PINCH Basic Functions | EDELRID

Introducing the PINCH – an all-round brake-assisted belay device designed for indoor and outdoor sports climbing, as well as a descending device for rope access. Phil, Head of Product at EDELRID, walks you through the basic functions of PINCH that set it apart from other devices.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:28 Rope insertion
01:02 Direct harness attachment
01:45 Safety-related advantages
02:32 Using carabiners
02:50 Performing a partner-check
03:10 How to pay out rope
03:39 Left-hand usage
03:54 Lowering a climber
04:33 Anti-panic function with second braking unit
05:13 Conclusion

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[empatio]

Cool! Where can I get the tiger legins??

[GustavTang]

I learned nothing after those leggings came into shot.

[jaredasa]

A gri gri with an ejector button in case your climber yells at you too much for short roping them lol

[blazpeunik]

Just used it for belaying. Best belaying device on the market in my opinion. Improved grigri/+. Used it on loop without carabiner. Great angle, rope goes out smoothly (I used 9.8mm rope). Best device. And I tested grigri, grigri+ and neox. You always know where the device is when on loop. When falling less jerk.
Panic feature is far better than on grigri+. Less annoying friction when lowering the climber. Great stuff! I wholeheartedly recommend it.

[bjorn]

My question about clipping directly to the harness: Does this replace a screw or triple locking carabiner, with a single (big) button that would let the device loose? Or am I missing something?

[NSYS]

how do you prevent the device fron opening in case of direct connection to the harness? I mean, what if I press the button?

[zacharylaschober]

Having an option to deactivate the anti panic function sold me after unselling me with the function. As a left hander, will actually give a try as I like these active camming style devices for the breadth of ropes they work well with and some advantages bolting, cleaning, etc., but nothing is ever smooth and consistent enough pinching the device left handed.

Somewhat dubious how the direct connect will function, though.

[Benlucky]

some really novel additions to a cam style belay device. looks like the best implementation of an anti-panic handle i've seen, what with having an actual bypass vs the useless button on something like a petzl ID. and doesn't require buying a whole new device to disable it entirely.

not that I want the anti-panic on my own device, but I'd be less cranky when I'm forced to use them if they all worked like this.

[germanturkey]

kudos on the constant iteration and innovation.

[leinad]

I look forward to the next generation, offering an additional anti-panic function when - out of panic - you mistakenly overwrite the anti-panic function after your first panic attack.

[davehause]

Did the guy lead climbing realize he was being filmed for this video?

[silviorussino]

The winner is: the leopard leggings!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[luist]

The biggest innovation is that you can clip it to your belay loop without a carabiner but I'm not sure it is a big advantage. I disagree when you say in 2:26 that you gain 20-30cm when giving slack, rather you lose that extra length because when clipped with a carabiner you can push down the device and therefore increase the distance between your hands.
Most people hate antipanic, so it was a good Idea to propose two ways to override it.
Overall my opinion is that is just another grigri. CAMP made the Matik, the first to include anti-panic I believe. BEAL made the Birdie, the most simple and inexpensive version (my favourite). So it was time to EDELRID to came up with their own grigri.

[flammedesphonix]

Sehr cooles Gerät, villeich wechsel ich wenn ich mein aktuelles Gerät verliere

[josueparedes]

Is there risk the device will open when directly attached to the belay loop? It doesn't seem to have any extra security, does it cam?

[Kost_Jobusch]

Leider gibt es die Leggings von 'So Solide' nicht mehr. Viele Rezensionen berichteten auch von Materialschwächen bei den Nähten sowie dem Stoff. @EDELRID, you got the task.

[acasccseea]

This genuinely looks like an improvement frol gri gri. Not altrrnative, but improvement

[morgana]

3:24 did that brake hand leave the rope?

[MonstaMunch]

Putting in the pin to deactivate the panic button doesn't work on mine, it prevents the lever from closing. I'd ask if I'm doing something wrong but I don't see what I could be doing wrong. Any ideas? I mostly use the device for belaying my 6 year old son, he's light enough that I often end up inadvertantly triggering the panic function so it would be great to be able to disable it.

[zacchaeus]

Does the cross-loading scenario (02:00) suggest that the holes through which the carabiner is inserted should be a little smaller so the screwgate won't go through? I suppose it's a difficult balance to be able to fit large HMSs etc though...