by granite_grrl » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:22 pm
I do not like those Petzl AM'Ds very much, but that's personal preferance and haven't used one for a long time. Those BD positron lockers look nice and I've been thinking of getting a couple to replace my Clogs. But I use them more for trad climbing, I try to avoid top roping too much.
My advice: Just buy one of each and try it, or buy one aymetric D and a HMS or something. You'd be amazed at how many lockers get eaten up if you start something like trad climbing. Heck, even following trad climbing, esp on multipitch. I was climbing with a girl at the Gunks a ocuple of weeks ago and we barely had enough lockers......we had 8 or 9 between us. I like to go up with 6 personally (which includes the two for belaying). If you don't like it for TRing, you'll end up using them for something else in your climbing career, trust me.
As you get into climbing more and more gear, you'll find gear you love, gear you hate, gear that you cheaped out on early on and you need to replaced. I'd be a little more careful about buying the right cams or something, but you can never have enough biners.