Lifeguard

Mad Rock

Lifeguard

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Grigri experiences and recommendations

I’ve tried them all. My favorite is the regular grigri for the gym and the mad rock lifeguard for outdoors trad and sport. (The mad rock is smaller, so less weight to carry.)

testhec10ck in r/ClimbingGear

November 10, 2025 1:47 PM

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Weekly Question Thread (aka Friday New Climber Thread). ALL QUESTIONS GO HERE

The Giga Jul is certainly more versatile and is the same price at REI with the sale right now, so it’s def a good choice. In my personal opinion though i’m not a huge fan of it, it’s definitely got a learning curve to use and I think that the guide mode has more friction than for an atc. Nowadays on

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Professional_Dot2754 in r/climbing

November 24, 2025 7:01 PM

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DMM Ceros not compatible with the Mad Rock Lifeguard

It’s like a barb, it goes in one direct but then cannot be removed. With some brute strength I got the carabiner out, but it’s not compatible with that device. I did a full write up on the Lifeguard if want to see some more feedback on the device. https://www.reddit.com/r/ClimbingGear/comments/1iala

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testhec10ck in r/ClimbingGear

March 23, 2025 12:10 PM

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