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    Petzl ball lock, I hate them.

    Today was the day I said frig it.. The new one was behaving much better but I got fed up and switched back to the pair of CT's I used before this little experiment.
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    Petzl ball lock, I hate them.

    Overall about the same but the ratings are interesting to think about, 1kn stronger one way, 1kn weaker the other (gate open is =). Old 28,7,7 New 27, 8,7
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    Petzl ball lock, I hate them.

    Since I'm comparing now here's a couple photos. I'm showing the better enclosed ball of the new one and the total redesigned lock barrel. Of course the overall construction has changed as well now being made for H barstock.
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    Petzl ball lock, I hate them.

    Surprise update- on a whim last week before I posted this thread I was placing an order for some other stuff so I tossed one in my cart. I was given a William and a AM'd so I picked up another AM'd to have a matched pair. I've now received the brand new latest generation AM'd to evaluate and I...
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    Petzl ball lock, I hate them.

    All the rest of my biners are DMM PerfectO's and different CT's, all lift->twist->open, that's what's engrained on me so that's why I'm having the problems. Think I'll stick with it the rest of the week, I like the idea of having a different style of biner for my lanyard so why not see if I can...
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    Petzl ball lock, I hate them.

    Hello all, this is my first thread started here but I recognize a lot of ya'll from treebuzz and some of ya from YouTube... Recently in the other forum we're, as we do, discussing gear and I noticed a good number of people saying they preferred the petzl ball locks on their positioning lanyards...
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