Front	Rear	Right

Left	Front: Open for Rigging	Rear: Open for Rigging

Technical Details

I acquired this Climbing Technology Cric from Inner Mountain Outfitters at the 2024 NSS Convention.

My Climbing Technology Cric is 93 mm. tall, 69 mm. wide, 30 mm. thick, and weighs 142 g.

The Cric is a single pulley with an eccentric cam that prevents one strand of rope from entering the device. The shell is stamped from two pieces of aluminum sheet and then anodized. The rear piece has the lower right side bent to form a a 12.7 mm. rope channel. The front piece forms a swinging cover. It has a covered notch that engages a grooved extension on the cam axle. A push-button in that axle engages the notch cover to hold the gate closed. A plastic guard helps reduce the risk of inadvertent opening. A small pin on the inside surface limits how far the cam can open with the cover closed.

The two plates are connected by an axle that supports a pulley sheave between the plates. This is 12 mm. wide with an outer diameter of 31 mm. A 10.5 mm wide U-shaped groove reduces the pulley central diameter to 25 mm. The pulley bearings are rather good, and allow the pulleys to turn freely.

The cam rotates on the axle mentioned previously. That axle is riveted to the rear plate. The cam has sharp teeth in a (2.3)^2(2)(1H1)(4.1.4)(1H1)(2) pattern, where each "H" represents a sub-rectangular hole. A cord attached to the cam passes through the rear plate, providing a means to pull the cam open when the Cric is rigged and the front cover is closed.

The front plate is printed with an arrow labeled "OPEN," "PAT. PEND", "Made in Italy," the CT logo, "climbing technology," and "CRIC." The front of the rope channel is printed with "↓." The rear is printed with "0473068," a factory icon, "03-2024," "CE," "0333," "EN 12841:2006-B / 100 kg," •EN 1891-A Ø 10÷12 mm," "EN 567:2013," "Ropes Ø 8÷12 mm," "7215," "a filled factory icon, "Aludesign S.p.A.," "via Torchio 2224034," "Cisano B.sco," "ITALY, two concentric circles with eight filled circles between,", an icon showing rope loads of "10 kN" and a pulley force of "20 kN." a book-with-an-"I" icon, "EN 12278:2007," and "Ropes Ø≤11 mm."

Comments

The Cric is well-made, lightweight, and feels good in the hand. Opening the Cric is easy, but it is not prone to opening accidentally under most normal circumstances. Closing it requires no action other than swinging the cover shut. The pulley bearings turn smoothly. The cam teeth are aggressive, but don't seem to do any rope damage unless one is stupid enough to rely on it to catch a dropped load.

Overall, for a small hauling pulley, I like this one, and it deserves a .