Petzl GRIGRI + Belay Device
Designed for all climbers and suitable for learning belayers, the Petzl GRIGRI + belay device offers assisted braking with an anti-panic handle and a special mode for comfortable top-rope belays.
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- Anti-panic handle brakes and stops the descent if the user pulls too hard
- Special mode facilitates taking slack and provides a comfortable top-rope belay
- Reduction handle offers exceptional control and ensures comfort during descents, thanks to the controlled progression of the rope feed
- Hand motions are the same as with classic belay systems with both hands on the rope; a fall is stopped by tightening the hand on the free end of the rope
- Durably built with a stainless-steel wear plate, this device can be used with all single ropes (optimized for 8.9-10.5mm diameter ropes)
- Diagrams for rope installation are engraved on the interior and exterior of the belay device
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View all Petzl Belay and Rappel Devices| Best Use | Rock Climbing |
|---|---|
| Assisted Braking | Yes |
| Suitable for Belaying | Yes |
| Suitable for Rappelling | Yes |
| Fits Rope Sizes | 8.5-11mm; optimized for 8.9-10.5mm |
| Weight | 200 grams |
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Fantastic-Yosemite Tested & Approved
So safe, so smooth, so wonderful. There is a reason a GriGri is present on nearly every rack in Yosemite. It is safe, solid, long lasting... the ultimate commuter/belay tool, quite possibly. Yes it may take more than 1 gym session to get the feel for it, but within 30 minutes it became as trusty as my older GriGri, with a plus. It offers safety, possibly life saving, if a new belayer gets scared and pulls. Or if a pro takes a phone call while belaying . Ugh. Why use anything else. Take 30 mins to an hour, get squared away with it and trust it. It might save yours or someone else’s life. I love it. My GriGri+ is always a part of every rope soloing adventure I take in our Yosemite. And it is a perfect, single strand rappelling device. Safe is good.
Poor Product Design
I work full time in a climbing gym. This is the worst assisted braking, cam style belay device available IMO. It frequently cams when you don't want it to, making a rough ride for lead climbing and lowering. The notch that you're suppose to use for your pointer finger on when lead belaying is far more difficult to use than the standard GriGri and GriGri 2. The notch is smooth metal rather than a hooked design. The reinforced steal plate would have been useful if they had actually put it in a place on the device that received any wear. It is also extremely difficult to switch the device between "lead mode" and "top rope mode." I would not suggest anyone purchase this device.
Excellent Belay Device
I bought this so my daughter can easily belay me. I am almost 2x her weight and the added safety of the GRIGRI+ allows her to belay me without worrying about dropping me. Since it works with any size rope we can climb all the routes in the gym. It is pricey but $150 is well worth the added safety. While using it at the gym we saw another climber fall from the top of the route and almost hit the floor because the person belaying them wasn't paying attention. With the GRIGRI+ this wouldn't have happened. I have no issues belaying my daughter with it even thought she is very light. The anti panic function has never kicked in unwarranted for me. Depending on the thickness of the rope you may have to use a little more force pulling it through the device. This is not an issue for me or my daughter. I highly recommend this product.
Plus worth it?
From comparing the plus to the original and the 2, the $30 price difference is not worth it in my opinion. The bracket that goes over the rope seems loose compared to the 2. Maybe over the long run i will change my mind for the pieces they added to the high wear areas, but for initial out of the box use the release lever was very "all or nothing" but has now got the same feel after about 5 top rope belays.
A great entry to the GriGri
This is probably the safest belay device at this moment. I would trust someone who has never belayed before to use this with me. The Anti-Panic handle does exactly what it is designed to do: prevent you from decking your climber from lowering them too fast. The ability to switch modes between Top Rope and Lead is a little gimmicky, but also useful. In Top Rope mode it is ultra grabby. It basically is cammed the entire time your partner is climbing; which means if they come off the wall they aren't going very far. Pulling slack through the device is ultra easy. In Lead mode the cam becomes much much stiffer. It is even stiffer than a standard GriGri. This makes paying out slack just stupid easy. I've never had it cam on me in this mode personally. The finger catch is a little smooth. I wish they would have kept the original profile, but it is still totally usable Switching between modes requires you to have a key on hand or something similar in that shape. I've head you can do it with your fingernail but I was never able to do that. So just find something to poke in there (watch a video on it) and then twist it and poke it back. It's not as hard as some people make it out to be. You just need a key or key-like object which can be inconvenient. The Anti-Panic handle has a sweet spot where you get maximum lowering out of the device and no risk of locking. It seems the biggest complaint I've heard by users of this device versus a standard GriGri is that they can't lower their climber "fast". I'm not exactly sure how fast they want to lower their climbers, but I assure you, it's not as bad as they make it out to be. If you are some crazed speed demon that insists on lowering your climber at 9.81 m/s^2, then you can easily override the Anti-Panic by caming about 50% of the way back and then just pushing the lever straight into the device. This avoids the Anti-Panic feature and you can lower your climber at free fall like you want to. The added Steel plates are what they are. They will reduce the wear on the highest wear spots giving longer life to your GriGri. But honestly, this won't really matter unless your rope is constantly full of dirt and is trying to saw your GriGri in half. Tl;dr, it's a great device with tons of features. It's more beginner orientated but anyone can benefit from it even if they seem to think they can't.
Quality belay device
I've been using my Grigri + for about a month over 5 or 6 climbing sessions outside and have been pleased with it. The smaller nub instead of the larger curled metal finger rest on the Grigri 2 took a day or two to get used to, but otherwise it operates similarly and has been perfectly reliable. It has 2 modes, a lead and toprope mode which it seems many others who have the device aren't even aware of, so make sure to look on the back to see that it is set appropriately so that slack can be fed more quickly and smoothly in lead, or so that the cam engages more quickly in toprope mode. The autolocking anti panic feature on the brake lever is a nice added feature, if I were to let a beginner use the device, but it does occasionally lock when lowering, although I hear it seems to occur more often when the climber is significantly lighter than the belayer. Even if it does lock, simply release the lever and pull it back to continue lowering, so it's not a big inconvenience. It does seem to feed slack quite well on lead mode, especially when you use the method to momentarily pinch the cam closed while pulling out rope (while holding the brake end of the rope still) It's super quick and easy to load the rope and clip onto a carabiner and accepts a wider size of rope than the Grigri 2 so that is nice. All in all, I'm very pleased with it, and after a couple sessions of using it and getting used to paying out slack and the speed with which to release the brake handle for lowering, I feel quite comfortable using this and much safer as well and have been exclusively belaying with the + instead of my Black Diamond ATC. Now if only I could get others to use this, I would myself, feel even better climbing.
Get the Grigi Instead
I really like most everything about this belay device. The safety lock on the handle ruins my experience though. Get the new standard GriGri instead and save yourself some money. I would have done that myself, but when this was launched you couldn't find one! Pros: - Being able to set how aggressive the belay device locks up is great when sharing with beginners or using different ropes that might feel different - Steel wear plates will give a little more life to your purchase Cons: - The 'safety feature' on the release handle is terribly annoying and can easily be overridden - Release handle feels cheep - The shelf to rest the device on your finger is far too small. You have to change the way you hold it vs a regular GriGri
worse in all ways than regular grigri
Grigri+ works just fine. But, it weighs more, costs more, and has annoying features compared to the regular GriGri. The anti-panic function is a hassle. Toggle between toprope and lead mode is not helpful. The finger catch is a real downgrade from the regular grigri
Makes lead belaying a nightmare
To appease my mother, I got this grigri +, because the safer the better, right? The lip on the side is so tiny and smooth compared to older models of the grigri, that is nearly impossible to hold on to. The biggest draw back though, is that the auto lock catches so easily that when you are feeding rope to your climber or lowering faster than a snails pace, it will lock up and you have a climber trying to clip on a hard route and has to wait for you to get it together or a climber hanging in space for eternity. I am super bummed - I wish I had purchased an older familiar model.
It autolocks too easily
I bought the grigri+ thinking it would be the same as the grigri/2 with extra security..but realized the extra security comes at a cost of autolocking constantly. When top roping, you need to lower the climber sooo slowly (or would autolock otherwise) that it was annoying for both the climber and belayer.