DMM Alpha Trad Carabiner - 5-Pack for Sale, Reviews, Deals and Guides

I racked all my cams on either Photon Wires or Nano 22s, then my climbing partner shows up with some new pieces this season-- he had half a rack get corroded by vicious garage moisture-- and his C4s were racked with Alpha Trad biners. Cue my biner envy: Wow. These things are MADE for perfect racking! The shape and snag-free nose makes them easy to handle while keeping the bulk down on your gear loops. They weight to strength ratio is textbook awesome and the construction is typical bomber DMM quality. In sum: if I could do it all over I'd rack with these puppies. DMM continues to impress me.

These are now my favorite biner- they stay in your hand while clipping, super size to weight ratio, Work well in the alpine while wearing gloves, not much of a weigh penalty for your summer rack. Snagless nose is fantastic. I think they are slightly better then the Wild Country Heliums (my old favorite) because of the shape (easier gripping). Either one is heads or tails above the rest.

I like this product but compare to helium wc it has somewhat worse handling.

I love these for racking cams. I like the Alpha Wire more than any other clean nose biner save for the Shields, but sadly DMM doesn't make multi-colored Shields, so I use these as my fall-back.