Karabiners etc.

Cordes Courant Moka harness karabiner. Essentially a karabiner to replace the central maillon in an SRT setup. The Moka is an alloy, tri-act karabiner, strong, light, and convenient to use. As with the Omni, the advantages of this over a traditional steel maillon are weight, convenience (easier and quicker to unclip from the harness intentionally) and the reassurance that if any openings unscrew / undo, the karabiner is still as strong as long as the gate reains closed... not so with a maillon....

Faders Lotus HMS screwgate. Large pear - shaped alloy screwgate designed for belaying with the Italian, (or HMS or Munter) hitch. The pear shape facilitates the knot reversing in use when changing from taking in to paying out, and vice versa. Suitable for belaying directly, and also for carrying belay devices e.g. Petzl Reverso. Keylock style closure for ease of clipping in and removing the rope, and the screwgate ensures increased safety while belaying or clipping in. Longitudinal axis - 25kn....

Faders 405-00F steel snaplink - braking karabiner. A heavy steel snaplink which is well suited for use as a braking karabiner. Less aggressive braking than the Raumer Handy, and a less massively strong heatsink than the R400; but significantly lighter and somewhat smaller than the latter - and very affordable. Also useful if you want a more versatile braking krab i.e. it can also hold together the Garma harness when in ascent, be used as part of a Garda hitch, and works better on steel cable...

Half circle maillon, 10mm, steel. Classic screw closure link for modern caving SRT harnesses. Can be used with all sit harnesses sold by Starless River; only the Petzl Omni or the Cordes Courant Moka may be used in its place with safety. Supplied as PPE.

Petzl A'm D karabiner. Alloy D shaped screwgate karabiner, reassuringly solid and strong (28Kn major axis). Keylock gate. Suitable for descender attachment (large internal space makes a hard lock easy). Also a very useful accessory krab for attaching the footloop to the jammer, and for cowstails if a very strong screwlock is favoured over a snaplink.

Petzl Omni harness karabiner. An alloy screwgate karabiner, essentially replaces a central D shaped maillon in a SRT sit harness. Solid (10mm bar) design with keylock and red safety feature (as with all Petzl screwgates) Quicker to do up and undo than a traditional maillon, light, and perhaps marginally safer in that should the gate undo itself in the course of a very long pitch, or lots of prussiking, the Omni will maintain the integrity of the loop.

Troll Proton 9 Screwgate. A light, strong and compact screwgate karabiner. Steel, not plastic hinge. Suitable for rigging; also, as it is a keylock design it will make clipping bolts and ropes relatively easy - so also applicable as components of personal SRT kit. 99mm long, weighs 54g, gate opening is 16mm. Strength 24 kn (long axis), 8kn gate loaded, 8kn gate open.

Troll Sprint 9 wiregate. For the price, a seriously light, strong and compact karabiner. Suitable for deviations, clipping tackle bags to things / people, and general accessory use where a screwgate is unnecessary. You can also use it for climbing, which is what is was designed for! The lock is the old fashioned 'fishing hook' - marginally less easy to unclip than a keylock; but very light, and good at shedding mud in particularly foul places. Size on long axis 95mm, weight 49g, gate opening...

Raumer R400 karabiner. Stainless steel, heavy, wiregate karabiner. Originally intended to rig lower - offs at the top of sport climbs, it also works as a very durable braking karabiner for those who use thicker diameter ropes (10mm+), where the Raumer Handy can be 'too' effective.