re: In a heated debate - What do you call these?

Posted by Merck

Tuscaloosa

Member since Nov 2009

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Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:47 am to lsufan_26

quote:
Who the hell has a heated debate over a carabiner?

Someone who refuses to admit they're wrong so..... probably a woman.

Posted by CapitalCityDevil

Seattle

Member since Nov 2014

2916 posts

Posted on 10/16/15 at 1:10 am to JTM72

That is a key chain.

This is a carabiner.

Posted by soccerfüt

Location: A Series of Tubes

Member since May 2013

65667 posts

Posted on 10/16/15 at 1:13 am to JTM72

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I call them carabiners, and some of my buddies are calling them clips or metal clips. (apparently I'm surrounded by idiots)

"Show me your friends and I'll show you who you are."

Just saying, didn't make that up.

Moat of the times I've heard them talked about people called them "hiking clips".

This post was edited on 10/16/15 at 1:15 am

Posted by CapitalCityDevil

Seattle

Member since Nov 2014

2916 posts

Posted on 10/16/15 at 1:14 am to soccerfüt

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Moat of the times I've heard them talked about people called them as "hiking clips".

I hike and climb. You do not need carabiners when hiking. However, a lot of people call them "climbing clips" or just "clips".

Posted by Revelator

Member since Nov 2008

57941 posts

Posted on 10/16/15 at 1:25 am to JTM72

Why can't it be both a carabiner and a metal clip? After all, it is metal and does clip.

Posted by HippieTiger

Boulder, CO

Member since Oct 2015

2129 posts

Posted on 10/16/15 at 1:37 am to CapitalCityDevil

It's still a carabiner. It's just kind of shitty and heavy in my opinion. Not something I keep in my rack. Only real use I can see for it would be belaying. I like the Black Diamond oz

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Posted by CapitalCityDevil

Seattle

Member since Nov 2014

2916 posts

Posted on 10/16/15 at 1:51 am to HippieTiger

I don't know anyone that climbs with an ovul, but yes it is technically a carabiner.

Guess I was just trying to make a point.

Black Diamond are the only clips I have right now. I lose them like crazy though.

Posted by whit

Baton Rouge

Member since Sep 2010

10998 posts

Posted on 10/16/15 at 2:45 am to HippieTiger

Is it pronounced "care-ah-bean-er?"

Posted by HOGS

Crossett

Member since Oct 2003

231 posts

Posted on 10/16/15 at 4:21 am to JTM72

D rings

Posted by Hangit

The Green Swamp

Member since Aug 2014

39111 posts

Posted on 10/16/15 at 5:57 am to HOGS

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D rings

The pic in the OP is definitely not a D ring. Some carabiners are shaped like a D and are called D rings.

The pic shows a carabiner that has no locking gate and is made of aluminum. It should never be used for climbing or any kind of overhead lifting.

Aluminum and steel wear differently. Aluminum can hide stress or cracks that can cause failure. Any application of a carabiner involving something you value should always be locking steel.

The tiny, aluminum key clips that people use for key rings are still carabiners.

Posted by fr33manator

Baton Rouge

Member since Oct 2010

124168 posts

Posted on 10/16/15 at 6:08 am to JTM72

Carabiners

Posted by Tigris

Mexican Home

Member since Jul 2005

12356 posts

Posted on 10/16/15 at 6:17 am to JTM72

You like arguing about technical names for climbing gear with people who live a long arse way from any mountains?

OK.

Carabiner - the technically correct name and also four syllables.

Clip - one syllable and most people in Louisiana use them to clip keys together, not climb mountains.

You are in a pointless heated debate.