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I acquired this S.E.Peak SE–224 from Amazon.com in 2023.
The S.E.Peak SE–224 is forged from aluminum alloy and then hard anodized. Mine is 170 mm. tall, 170 mm. wide, and 18 mm. thick. The rope hole is 60 mm. high and 72 mm. wide. The top center thickness is 14 mm. The shaft length and width are 46 mm. and 41 mm., respectively. The auxiliary hole is 33.4 mm. high and 17.3 mm. wide. The eye measures 36 mm. by 41 mm. The ears are 35.2 mm. long. My S.E.Peak SE–224 weighs 284 g.
The front is printed with the the S.E.Peak logo with "S.E.Peak," a strength test icon (not a rigging illustration!) with "kN▲35" above and "▼" below, "SE–224," and the date "2210."
The S.E.Peak 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 S.E.Peak eight on eBay from seller lagurindu64 via SEPEAK and Amazon.com in 2022.
The S.E.Peak is forged from aluminum alloy and then soft anodized. Mine is 100 mm. tall, 99 mm. wide, and 12 mm. thick. The rope hole is 35 mm. high and 52 mm. wide. The top center thickness is 11 mm. The shaft length and width are 18 mm. and 38 mm., respectively. The eye measures 27 mm. by 27 mm. The ears are 15.2 mm. long. My S.E.Peak weighs 107 g.
The front is printed with the S.E.Peak logo, "S.E.Peak,"a strength test icon (not a rigging illustration!) with "kN▲35" above and "▼" below, "EN 15151-2-2012," a book-with-an-"i" icon, "SE–225," "USE ROPE MIN. 9mm," and "USE ROPE MAX 12mm."
The S.E.Peak is an unusual variation of "midi"size figure eight with ears. It more closely resembles some of the"micro size" figure eight with ears like the BlueWater Mini Rescue 8 and the SMC Personal Escape 8, except the S.E.Peak is much larger. The S.E.Peak is essentially identical to one of the Asol eights.
The S.E.Peak rope hole is shorter than normal, so this eight provides too much friction on stiff or muddy ropes. I’d rather choose a standard eight without ears for the eight-compatible situations that I normally encounter.
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