Revo

There is no right answer because you are looking for an assisted belay device for the wrong reasons. The extra layer of assistance is a huge and non-negligible help for a person who can belay but is momentarily caught off-guard (not paying attention), incapacitated, or the situation escalates (eg a

Hopefully OP means a Wild Country Revo and not a Petzl Reverso for LRS. Absolutely do not LRS with a Reverso.

Lefty here, If you have to belay left-handed only devices that I know would be: ATC "auto" tubers like Smart and Jul Eight Wild Country Revo But honestly, just learn to belay right-handed as devices are designed for that. I can't even belay left-handed anymore (so used to doing it right-handed)

Ich habe auch manchmal Angst vor Sicherungsfehlern und lasse mich desswegen ungerne mit Geräten sichern, die nicht (halb) automatisch blockieren. Ich glaube nach so einer Erfahrung würde ich das dann erzwingen und mich nicht mehr mit ATC sichern lassen.(sollte ich vielleicht ohnehin...) Besonders ve

Personally, I prefer autotube-style devices (ATC Pilot, Mega Jul, Smart etc.) over the Grigri. The position for holding the device open is far more intuitive and also makes it easier to control the brake strand at the same time. I started with a Giga Jul (it's unfortunately very picky with ropes and

I have used both the pinch and the grigri and I like the pinch a bit more due to its better ergonomics. The direct attachment and the straight rope feed are both more comfortable for me to use. On the other hand, I don't really like either of these devices for lead rope belaying. Both are very grabb

You want a Wild Country Revo and an Edelrid Ohm / Ohmega. The Revo locks up reliably and is panic-proof - your kids can't disable the locking, even during lowering. If you're worried about your kids not holding the dead hand of the rope, neither the grigri nor the neox is suitable. The Ohm / Ohmega

The Wild Country Revo is probably the closest thing to a foolproof belay device. It automatically locks when the rope exceeds a certain speed, otherwise, it acts like a weak ATC. That does mean that it requires more strength to stop a fall or hold a hanging climber without the emergency brake, but t

The GG is popular because new climbers imitate what they see other people doing, without any real understanding of what's "better" or why. • When we first start climbing, we have no knowledge that we could use to make judgements for ourselves. So we're forced to accept whatever practices we're taugh

My preferences are a grigri and reverso. If you get into outdoor climbing, the reverso is a great rappel device that has the advantage of guide mode, which lets you belay off anchors for multipitch climbing and ascend a rope (this is useful in self-rescue scenarios like rappelling past anchors). It