carritool beeners anyone?

[imagineero]

These looked pretty useful until I got them. I thought the idea of having a rigid beener that woudn't move around on my harness would be fantastically easy to hang stuff off one handed, and it is, but that's the problem.... every other thing gets hooked up in them too! I've been climbing with them for about a month, and pretty much every day my saw lanyard, flipline and climbing rope get snapped up by them, as does pretty much anything hanging on my gear loops (other biners, prussiks etc).

Is anyone using these and liking them?

Shaun

 

[RacerX]

I use two on my saddle and love the fact that they stay perpendicular and don't fold over like a regular carabiner. On one I use a small cable tie to hold the gate open and hang my saw on that one. Their convenient location (on each hip) makes them get more use than they should because you end up hanging everything from them.. :msp_thumbup:

 

[beastmaster]

I bought one last week, I like it as it makes it easy for me to hang up my saw one handed, but your right, everything gets tangled up in there. I'm going to experiment with different locations on my belt.
Yesterday at one point I had my 8 plate, silky, and flip line all stuck in there and couldn't even get my saw on. beastmaster

 

[squad143]

I use one to hang my saw on.

Occasionally things get caught on it. Usually brush when working my through trees, however I wouldn't be without one.

 

[RacerX]

I use one to hang my saw on.

Occasionally things get caught on it. Usually brush when working my through trees, however I wouldn't be without one.

That's one advantage of a plastic hook. Anything big that falls and catches it will snap it off instead of possibly getting caught the hurting the climber. I've seen guys with open metal hooks that under the wrong circumstances could be dangerous.

 

[Ax-man]

I am with the OP. I found those things to be totally useless.

 

[Arbor Vision]

I have three of them on my seqouia (so) harness and love em. One on each hip and one on the back in the center. With my harness when u open the gate all the way it will lock it self open and to close it all u have to do is lift up on the caratool and it will unlock itself and close easy one hand operation. Nice to be able to have some thing securely attached on it and use one hand to lock the gate open and pull of what I need and then lift on the caratool and it closes the gate....I'm pretty sure my harness is specifically designed for caratool.

 

[oldirty]

don't be surprised when the plastic breaks and your saw tumbles to the earth below. (good thing i use a bungee saw lanyard for my 200t)

 

[tree md]

I've got one and was originally using it to hang my saw off of but never could get comfortable with hanging my 2 hunge on plastic. Also, I wear my saw on my right hip and clip in on the same hip with my lanyard. Just seemed like an accident waiting to happen to me. Things did get hung up on it quite a bit when I had it on my right hip. I switched out to an aluminum biner on my right hip for the saw and moved the caritool to the left hip. I use it for everything. I carry loop runners on it, clip my hand ascender on it when I'm through using it and hang about a thousand other different things on it. It will catch a piece of gear occasionally but not nearly as bad as when I had it on my right hip. Plus there is no chance of clipping into it with my lanyard by mistake. Pretty useful piece of kit in my book.

 

[Arbor Vision]

I have a bungee saw lanyard too but clip the other end to something other than my caratool and hang my saw from the caratool for quick retrieval.

 

[oldirty]

I have a bungee saw lanyard too but clip the other end to something other than my caratool and hang my saw from the caratool for quick retrieval.

exactly. that is why my saw never hit the ground!

light duty, like md uses it for, is good though....

 

[TreeAce]

I have a small caritool on my sequoia. On the right hip for my saw but nothing larger than my 200T. I think they are ok but not a heck of alot better than the pear shaped biner I was using. I have had a few times when i go to get my saw and realize the freakn gate is popped out and resting on the wrong side of things. I just pop it back where it goes but it kinda makes me wonder. I consider it a useful item.

 

[TimberMcPherson]

I started using the black diamond ice clipper about a decade back, when the petzl caritool came out I was stoked. They have never let me down.
All 4 harnesses we use have em, I have a large and small one on my harness and it has never let me down, and I dont tend to use a chainsaw lanyard anymore and have no trouble with the 3120 or 88's although the ms200t is my usual carry.

Wouldnt be without one on my saddle

 

[Arbor Vision]

I started using the black diamond ice clipper about a decade back, when the petzl caritool came out I was stoked. They have never let me down.
All 4 harnesses we use have em, I have a large and small one on my harness and it has never let me down, and I dont tend to use a chainsaw lanyard anymore and have no trouble with the 3120 or 88's although the ms200t is my usual carry.

Wouldnt be without one on my saddle

U carry a 3120 or a 880 on a caritool???

 

[mr. holden wood]

U carry a 3120 or a 880 on a caritool???

I have the big petzl caritool, it snags ropes,branches, fliplines and the gates pops out all the time. I think I would get the smaller version next time. I hang a 660 on it without a second thought, doubt it would break and if it did thats what leashes are for. Cant even imagine running a saw without a leash. Like climbing without a hardhat.

 

[flushcut]

I use Black Diamond Big easy bent gate biners with the gate notch filed off. I can load and unload with one hand without even thinking about it and have never had an issue with snagging other stuff. In a pinch they are extra biners that can hold a person.

 

[treemandan]

don't be surprised when the plastic breaks and your saw tumbles to the earth below. (good thing i use a bungee saw lanyard for my 200t)

Do you still ride a bicycle with training wheels too tough guy ?

And it says right on the box that those Caritools are for homos.

 

[chad556]

[video=youtube;pLdtTFE-ie8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLdtTFE-ie8[/video]

Here is a video I found from a member of this site. Pretty cool tip. His other videos are worth a look as well :msp_thumbsup:

I have never used a caritool so I have no experience with them. I did make something similar though that works great for me. I have a petzl spirit bent gate carabiner attached to the webbing gap in my harness with some adhesive velcro tape. I attached the 'loops' portion to the top of the carabiner and the 'hooks' tape to the inside of the webbing on the saddle. The velcro provides just enough "grab" to hold the carabiner facing outward so it can be used easily one handed while still being flexible enough to withstand being sat on or bumped around. Never have had anything get stuck in it that wasnt supposed to be. Here is a pic:

 

[TimberMcPherson]

U carry a 3120 or a 880 on a caritool???

Yeah but not both at the same time.:msp_razz:

I generally use the 3120 with a 26 inch for fast bombing out of a stick once the 44 has done its bit. It sits in the cartool fine and its less energy, time and general strain used getting it into cut position from your hip rather than having to haul it up by its lanyard from below your feet. (I mostly still use a lanyard, but not nearly as much as I used to)

Carried the 88's not as often, but I havent had any trouble even with a 60 inch bar although its got really rubbish balance. Dont get me wrong, its utterly butt breaking and I avoid it if at all possible, but the caritool for me is the best saw carrying system out there.

 

[treemandan]

yeah, Casey is the man. I wouldn't mind burning a doob with that guy... then gnashing his caritool to bits with my teeth.


I suppose a flat back alli beener is due but make it small, going round a tree with what looks like a big plastic meat hook ain't no good.