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Beal Birdie product image
Beal Birdie product image

Beal Birdie

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Design and Details

  • All metal construction, with cam and friction components in stainless steel for great durability
  • Compatible with ropes from 8.5mm to 11mm
  • Compact belay device with assisted braking for lead climbing or top rope
  • BIRDIE can be used with all dynamic single ropes from 8.5mm to 11mm
  • Brand : Beal
  • Web ID: 23NCUUBLBRDS19XXXCAC
  • SKU: 25501962
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4.6

95%

Recommended

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Beal Birdie

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Solid caming belay device. Love the all metal design and letting down is super smooth and quick. One thing I noticed is sometimes when catching falls the cam doesn't engage immediately. If the belayer isn't breaking super hard or has a loose grip on the break side about 4-6 inches will run before the cam engages. Not a huge problem but something I noticed especially with small diameter ropes. Also, when leading, if you need to pinch the cam to give lots of slack quickly you don't have a great place to hold onto the device. Because of the design the rope that goes around the cam is exposed on the underside of the device. If you aren't careful or grab the device with you fingers on the underside you can give yourself a solid rope burn when giving slack. The gri gri combats this by fully enclosing the rope in the device and being about to rest your finger on the lip of the door. Not being able to hold the device while pinching the cam super easily isn't a huge deal because it pays out slack without pinching the cam much more easily than a grigri which I like. Giving slack is way more buttery with the birdie. Overall it looks sick and gives slack super easily and catches great. Would definitely recommend (oh yeah btw the blue lever is best looking)

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Love It

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought this for my son since we go climbing together, it’s been a huge help and a burden off my shoulders since we have about an 80 pound weight difference between us. Just adds some additional safety to our climbs.

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Quality Made At Reasonable Price.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought this to use as a mechanical prusick and for rappelling down while tree saddle hunting. It’s a little large for using as a prusick, but did the job fine. Works really well for rappelling down the tree. Great quality solidly built device.

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Awesome

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Bought it for SRT saddle hunting, followed the directions on the tape and ripped the box open with my teeth. Their cardboard needs better seasoning.

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Catastrophic Failure

Received this product 2 days ago and it failed on the second climb. My model was branded with manufacture date of 07/20, I had heard of recalls happening on previous models do to the handles malfunctioning but I was worried as this was a newer model. I suppose I should have been worried because the same issues that were present on the recalled models are present on the newer model that I received. The arm the actuates the cam to release friction in the aid of descent spins freely now and I can fit a 3mm hex key easily between the body of the device and the handle (as can be seen in the pictures.) Needless to say I am very disappointed. If this review doesn't bother you and you think yours won't have the same issue, hopefully it won't, but maybe it will. The overall construction and feel of the device is fantastic and when it was working it worked well, I just can't afford to have issues like this arise in a high stakes moment.

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