Features
Black Diamond Micro Stopper 1/2/3: Versatile thin crack protection, trapezoidal Micro Stoppers feature a subtle curve on their longest face for maintaining utility in near-parallel cracks while still catching on crystals and irregularities.
Features: - Can be turned 90 degrees for a broad flare
- Patented swaging system increases cable durability
Reviews
Black Diamond Micro Stoppers, 19 August 2011
By Alice T (London)
PROs: A very different shape to normal wires, so even where there is some overlap in size, they seat in cracks that won't take a normal wire. Particularly useful in slate and Cornish granite (even at grades lower than E-numbers), and also on harder limestone.
CONs: The small sizes aren't strong enough to take a fall, but will probably hold a careful rest onto them. Better to double them up and equalise them if you can. Also the cables are a little stiff, which can lift them out if they aren't seated perfectly. A longer quickdraw solves this (and is good practice anyway).
