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September 9, 2010

Black Diamond Freewire Quickdraw Review

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The Black Diamond Freewire Quickdraw is a economical and versatile wiregate quickdraw for all-purpose climbing and adventuring. Two Quicksilver wiregate carabiners are connected by a 10 cm nylon dogbone to make each Freewire Quickdraw. Perfect for rounding out your rack or getting started in the sport, the Black Diamond Freewire Quickdraw will be your bread and butter for climbing.

Mountain Gear

Black Diamond's FreeWire Quickdraw uses two of the highly-rated and low-bulk Quicksilver wiregate biners along with a high-durability, high-tenactiy nylon dogbone to give you great, classic straight/bent quickdraw for a little cash.

Features:

  • 12-cm nylon dogbone combines light & tough to keep you off the ground

Al's Sports

Performance at a value, the Black Diamond FreeWire uses two Quicksilver wiregate carabiners separated by a hardwearing 10 cm nylon dogbone.


Campmor

Performance at a value, the FreeWire uses two Quicksilver wiregate carabiners separated by a hardwearing 10 cm nylon dogbone.


TahoeMountainSports.com

Black Diamond FreeWire Quickdraw pairs Quicksilver wiregate carabiners with a tough 10cm nylon dogbone
Weight: 95g or 3.4 oz.


Gearx

The FreeWire Quickdraw features two Quicksilver wiregate biners and a nylong dogbone.

Great quickdraw

Alex at Mountain Gear on 06/06/2010
Rated: 5
A great quickdraw for the price. It is not too heavy but has a solid construction that gives you extra confidence on those hard moves.

Great Draw

Brandon at Mountain Gear on 05/05/2009
Rated: 5
I got about 12 and am totally satisfied with them. The draws are light but still strong. I don't even notice or struggle while clipping.

I also really like the fact they use nylon dogbones instead of the other stuff, they feel much beefier and stronger.

My only complaint is that the orange biner does scratch really easy.

Great product

wisconsin at Mountain Gear on 04/04/2009
Rated: 5
best draw for the price

great service..great product

Sal at Mountain Gear on 12/12/2008
Rated: 4
great product.lightweight.easy to clip. i like the rubber that makes the rope biner more stable so it does not flip or turn to weird angles. only cons is that it would be nice if the rope binner was bent gate.but not even a problem.just x-mas wish :)

Good Draws

J. Dankens at Mountain Gear on 06/06/2008
Rated: 5
Good Deal, pretty light, does the job.

I would buy this product again and again

leandro at Mountain Gear on 02/02/2008
Rated: 4
Nice gear!

sweet draws

max at Mountain Gear on 10/10/2007
Rated: 3
these are great for the price, i use them a lot. i replaced the dogbones for slimmer dyneema slings on several of my quickdraws and i love them more than ever now

Good product for its price

Robby at Mountain Gear on 08/08/2007
Rated: 5
Seems good for its price. I haven't experienced anything wrong with it.

Big Bang for Your Buck

Blackwolf at Mountain Gear on 06/06/2007
Rated: 4
The bright orange color and strong BD wiregates are a wonderful combo. To complete a sport rack I included ten of these with a few runners. It's quite assuring to fly by one of these in a large fall and find everything in good shape afterwards. First set of wiregates though, so I'm finding the gates a bit harder to open. Love the price!

good buy

Brian at Mountain Gear on 05/05/2007
Rated: 5
I liked these quick draws. They are great for the price. I think the reason I like them a lot is because I already use the same black diamond carabiners on my trad rack's slings, so it is really easy to use them for sport too - I am already use to clipping the rope into them etc...
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