Petzl grigri 2 - Petzl GRIGRI 2 Assisted Braking Belay Device

Excellent product, a well engineered and well thought out belay device. I've been teaching my four year old daughter how to belay on our backyard climbing wall using the same progression I was taught eons ago (waist, figure eight, then ATC), we introduced the GriGri when she started to get comfortable with the other methods and for added safety when she started to actually belay others (with close supervision). Aside from being a great teaching tool, it has been a standard piece in my rack for years - not entirely necessary, but provides great piece of mind while climbing. In addition to the fun stuff - I use mine routinely while up in a tree trimming branches and while on my steep roof cleaning gutters and clearing snow. Can't go wrong with this piece of equipment.