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Cracked Carabiners 6-Jan-2009 At 9:10:54 AM jrc

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Thanks James. I just checked ALL my carabiners over & found a crack like yours in one bent wire D Black diamond. Junked it. This would date from 1990.

No cracks evident in the few lightweight Ds even under 10x magnification but i've decided to stop using them. It's amazing how bad scratches look under a lens! Didn't see cracks in any other BDs or other branded krabs. I was quite amazed also how roughly finished these older BD carabiners are; a lot of sharp edges inside the body of the krab.

Thanks again for pointing this out. Gear used as runners takes 2x the fall force.

Thought I might check over my hard stem friends too which still I carry in the bag to use as extras on big cracks.

The other device which scares me is the ATC. I buy a new one of these every 2y as the metal is so thin...