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interesting numbers!

Any concern about the biner getting too much load, make it two half-hitches rather than one. The biner can go right from clipping slings for knotless rigging to direct connect.

Over-priced for something that has failed to hold for one crew, multiple times, IMO.

Can you jam a twig into the gap between the two pieces? This is done with skidding chokers in some instances to keep the choker cinched, without a load on the choker's eye.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dc7mk5mHeIE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> If you have solo work... I watched it before, but not recently. Seemed to be slick, as I recall.

Reg, did you see the remote release video that someone rigged up for this, allowing the climber to release a rigged load? Perhaps the greatest advantage over other systems. Its on TreeBuzz.

P.S. Belay Spools aren't made any longer. They're stainless steel. I forget the strength rating. If resting on a vertical trunk, if you are setting a top rigging point, let it dangle a bit on a longer sling than absolutely necessary. If you're hanging the BS through an overhead crotch on a...

They come up time to time for $60, somehow. I like to use the two outside slots, rather than all three, or two adjacent ones, with 1/2" rope. A stretchy rope can help when there is little rope in the system to cushion things.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Steel-rope-guide-Rescue-Fire-Industrial-Climbing-RESCUE-BMS-BELAY-113-/331039440554?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d137cfeaa $60

BMS Belay Spool, Peter!

I can't afford a groundie who can't untie a bowline or uncoil a locking biner. It won't take them long to break stuff or loose stuff or keep not doing what they are told. These things lead to frustration, which leads to increased danger.

I wonder if a wrap would hold the thing tighter for dynamic rigging, where things bounce a round a lot. A half-hitch or marl would make me more comfy. I would probably opt to stay with one or two half hitches and a choke with a steel biner.