Wired Stoppers

Can't beat them. Good range of sizes and half the price of curved stoppers. Two full sets are a part of my rack for aid and free climbs. I prefer the wired over slung because I think they are easier to place. Easy to remove in most cases although you are bound to loose a few with falls or weighting.



It's alot easier when you paid 6 and not 15 bucks.

The BD stoppers are the cornerstone of my rack. Lightweight and versatile I always carry sizes 5-13.

Black Diamond Stoppers are the standard by which to judge others by. It is NOT surprising that BD was the first company to come out with Truly Functional stoppers, back in the mid 1970's. It should NOT be a surprise that they are the Best, today as they have refined their product for nearly 30 years. Working on the theory that "...ultimatley, there is only one BEST shape for a nut to be..." ( or something like that...its in an old cataloge...look it up) St. Yvon and his team have refined the size & shape, wire slinging and taper of these stoppers to as near perfection as has been reached. The sizes generously overlap and this is Especially useful amoung the smaller stoppers (which many companies don't even include). The wire slinging has been improved, especially in the smaller sizes, to be stronger & last longer. The temper of the metal and the angle of the tapers, on all sides has been honed for decades, to produce the hardest biting and most effective passive protection, yet......If I had only one set of Stoppers that I could buy, I would buy the Black Diamonds.

Black Daimond Stoppers have gotten me through many of jams and saved my butt so many times it's starting to be not funny. The old adage, "they're worth their weight in gold," truley applies to these life savers. Their light weight and easiness to use makes these stoppers a must in any climbing rack. The only problem with these stoppers is I never seem to have enough.

I bought thees on the recomndation of a friend who really knows his gear.I also bought them off of Black Diamond's reputation. I am happy with almost all of my Black Diamond gear,I have a ton of it.Thees aren't to hard to make,older climbers before my day used to make their own.So for it to become a manufacture's speciality it wouldn't take much. However the BD stopper's are easy to get ahold of in most gear shop's so while travling it is easy to keep your rack uniform with the same gear. Thees are good stopper's.I know of no better.