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I use this ascender mostly for jugging chunky 11mm lines while cleaning routes, but also a fair amount in a frogging setup for photography. I've jugged a handful of bigwall pitches in the C1-2 range and used it as part of a TR solo rig in very wet conditions. I mostly use BD Positron lockers because I have a ton of them and I like that I can fit 3 in the bottom and still get stuff in and out. Having 3 things locked to my ascender at the same time sounds silly to some, but I like to complicate things and when practicing self-rescue it gives me a lot of opportunity to fix and unfix things.

The rubberized handle is actually quite grippy when you're TR solo aiding in the rain, though I have a friend with much smaller hands than me and they find it uncomfortable after an afternoon of using it to jug lines for photography. I have found that releasing the cam to downjug is a bit of a faff and you need two hands unless you swap them. Not a huge deal as I don't need to do that much, but I thought I'd mention it. Overall I think its a great ascender and a big upgrade if you have the older models with the two bottom holes instead of 1 large one.