Edelrid strike slider carabiner

would you consider this a locking carabiner?

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I've used the Strike Slider and the Pure Slider both a ton over the last year. The Strike's sliding mechanism is lower profile than the Pure's, and much more difficult to slide, especially with gloves when it's wet. I have given up on using the Strike for ice/winter use. I use the Strike with my belay device and the Pure for most of my other locking biner needs. The only place I've considered using a different style locker is on a top rope setup that I'm not watching regularly. Otherwise, I'm totally comfortable with it. If you're not comfortable with it, I'd say don't use it. For me, it's fine.

Works great for me as a belay biner and has become my go-to locker. The only challenge was learning to tie a one-handed clove hitch into one at a hanging belay - it's possible with some practice but not as easy as a screw-gate.

I've been using the HMS and smaller brother for a year or so and have not had a problem. The lack of a collar allows you to rotate the biner freely in hangers or chains where a collared locker might hang up. Definite disadvantage when just clipping a rope.

i love it and sometimes hate it. If it gets grit in it or if weighted it can be difficult to open. Only a problem in clusterfucks where it's difficult to unweight or move it around, but that's when patience is lowest. sometimes it doesn't close (again, dirt/grit). I would never take it ice climbing.

I like it for my grigri or tether if I'm using those, and on jumars or aiders depending on my setup, no so much for the weight savings, but b/c I can rotate it around fully.

I've got the HMS Strike Slider carabiner and would repeat what others have said about its use for belaying or tying in but avoiding it for toprope use. I think it's the ultimate locker to use for one handed clove and munter tying. You can literally open the gate with the rope and I use it all the time for guiding, particularly on alpine climbs when I'm short roping a lot. You do have to wathc it a little because it will not always lock. I think you need to keep the gate mechanism clean and lubricated to help it work best.

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I bought a couple. I really like them for cloving into an anchor, hanging the device on guide mode, and a few other tasks. I'll stick to screw gates for my belay devices, mostly for peace of mind.

I do think they're really a neat innovation, and definitely have a place on my harness though.