In reply to James Malloch:
>Mine came with some cord around it that is perfect for attaching a snap gate to. Works well for all sport climbing I've done.
The chord with the push toggle on? I've had the toggle come off and the chord come undone and the plastic handle has also come off completely and the chord then slid off. Now I've sacked the toggle off, it's how I attach my stick to my harness too but I don't have much faith in it.
>I've heard a lot of people say this but never experienced this myself. I've only ever used spirits with it too. Just give the clip a little squeeze at the base so it's slightly tighter before using it, et voila.
The obvious thing to try but it's more of a friction/size mismatch issue. The tape is the only thing that's resolved the issue for me. Perhaps the older spirits have stronger springs in the gate.
>In general I agree that it's just a brush on a stick, but at the same time there will be people that buy it and therefore there's a market for it. It just depends what money you have spare I suppose.
I seem to remember that this isn't their first crack at a brush stick. I recall seeing something behind the counter at a wall many, many years ago which had the same colour scheme, though correct me if I'm wrong. It was crap, nobody used it. I've seen people using the brush stick feature of the clip stick one or two times in the 7 years I've been climbing and they weren't very successful with it. This thing certainly looks flimsy and I guess they're trying to use parts that also use in the clip sticks as that would make sense. They're barely up to their function of clipping bolts, let alone pushing hard with a brush. If this thing takes off I'll make a promo video for it myself in the nude.
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