Click Up

I've never used a Click Up, but when I've been belayed with them, even by people I know to be experienced and competent belayers, I've found them very prone to unwanted lock-ups and brutal short-roping. But then the highly unfashionable Alpine Up is my preferred device for half rope belaying, so ...

I’ve never used a click up but I’ve used a grigri for seven years. I’ve climbed in the UK, across Europe, in Thailand and Australia, and with climbers from around the world, and with a few exceptions every single climber I’ve met has a grigri. When I meet someone who doesn’t, the first question is “

Can't rappel on double ropes with a grigri or pilot or mamumut smart or click-up. Belaying from the top sucks with a neox. I used an ATC for awhile but lowering from above is way harder. I also used the gigajul for a bit but was a little rough with thicker ropes

Can’t recommend the climbing technology click up enough, used it the last year for indoor aswell as sport and trad, great for top roping and lead climbing, catching with it is great, personally it’s my go to, always take a click up and an atc, but generally will reach for the click up.

I often switch my hand when belaying so can do left or right. I have a petzl reverso- but any tube device is good for either hand. For an auto locking device I use a click up. It’s effectively the same action as the tube devices and isn’t handed for left or right.

I've got similar feelings, I can't belay on ClickUp to save my life but I strongly believe that AlpineUp is the best thing since we had sliced bread. It allows much faster and safer belaying in my opinion.

I also think that the structural distinction between the ClickUp and standard assisted-braking tubes, such as the Smart or Mega Jul, is an important variable. The lack of a designed thumb-catch or ergonomic method to momentarily hold the ClickUp open while paying out slack often necessitate an awkwa

i think the Smart 2 and bd Pilot and similar is better for sport climbing lmao and for rapping on a multi, Grigri is still the best the one time i used a click up, i had more trouble on it than any other belay device i tried (for the first time)

Yeah, so i’ve tired a bunch of belay devices and ropes in the past 2 years. A big change for me was going to a skinner rope, I use between 8.2mm and 9mm nowadays. Skinny ropes get some hate, but if you take good care of them, they’ll be just fine. For belay devices, i’ve tried the revo, vergo, click

I agree with the core of it, that pistol grip devices are mostly just fluff, however the praise for the Jul is misplaced. I own a megadjuk and it has been my only device for many years. I like it's versatility, that you can use it in guide mode, and with half ropes. It sucks with all of my ropes tho