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I was in Snow & Rock yesterday having a browse and picked up a book on climbing anchors. When i was flicking through I noticed photo of a piece of protection called a Big Bro. I've never come across this type of Pro before or even heard of it. I think they're quite strange and I'd probably have difficulty trusting one to be honest.

Does anyone use one? What is your opinion of them?

http://www.trango.com/prod.php?id=34

http://www.outdoorpros.com/images/prod/1/100195.jpg

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In reply to Wile E. Coyote: They are tricky to use but work where nothing else will. They're rather specialist and rarely used in the UK so I wouldn't worry about them unless you are offwidth obsessed.

In reply to TobyA:
What that man said. Probably takes some practice to learn how to place them correctly...

In reply to Wile E. Coyote: I have a green one. They are surprisingly bomber. They do work best in parallel cracks and obviously are large so as Toby says have limited use in the UK. However they do have some distinct advantages over large cams:

They rack MUCH more neatly
Thay are lighter,
They don't walk
They are multidirectional
They are easy to remove
They are actually just as easy to place as cams once you get used to them.

Disadvantages are:
Not EC marked so unavailable here by and large
You can't leapfrog them up cracks to give you constant protection
They can feel wobbly if the sides of the crack aren't parallel