Cordes Courant Moka harness karabiner

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.

They are dearer, of course! But the Moka is a good price... and you'd not want a single point of attachment that was *too* cheap, would you?

I've used one of these since the start of 2010 and find it as easy to use as my normal Omni screwgate. Cordes Courant are making a (limited) range of good hardwear these days, as well as their ropes.

Length is 87mm, weight is 54g.

Long axis strength is 25kn, gate opening is 10kn