Verticality Belay Devices And Descenders

Belay Devices And Descenders

Petzl offers a wide selection of descenders and innovative belay devices designed for all vertical activities. Caving, mountaineering, multi-pitch, cragging, canyoning, each activity has its device.

How to choose?

Belay Devices And Descenders (16)

Assisted Blocking Belay Devices (2)

Manual Braking Belay/Rappel Devices (2)

Descenders (2)

Caving Descenders (8)

Canyoning Descender (2)

New items (1)

Assisted Blocking Belay Devices

Suitable for all users, Petzl belay devices with assisted blocking are designed to function on single ropes and improve comfort on belays. They provide exceptionally comfortable descent, thanks to the ergonomic handle.

Manual Braking Belay/Rappel Devices

Designed for single use ropes or half ropes, Petzl manual braking belay/rappel devices are lightweight and simple to use.

Descenders

Petzl descenders are adapted for descents in different environments: climbing, caving, canyoning...

Caving Descenders

Designed for caving, these devices are made for rope descents and are perfectly adapted to the particular conditions of underground terrain.

How to choose?

Canyoning Descender

New items

GRIGRI® + Belay device with cam-assisted blocking and anti-panic handle, particularly suitable for learning and intensive use

GRIGRI® Belay device with cam-assisted blocking

REVERSO® Versatile, lightweight belay/rappel device, for use with one or two rope strands and ability to belay a second climber from the anchor

VERSO Compact, lightweight belay/rappel device, for use with one or two rope strands and for rappelling

HUIT Figure-eight descender

HUIT ANTIBRULURE Figure-eight descender with anti-burn tab

STOP Assisted braking descender for caving

SIMPLE Simple, lightweight descender for caving

RACK Brake bar descender for long descents

FREINO Z Automatic locking carabiner with friction spur for STOP and SIMPLE descenders

Pulley for SIMPLE Pulley for SIMPLE caving descender

Swinging brake bar with hook for RACK Swinging brake bar with hook for RACK

Brake bar w/o hook for RACK Brake bar w/o hook for RACK

Anodized, fixed brake bar for RACK Anodized, fixed brake bar for RACK

PIRANA GUIDE Adjustable friction descender with spur and locking slot for canyoning

PIRANA CLUB Adjustable friction descender for canyoning

Choosing Your Petzl Belay/Rappel Device

Petzl Belay Systems: Two Types of Devices

Belay Devices with Cam-assisted Blocking

Working Principle

When a climber falls or rests, the rope tightens, and the cam pivots to pinch the rope and block it.

Advantages

Comfortable belay, thanks to cam-assisted blocking, which minimizes the strength required of the brake-side hand. This system is especially useful for working a route, trying a move over and over or holding the climber.
Considerable leeway for brake-side hand position, regardless of the angle between the climber-side and brake-side ropes.
Exceptionally comfortable descent, thanks to the ergonomic handle that controls the progressive rope feed.

GRIGRI^® +

Belay device with cam-assisted blocking and anti-panic handle, particularly suitable for learning and for intensive use.

GRIGRI^®

Belay device with cam-assisted blocking.

Manual Braking Belay/Rappel Devices

Belay/rappel Devices, working principle.

Working Principle

When a climber falls or rests, the brake hand grips the rope firmly and pulls it downward, the rope gets pressed into the braking grooves, thus increasing the friction until the rope stops.

Advantages

Simple, compact and lightweight.
Compatible with single, half, and twin dynamic ropes.
Comfortable rappels, thanks to the efficiency of the braking grooves.

REVERSO^®

Versatile, lightweight belay/rappel device, for use with one or two rope strands and ability to belay a second climber from the anchor.

VERSO

Compact, lightweight belay/rappel device, for use with one or two rope strands, and for rappelling.

Choosing your descender for caving

Benefits of descenders for caving

efficient braking on the rope, regardless of its condition: dry, -wet, muddy, sandy, stiff...
compatible with 8.5 to 11 mm diameter low stretch kernmantel ropes
do not twist the rope

Loss prevention: STOP or SIMPLE descender with FREINO Z carabiner

FREINO Z carabiner

FREINO Z is an automatic locking carabiner with friction spur designed for STOP (D009AA00) and SIMPLE (D004AA00) descenders.

FREINO Z, used with a STOP or SIMPLE descender.

When used with a STOP or SIMPLE descender, the carabiner can be turned to make the device loss-proof when transferring from the gear loop to the semi-circular carabiner.