Andy.lion wrote:
Yup, looks like a cheap ass pressed steel copy of a cheap ascender, better off with a prusik hitch. Or just get a grigri.
At first glance, I thought it was an ascender as well. I have a pair of similar looking ones, that I DYI'd foot loops onto, crossing the loops from L/R. They work well, and are very quiet, and easy on the outer braid.
It would probably work as an ascender, you can't attach it mid rope though.
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