Cheaper Alternative To Bd Pilot

Decent assisted belay device. The lowering action isn't as smooth as the Black Diamond Pilot, which I prefer over the Smart. The Smart is a nice belay device for the price.

Favorite Simple Belay Devide

I have been using this device for a long while now and it is my go to for my regular gym sessions. I've used it extensively for lead and found it's very easy to feed out slack and it locks reasonably well. Won't be quite as good as the gri-gri or pinch for falls but I haven't found that to be an issue.

Excellent device for lead belay. Very easy to use. After trying the Petzl NEOX a few times, I still prefer the 2.0

Very Good For The Gym

If you want a belay device just for the gym and don’t want to splurge on a gri gri, this is the assisted belay device for you. It does take a bit to get used to, but it does have an extremely effective assisted braking system. I would recommend an arc however if you plan to do any outdoor climbing with it.

Device performs well, pays out clean and catches well skills with an ATC transfer well to this. If there is a large weight difference between the climber and belayer where the climber is the heavier it will be a bit jumpy when lowering in my experience. It takes a bit of learning to use this I would look up a video on how to operate it first. Overall a great cost effective alternative to a moving parts ABD.