Durable project quickdraw
Replacing our old favorite Trango Smooth draw, the React has a similar build with reliable keylock carabiners, bent gate on the rope end, and a thick dogbone for easy grabbing when you need to do a quick clip or are looking at a sketchy fall. The React has two notable updates over the Smooth, though: a rubber carabiner keeper on the bottom that prevents it from flipping over when trying to clip the rope, and more notably, bar-tacking on the whole bone that stiffens the draw significantly for hard-to-reach clips. “The 17cm version of this draw is a godsend for us shorter folks,” one 5’ tester said after reaching for high clips at Shelf Road, Colorado. “Instead of using my ghetto-rigged homemade stiffie, all of these draws have built-in rigidity. They gave me a bit more peace of mind for trying hard routes with difficult clipping stances.” The price of each draw is about $4 less than similar models, too.