carabiner help !!!

[JamesT]

Any one brought carabiners latley?

need some for hammock/tarp as never used them before

any good ones / also where from?

any help would be much appreciated

thanks

 

[Peter_t]

good ones? imo any will do as your not using them for climbing. most aluminium carabiners have a breaking strength of between 20-30kn or in other words can hold 2-3 tons.

get the cheepest posable or seccond hand off ebay

pete

 

[tobes01]

good ones? imo any will do as your not using them for climbing. most aluminium carabiners have a breaking strength of between 20-30kn or in other words can hold 2-3 tons.

Agreed, I've picked up various carabiners at various points. Since you're not planning to fall 50ft down a cliff on a length of rope using them, your fine so long as there are no visible defects.

Tobes

 

[welshwhit]

Have a look at costswold rockbottom, usually a bargin or two to be had!

I'd even go as far as saying wire/snapgates, that is not screwgates will be ample and cheaper!

Drew

 

[Shewie]

Have a look for a quickdraw set, it's two crabs connected with a piece of webbing. Just take off the webbing and you're good to go, a bit cheaper than buying two individually.

I use something similar to these ...
http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/wild-country-xenon-wire-quickdraw-10cm/CORECEJD13XEN10

 

[johnboy]

Any one brought carabiners latley?

need some for hammock/tarp as never used them before

any good ones / also where from?

any help would be much appreciated

thanks

Hi,

Some good suggestions above. One thing I'd advise is to avoid any of those Chinese Karabiners / Carabiners that infest ebay. The sort of thing with a built in whistle or compass or not intended for climbing use. They're ok for cliping kit on packs etc but are not designed for any serious weight bearing so I'd avoid them for hamock use...

 

[hedgerow pete]

I only ever buy climbing kabs from either cotswold or the like

 

[jamin]

http://www.needlesports.com/acatalog/Mail_Order_Karabiners_22.html#aDMM_20TRUSCREWX
DMM - Needle Sports Prowire Krab £3.99 there good there what i use

 

[demographic]

Only buy the climbing ones, the chinese made tat isn't any use for hanging any weight off.

 

[JamesT]

thanks for the info guys, was a big help
jamest

 

[Satyr]

The cheapest bits around are Malions - they look like a link from a chain with a screw gate in them and will cost no more than a few pounds. They will last a lifetime and you can climb on them if you really wanted too (most small ones break around the 40kN mark so you can even tow your car with them...)

 

[scubapauly]

I got a couple of climbing ones cheap from GoOutdoors

 

[Ratbag]

I've probably got a few in the garage that I could do with clearing out. I'll have a look.

Rat