Carabiners and Hammocks

[Buckeye Bill]

What style of carabiner should I use with a War Bonnet Blackbird, Whoopie Slings and Eno Atlas Straps? Thanks in advance.

[GT]

What style of carabiner should I use with a War Bonnet Blackbird, Whoopie Slings and Eno Atlas Straps? Thanks in advance.

I like wire gated aluminum biners myself. BD makes a small Nano but personally I prefer ovals.

http://www.rei.com/c/carabiners

[nothermark]

I prefer solid gates myself. Just in case something gets in the wrong place. I do not trust a wire gate to hold a load. ;-)

[dakotaross]

Did WB not send them with the pkg? They sell them if you want those. Or buy "climbing" caribiners where you can get them. Metolius and C.A.M.P. make some that are light and not too expensive. I personally wouldn't worry about the gate if you don't have movement across it, which I can't imagine ever being the case in a hammock.

[gmcttr]

Did WB not send them with the pkg? They sell them if you want those...

WB hammocks do not come with biners as they are a convenience item and not required to hang WB hammocks.

[Jsaults]

Camp Nanos.

Small, strong, and just enough heft to allow slinging your webbing around a big tree when setting up. For me, gold at the head end and silver at the foot.

Jim

[Poedog]

Solid gates for climbing, wire gate for hanging. BD Neutrino is my choice.

[cjayflo]

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-.../dp/B000EEGBN2

REDHEAD for the head end and whatever other color for the foot.

[JToon]

I use the Metolius, they weigh just a touch more then the camp nano 23, but this is what I could find locally. Realistically any biner would work, well climbing rated biner will work. The wire gate will be fine, they hold just fine on my quickdraws for climbing they should hold a hammock. If you are worried you could always go to a locking caribiner.

[pgibson]

I prefer solid gates myself. Just in case something gets in the wrong place. I do not trust a wire gate to hold a load. ;-)

Wire gate carabiners are just as strong. The gate actually has more pressure on it and stays closed better than solid gate style biners. They were developed to combat a common climbing problem of gate flutter. The gate and the strength of the carabiner depends on the gate staying closed at all times, when a carabiner is shock loaded as in a climbing fall the gate in the older style would flutter open with the sudden impact. This could cause the carabiner to load when not at full strength and potentially bend or even break. Bent gates where developed to help combat this and then later wire gates as they work as a much stronger spring mechanism. They are far less likely to open by accident and hence are a overall stronger system in the eyes of most of us climbers.

To answer the Op's question...and carabiner that is weight rated for climbing would be just fine...pick out some that look cool to you. Just nothing from Walmart, no key chain type carabiners.