Keswick on things that I could buy in Carlisle.

 

[ollyboyd]

Thanks guys, I went with these Black Diamond quickdraws for £10/pair delivered. http://www.facewest.co.uk/Black-Diamond-Freewire-Quickdraw-Set.html best value I could find

 

[Tomcoles]

I brought these and there very very good and have a screw lock cheep and come in pairs

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