Petzl Oval Screw Link
Made with a wide opening for use with rope, the Petzl Oval Screw Link is a compact, lightweight alternative to carabiners for semi-permanent attachments.
- Constructed of 7mm cadmium steel for a breaking strength of 5,500 pounds
- Design to handle multi-directional loads as might be found in rescue situations
- Recommended as a lighter and less expensive attachment device for Petzl ascenders or main anchor points
- Links are marked with a Normal Working Load, (NWL), which is about 1/5 of their strength
Imported.
View all Petzl Carabiners| Best Use | Climbing Caving |
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| Weight | 60 grams |
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Tough and Reliable
I use these links for fixed anchors on outdoor routes. Sure, hardware store links work and are significantly cheaper but aren't rated to anywhere near the strength of these links. Most importantly for me, I have a number of carabiners with a "keeper pin" to keep the biner from being removed. These links are the only links I've found slim enough to fit in the space between the keeper pin and the biner's spine. I would not recommend these links as a bail biner. The size makes it hard to feed the rope through it directly. A simple aluminum carabiner is cheaper and easy to use as a bail biner.
Good quality, good weight for alpine climbing
The Petzl Oval Screw link is a good emergency 'bail biner' for Alpine or Trad climbing. A bit more expensive than the Metolius Quick Link, but 1/3 the weight.
Some advantages over typical 8mm
This Petzl 7mm quick link has some advantages. The 7mm is a tad lighter but more importantly the opening when fully open is much larger than the typical 8mm quick link because it is longer. So it will fit over just about anything you would encounter at an anchor. The other thing is that it is narrower than most 8mm ones so that if you were using a tag line there is little possibility an EDK would pull through it eliminating the need for a snag prone reepschnur setup if you have to leave it. Someone else commented that it would be too narrow to bail off of but unless you have very thick ropes I don't see that being an issue. Other people say leaving a carabiner is cheaper. For one an edk would pass through a carabiner and unless you are buying an unrated Chinese carabiner I don't think that is cheaper option.
The educated review
Please do not confuse this product with a not rated hareware store screw link. This is a EN 362:05/Q & 12275, CE0082, and UIAA rated screw link from Maillon Rapide in France (But supplied through PETZl a very respected climbing company). That is what you are paying for, unlike the cheap not rated link from the hareware store, which if used for personal protection will most likely turn you into a statistic. So please do your homework when choosing personal protective equipment, and NEVER buy PPE from hareware store.
Solid Connection
It gets the job done. Don't for get to bring a 12mm wrench! If you over tighten the nut it can develop burs, so don't crank it down.
Reliable and light
When establishing and bolting new canyoneering routes this is the quick link that I clip at the hanger. I also carry a couple on my mountaineering adventures as an emergency abseiling anchor building.
Clean the threads
It appears that the top male threads on these screw links need cleaning due to fine metal particles or burrs. Otherwise they will not screw fully closed (a few threads remaining at the top). After lightly brushing them with a small copper wire brush, the links now fully screw closed as they should.
Just encase
Bought theses for the Black Hills, just on the off chance that I might need them. Great quality, but at a price compared to others.
A must for outdoor climbing
I think everyone should have at least one bail biner on there harness. Better than loosing a [$] quickdraw on an outdoor wall, and can also be used to suppliment chain anchors.
Overpriced.......
This is about 3x more expensive than those at the hardware store....also has a lower working load of 1100 lbs. Basically a repackaged hardware link with the upcharge...