Snapgates
Snapgate karabiners (also known as carabiners, krabs or biners) for clipping ropes and slings together. Solid gates are usually preferred for sport climbing, and are available in a straight gate for clipping the bolt or a bent gate for clipping the rope to. Wiregates are made from a single piece of stainless steel wire and have a much simpler mechanism. They are lighter than solid gates, so they're ideal for keeping the weight of a large trad or alpine climbing rack down to a minimum. Wiregates won't freeze up when you're ice climbing, and are less prone to gate flutter due to the reduced mass.
We stock a wide range of karabiners from top climbing brands DMM, Wild Country, Black Diamond, Wild Country, Grivel, Edelrid, Metolius and Ocun, with multipacks offering great value for money.
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Incl. 20% TaxRegular Price: £74.99
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The Alpha Wire is a beautifully designed wiregate karabiner, with a large ergonomic size that makes it very easy to handle, even with gloves on. The deep rope basket helps seat gear and ropes, and encourages loading along the Alpha’s strongest axis. A clean nose helps prevent snagging and accidental gate opening. Superb ergonomics and safe design mean the Alpha excels in any climbing environment. The full colour range in this six pack allows you to coordinate with your gear or connect with a Dynatec Dyneema® 11mm sling, for an Alpha Wire quickdraw with excellent handling for sport, trad or winter climbing. Learn More -
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The Nineteen G is the undisputed lightest karabiner in the world and is so light that two of them weigh less than the classic Outside best-seller, the Wild Country Wild Wire. Inevitably there are consequences on the design, this wiregate is much smaller than any other karabiner we sell. However for certain applications, such as monster Gogarth racks or tiny Ryanair baggage allowances, they simply can't be beaten. This is a pack of 6, anodised in different colours so you can colour code your cams or create funky rainbow quickdraws!
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The Phantom is one of the lightest karabiners in the world, but it's also large enough to be functional and super safe with 3 sigma tested 23kN gate closed and 9kN gate open strengths.
Phantoms are now available in a multicoloured six pack, which correspond to the colours used on DMM's and Wild Country's cams.
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£36.99Incl. 20% TaxThe DMM WallDO is an offset oval wiregate that was developed as a do it all workhorse – a karabiner that will perform in any role you can throw at it. The large, shallow baskets provide a similar performance to an oval, while maintaining a bias towards the back of the karabiner to increase strength. Webbing sits comfortably at either end and they work as well with etriers and haul bags as they do on backpack straps. Learn More -
£14.00Incl. 20% TaxThe Helium karabiner from Wild Country is widely regarded as one of the best "all-round" karabiners out there - it's large size is easy to handle (even with gloves on) and the wire gate trims weight down and slots into a niche at the nose for a clean profile that won't snag on slings, bolts, wires or ropes. This latest version is 5g heavier than the last one for some reason, but it's still pretty light for the size. Learn More -
£13.50Incl. 20% TaxThe Alpha Wire is a beautifully designed wiregate karabiner, with a large ergonomic size that makes it very easy to handle, even with gloves on. The deep rope basket helps seat gear and ropes, and encourages loading along the Alpha's strongest axis. A clean nose helps prevent snagging and accidental gate opening. Superb ergonomics and safe design mean the Alpha excels for sport, trad or winter climbing. Learn More -
Incl. Tax£12.99The Aether is a superlight karabiner from DMM. I-beam construction and a wire gate keep the weight down, and the clean, recessed nose reduces snagging and accidental opening when pressed against the rock. Learn More -
Incl. Tax£10.00The Nineteen G is the undisputed lightest karabiner in the world and is so light that two of them weigh less than the classic Outside best-seller, the Wild Country Wild Wire.
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£9.99Incl. 20% TaxThe DMM Phantom karabiner is one of the lightest around, but still retains a very useable size. They are ideal for building a lightweight rack, whether it’s for fast and light alpine ascents or trad onsight. Use on lightweight quickdraws, to rack gear, or to hold essentials like nut keys. Learn More -
£8.99Incl. 20% TaxThe DMM WallDO is an offset oval wiregate that has versatility and style in abundance. It has been developed as a do it all workhorse – a karabiner that will perform in any role you can throw at it. The large, shallow baskets provide a similar performance to an oval, while maintaining a bias towards the back of the karabiner to increase strength. Webbing sits comfortably at either end and they work as well with etriers and haul bags as they do on backpack straps. Learn More
