Grivel Carryabiner Screw Holder

Gunkiemike wrote:

People have been doing various versions of that for years. Generally a very nice bit of kit. The first one I ever saw used BD's really large Fin biners. Here (pic) is one that doesn't involve drilling the biners.

I made one of these. The connectors are zipties rethreaded through sections of cut-up plastic pen. 

Pros:
Can make it at home for basically free
You've got two clippers right next to each other
When folded over on itself for storage/transport, it is a tiny piece of gear

Cons:
Not very durable
Not as rigid
Takes up a gear loop

Overall, it works okay.

FWIW I love my carryabiners. Way better than any of the other options on the market.

I bought 1 Grivel Carryabiner to try. Started using it in October, by mid November the gate was sticking open. A climbing partner that is a machinist tried to clean it/fix it. He couldn't because he said the gate had a flaw. The score refunded me.

I'll chalk it up to a 1 off flaw and would like to buy another one but no one is selling them anymore.

There are still lots for sale. I’ve seen them in every gear shop I’ve been in recently. 

I got a pair of Carryabiners and have used them for maybe 20 days. The basket is deep and wide, which is nice. They play well with Petzl tools. Right out of the box the gate tension was pretty low, like way lower than any carabiner or other ice clipper. Now with one of them the gate doesn't fully snap shut each time.

I bought 2 more Carryabiners, they are working well.  I use them for my tools since there is no risk they will break like plastic ones sometimes do. 

Mike Wilkinsonwrote:

Just bought a pair of Grivel carryabiners after dealing with my plastic BD ones, with the wire gates staying open, the tabs that hold it in place breaking, and in general not being a bomb proof piece of my kit. When seated in my Petzl Adjama's loops for caritools, they moved around a bit more than I wanted, so I looped them onto the harness with the plastic piece they came with. Will report back when I've put a few pitches in with them, but they seem great so far!

Did you loop the carryabiner behind the harness padding, meaning the biner is between the harness and your body.

How comfortable is it ?

No. You need clipper slots on your harness. I will take a photo tonight of the best way I’ve found to attach them. 

The waistband on my Arc Teryx harness is a bit wide for the rubber strap, but I was able to stretch the strap with the help of a heat gun (while OFF of the harness).  I’ve tried using the rubber strap a bunch of different ways, but having it on the inside of the waistband seems to keep it in place the best. 

Graham Johnsonwrote:

No. You need clipper slots on your harness. I will take a photo tonight of the best way I’ve found to attach them.

Do you find this comfortable? I have the camp alpine flash harness as well, and also use the carryabiner, but I found when using like this, the plastic ends would really dig into my hip. I ended up removing the plastic and dealing with a little floppiness.

Yeah. I don’t even notice them. Very uncomfortable to have the plastic strap go around the waist belt. 

Racechinees .wrote:

Not sure about the two clipper method; but don't they just make it: https://www.simond.com/simond-rack-id_8273617

Yeah I’ve used it. Works great, especially if your harness doesn’t have clipper slots, or only one slot per side and you want to rack more screws 

I use the grivel carrybiners. well made and reasonably functionable. They could have designed it more as a carrying tool and less like a big biner but its still a good rig. 

Has anyone tried using these for racking trad gear? 

Graham Johnsonwrote:

No. You need clipper slots on your harness. I will take a photo tonight of the best way I’ve found to attach them.

I wonder how well an o-ring would do in that configuration?

I just got the Alpine Flash in the mail, and the BD don't really fit. Also, they're wide and push the gear loops down flat, which sucks. I bought two more BD clippers to use with this harness (upgrading from a Sitta), but I won't try to use them and will return them. I can see I want a narrower clipper, and so the Carryabiner is probably the best option for the Flash.

Hopefully they have them in Bozeman next week.