NewDoar 35kN Climb Aluminum Rescue 8 Descender Rigging Plate Heavy Duty Belay Device

Don't skip when it's your life on the line literally!! Good overall product

Seguro y resistente

Un 8 ben fatto, leggero e robusto

8 de aluminio lo que lo hace muy ligero, y por lo demás lo que se espera de un clásico 8 de rapel

There are moments in life where buying cheap can cause some... ahem... existential worry. Like when you buy day-old sushi, or get the mixed meat bowl at the restaurant next to the local animal shelter.I did have a moment of that the first time I set up a block on this. I carry a Petzl Huit on my harness, but after a canyon in which my rappel device got chewed about halfway through, I decided I needed another cheap 8 in case I had to descend on the Petzl - 8's in canyoning can be used either for rigging the rap or for descending it.The good news, it held, so I have no compunction about using it for blocks at all in the future.Normally not a fan of cheap non-Western made climbing gear (even if it holds, it's often a clone of something somebody else expended a lot of R&D on). But an 8? Those have been around for ages. Buy these cheap and stack 'em deep.EDIT: Used this as a chock anchor (sketchy for other reasons, not pertaining directly to the hardware). Held perfectly (pic doesn't really do it justice - jammed this into the very bottom of a slot canyon right before a rappel). Would trust.