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Lightweight carabiner with MonoFil Keylock gate.
The ANGE L carabiner represents the best of both traditional solid and classic wire gate carabiners. It combines the fluidity of a solid gate with the lightness of a wire gate. Petzl's MonoFil Keylock technology and the H-shaped cross-section make the ANGE L carabiner lightweight, 34 grams, and offer an optimal strength/weight ratio. So it’s ideally suited for climbers looking to reduce weight while keeping the functionality of a standard size carabiner. The shape of the nose is designed to optimize clipping and unclipping.
Lightweight carabiner with MonoFil Keylock gate.
The ANGE L carabiner represents the best of both traditional solid and classic wire gate carabiners. It combines the fluidity of a solid gate with the lightness of a wire gate. Petzl's MonoFil Keylock technology and the H-shaped cross-section make the ANGE L carabiner lightweight, 34 grams, and offer an optimal strength/weight ratio. So it’s ideally suited for climbers looking to reduce weight while keeping the functionality of a...
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Weight (g) |
34 g |
| Shape |
D / Offset D |
| Locking |
No |
| Straight or Bent |
Straight |
| Full Size |
Yes |
| Keylock |
Yes |
| Solid or Wire |
Wire |
| Gate Opening |
26 mm |
| Number of Colors |
2 |
| Lock Indicator |
No |
| Strengths (kN) |  22 kN  10 kN  7 kN |
There's no mistaking the look of the Petzl Ange L, and it has a similar feel to the Petzl Spirit carabiners, which we love. However, the things we love about the Spirits don't translate as well to the traditional climbing world. The limited color choices don't work well for racking, and the small gate makes clipping a little awkward. They are still a great carabiner, but probably best used as a quickdraw or on your slings.
I am not suggesting everyone replace all carabiners with the Ange, but I think this is a noteworthy development. It was a long time coming, but Petzl has created another great piece of climbing equipment. I am thrilled to have another tool that improves my climbing experience. I have 5 more days of multi-pitch sport climbing in Mexico, and will enjoy clipping the Petzl Ange even as my fingertips turn to raw meat.
This video talks about all the advantages of using Ange carabiners.
A long but informative video, shows all the features of Ange Quickdraw and carabiner with amazing climbing video.
Ange carabiner review by Neil Gresham.
Warning: This video is dubbed in English. If you're getting antsy, skip to section 7:40-8:15 for one of the most interesting parts, where they show a hardware specific camera inspection.
The UIAA equipment standard provides a baseline for equipment performance in a test lab under controlled conditions on new equipment. Although these test conditions are relevant to the conditions encountered climbing, conditions encountered at the crags and the condition of the equipment are equally important. This recommendation from the UIAA member federation The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) provides vital equipment information that is NOT explicitly addressed in the standard, particularly failure modes of the equipment and recommendations for the use, inspection, maintenance, and retirement of equipment.
Describes with words and helpful photos, how to protect your Petzl carabiners.
A checklist helping you monitor your carabiners health, helping to know when to retire your personal protection equipment.
A pictoral representation of UIAA-121 and EN-12275 standards for connectors (the UIAA's fancy word for carabiners).
Description of how to use with helpful instructional pictures.
