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I acquired my Climb Right from Sara Trovich in 2011.
The Climb Right is forged from aluminum alloy and then soft anodized. Mine is 171 mm. tall, 172 mm. wide, and 17 mm. thick. The rope hole is 64 mm. high and 72 mm. wide. The top center thickness is 14 mm. The shaft length and width are 48 mm. and 40 mm., respectively. The auxiliary hole is 31.9 mm. high and 16 mm. wide. The eye measures 36 mm. by 40 mm. The ears are 35.4 mm. long. My Climb Right weighs 272 g.
The front top is printed with "CLIMB RIGHT," "# 85228," a horizontal double arrow, "KN 25, a vertical double arrow, and "40."
The Climb Right is one of the following family of nearly identical forged aluminum rescue eights with ears:
Some of these eights are made in Europe, and some in Asia. Some are rebranded eights made by one manufacturer for others.
Each of these eights is 170±1 mm. tall and 170±2 mm. wide. Their weights fall in the 269±20 g. range. Although similar, these eights are not identical, and close inspection will reveal some minor differences in their shapes. Thickness variations account for much of the wide weight range. None of these affect their performance to any noticeable degree.
The Climbing Technology Ltd. eight is similar, but the ears are shaped differently. The Climb Right, Version B has a similar design, but it is a milled eight and is significantly smaller. There are several Kong steel eights that also have similar designs, some about the same size as the Kong Big "8" (805.06) in the table, some smaller.
The eyes and ears on these eights are larger than they need to be for most uses. The belay slot is a reasonable size for a Sticht slot, and insetting part of the slot into the useless portion of the upper rope hole reduces the length of the eight.
Like all rescue eights, these are too large and too heavy for an individual-use eight, and I see no reason to choose them in normal caving or climbing applications. I don't interfere with natural selection, not wanting to deal with the politics, but I question whether these are really the best option for rescue applications. They can be used, but there are smaller and lighter devices that will work better for anything I'm likely to do. The bigger-is-better crowd seems to like them, but I don't rappel on battleship mooring hawsers and I have no need for these.
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I acquired my Climb Right, #85280 from WesSpur Tree Equipment in 2017.
#85280 is milled from aluminum alloy plate and then soft anodized. Mine is 149 mm. tall, 150 mm. wide, and 12 mm. thick. The rope hole is 55 mm. high and 71 mm. wide. The top center thickness is 12 mm. The shaft length and width are 43 mm. and 41 mm., respectively. The auxiliary hole is 31 mm. high and 15.3 mm. wide. The eye measures 31 mm. by 37 mm. The ears are 23.9 mm. long. My Climb Right, #85280 weighs 208 g.
The front top is printed with "CLIMB RIGHT," "#85280," a horizontal double arrow, "25 kN, a vertical double arrow, and "40 kN." The arch over the belay slot on the front side is printed with "Made in U.S.A."
#85280 is a typical example of a milled aluminum rescue eight.
As usual, the ears are larger than they need to be and they are not in the most convenient location. The belay slot is a reasonable size for a Sticht slot, and insetting part of the slot into the useless portion of the upper rope hole reduces the length of the eight. This eight is smaller and lighter than #85228, but still larger than what I like to carry.
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