Go for sturdy tapes, not really short or skinny ones. I'd agree with choosing 16-18cm tapes ideally. If you are likely to be using a clipstick, get draws with a ridged biner on the bolt end.
Unless I'm looking at the wrong QDs I think you're making a mistake.I use DMM Phantoms for trad and any decent length MP sport but for single pitch sport climbing they're grim.Quote from: NaoB on January 14, 2022, 07:16:35 amGo for sturdy tapes, not really short or skinny ones. I'd agree with choosing 16-18cm tapes ideally. If you are likely to be using a clipstick, get draws with a ridged biner on the bolt end. This 100x over. I've got the Wild Country equivalents to the Alphas and they've been great.
Prob too late to the party, But my last set I made up my own - Fat tape, solid straight gate at bolt, light wire at rope. However banafingers seem to be selling pretty much the exact thing at a decent price atm:https://www.bananafingers.co.uk/quickdraws/dmm/shadowspectre-hybrid-quickdraw
I like wiregates - (about half my sport draws are wire at both ends) light and the euros like them as less likely to "whip" open (think this is more a theoretical risk tbh) but nice to have a solid on the bolt end in case of cross loading.
I do have a screwgate-screwgate draw which I sometimes use when there is just one bolt between me and the ground. Possibly a bit paranoid…
I've noticed that there's something about the design of my current Petzl Spirit draws (grey-orange/black) that makes the top-end biner spin relatively easily so the biner gets cross-loaded in the bolt. This happens more often with the current draws (my 'onsight draws') than with the 1st generation Spirit draws which I still use as draws on projects. I'm under the impression this happens more often with the current Spirit draws than with any other quickdraw I've used.
Is there a reason you prefer the lighter carabiner on the rope end?