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Re:The Guy Who Invented the Belay Test–and the Modern Americ... by pinkmuffinere on Sunday March 23, 2025 @04:52PM (#43455819)
To be fair, I suspect the difference between “auto brake” and “assisted braking device” is mostly legal liability. In practical use I would understand both terms to mean the same thing. I think very few people believe a grigri will _always_ catch them. They just (accurately!) believe that in most circumstances it will. The 5% where it won’t catch you is of course deadly.
Re:The Guy Who Invented the Belay Test–and the Modern Americ... by watwut on Monday March 24, 2025 @09:23AM (#43460760)
It is not. There are situations where it won't break and someone dies.

It is not just "legal liability" which is Musk speak for "won't always work but I want you to pay as if it did".

Re:The Guy Who Invented the Belay Test–and the Modern Americ... by dilyevsky on Monday March 24, 2025 @10:43PM (#43467658)
The military version is auto-brake for rappelling and you can go fully hands free per petzl but you have to use specific rope. My guess is since they cant control the rope in civilian version they can’t vouch for it working in 100% of cases