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Hi! I just want to point out that it isn't true what you say aroud 3min. You can lock it manually if the climber want to rest for long periods of time. Take a look at 2:47 ua-cam.com/video/M3x6y-NnnbE/v-deo.html Cheers

Tommy and Alex use grigri’s, I will get a grigri

You can clip out the break if u want a rest...

Complicated? Compared to a Revo? Cmon...

I was wondering how it worked in real life. Would it make "projecting" easier on the belayer? The answer is clearly not so that cleared that up.

*_It seems to be holding up well. 👉👉>_**_allmy.tips/ClimbBelay?rR✳_**_ My wedding bands have scratched it up a little but it’s bound to get scratched up anyways._*

I have one and it has no competition for single pitch climbs...

I know this is an old review, but still thought i might leave a comment. I own a bunch of belay devices, Grigri+ and Revo amoung them. And i find the Revo the easiest and smoothest to use when belaying a lead climber. For toprope belaying, i actually prefer my good old ATC, simply because i can lower the climber faster. The revo is silky smooth when feeding rope. What i would want to point out, and that might not come across well in this video, is that the Revo isn't meant to be a auto-breaking belay device, it's an assisted breaking device that only jumps in if the belayer isn't doing their job well enough. When i use it, 99% of the time the revo doesn't lock up, because I'm doing what I'm supposed to do when catching a fall, or otherwise simply belaying. But when I'm not completely focused, and a bit slow, it will engage every time. You should never adapt your belaying to depend/rely on the safety mechanisms of any belay device, no matter how safe the device is. The locking mechanism for the revo activates at falls of 4m/s which is to say not as fast as a grigri, thus giving the feeling of needing more rope for it to catch, however still with no issues in a free fall. I guess you could have an issue if you were sliding down an inclined wall or rock, but again, if the belayer is present and actually doing what he is supposed to, there is no issue, and as stated before, the lock won't even engage. There is a technique for activating the break/lock manually if the climber needs a break or is projecting something, takes some practice, but once you get used to it, there's no problem locking it, allbeit they might get just a little lower. So that negative as mentioned, is something you can actually deal with :) When it sometimes locks up on you when feeding rope, and the rope is slack, you can also disengage the lock without having to manually press down the locking switch, simply do a quick in and out motion with the rope (pulling in rope again and giving it out) and it will disengage. It rarely happens to me, when it does it's because I'm not paying attention and suddenly need to pull out alot of rope fast, engaging the locking mechanism. And when that happens, I've become so accustomed to the motion that i unlock it within a split second, the climber often doesn't even notice. I've never had the latch open up on me, but if it does, as you say, it's secured with the carabiner, so there's no chance of the rope falling out. In addition, the device still functions normally, and still locks if needed, allbeit with a little more friction in the system as it seems? I belay alot, actually belay more than i climb (due to injuries that restrict my climbing), and the revo is my favorite belay device for lead. Works well, giving out slack is a dream, and it doesn't do anything to really help you unless it really needs to (i.e. you're not paying attention) it's a good assistant, that lends a helping hand only when you really need it. Anyways, good review :) Sorry for the long comment.

Great review. Thanks

The fact that it doesn't lock up immediately would be a reason for me to choose it over the grigri. It means you can belay more dynamically.

Hey Cliffs Climber!

bru, ur not even using a locking carabiner. not that it really affects anything, but just for others to think about when this dude comes in here feeding us information about this when he doesn't even use a locking carabiner when belaying

I used my friends Revo in Jtree this Christmas for a few days and was instantly sold. I've been climbing since the waist belay in 1977. I've used all the belay devices that have been invented since then, from the Stitch plate, a variety of ATC's to the Cinch and GriGri 1, 2 and Plus. The beauty of the Revo is that it feeds rope better than anything else out there, bar none. I did not think anything could ever improve on my GriGri Plus. But even a GriGri has to be managed. You have to keep a thumb on the GriGri cam to prevent short roping your leader. With the Revo, there is nothing to manage, and there is no way to thread it wrong. You throw rope as fast as you need to with no resistance. I liken it to the seatbelt in a car. A car seat belt flows freely in and out. The cam in a seatbelt only grabs when it gets pulled really hard and fast...like the Revo. You handle it exactly like a standard ATC. If you have good belay skills, you are unlikely to ever have the Revo engage. You can catch falls and lower using your normal good brake hand movements. But if the unexpected happens, like, say you are messing about with a rope tangle and have a sloppy brake hand for a moment. You perhaps have a couple of feet of slack rope between your brake hand and the Revo, and your lead climber falls. In that circumstance, you might not have time to drop your brake hand into the brake position...well, the Revo has your back. My only reservation is that it's big. I led some 5.9 offwidths in Jtree to belay from the top, carrying my Revo. It's got those protruding steel clicky things at the top...and it tends to drag on the rock...in a chimney. It also looks like it might be a bit more fragile if you took a lead fall with it on your harness....but I guess if that is a huge concern, leave it on the ground and lead with your ATC, which you need to rappel anyway. After two weeks of trad climbing at Jtree and a bunch of falls, we all loved the Revo. I'm going to sell my GriGri's

Thanks for the video. :D

I'm confused by the point you made at 4:30 where you pulled the device apart. How would the device create more friction in the system by coming undone slightly? Is the point that the device puts pressure onto the carabiner in an unusual way? Also the second time you pulled the device apart you didn't have a carabiner attached through the hole at the bottom like you would when belaying, so I don't see why that is a point of concern (unless you're saying that the added stress on the carabiner is likely to break the carabiner?).

This video (and the comments as well) show a common misconception. The revo is not just a bidirectional Grigri. You can use it as a "lock if the climber falls" device but this would be a real waste of money. The reason I instantly loved it is that it feels like a tube when belaying. My biggest problem with the Grigri (and all those other semi-automatic and auto-tuber style devices) is that it locks hard when the climber falls. To give a soft catch for a lighter climber such as my girlfriend I always had to actively jump and time it right. The latter part gets difficult on surprising falls. With the revo it is easy because I just keep the break hand without slack and as the climber falls it gets pulled towards the device just like with a tuber. I can either belay fully dynamic with the device or use this to get a lot more time to make the body belay soft. Just like you would do with a tube but without the risk that the climber will fall to certain death if you mess it up. For me it is the device for single pitch sports climbing.

check the instructions on utube..

I thought it would be the future of belay for sport climbing, but as it does not lock when it should or require much more rope to do so, lock when it should not, unlock itself... I will stick with my grigri (or click up)

Made in isa ! Cost are $229 !

I was interested until the whole unlocking on it's own part, that's an instant no in my book

Meh, seems like it's another botched attempt to making a holy grail. It sounds like it would be great for trad climbing, and the best part is, it works for lefties. Grigri doesn't... Has anyone compared the smart vs the click up?

I think this is something that will work well for solo climbing, as there are no more dedicated solo products on the market (that I know of). But there also isn't a huge market for solo devices either.

the little button on mine has about a half centimeter of play where i can push it in and out. Is yours like that? also the bottom two parts where the bean clips in are not even. almost like it opened up during testing and bent it a tiny bit. im guessing thats what the scratches are by the bottom of the device where the bean clips in. i may be returning mine and waiting for the 3ed or 4th gen. the fact that it can open even though the bean is there to stop it I dont like. Awesome idea but I feel some no brainer things were overlooked. why couldn't they just have made a better clip to open and close it? I hate to be mean but now I know why it got delayed to market. Bad craftsmanship! they would have been better off getting rid of the button all together and making it built to have a little play.

Dude, your the 1st consumer available revo video. If you know of any forums or other details please provide a link. I'm looking forward to ordering one.

Can't wait for your review:-)