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4.5
A nicely designed nut tool. It doesn't have holes that can be used on a bolt nut, but there's no real way those tools can be used on a bolt with a hanger anyhow, and if you are setting bolts you aren't going to rely on your nut tool. Compared to the original Leeper tool, the business end is beefier. In fact, the whole tool is beefier so you can aggressively pound on nuts or hook the mechanisms of cams (could pay for itself!). Still, it weighs about an ounce less than a Leeper plus a carabiner. Potentially a funkness tool for removable pro. And although this use is seldom mentioned, it makes an easy way to release a locked up belay device such as an ATC Pro or Pivot with seconds hanging on the rope; having a longer lever really helps to get smooth control. This tool is made of .117" (2.98 mm) stainless, whereas the Leeper is made of .097" (2.47 mm) carbon steel, a noticeable difference, and of course the Leeper and some others don't have the handy wire-gate clip, so you have to use a carabiner. And the heel end is smoothly turned over to about a half inch wide, which makes it much more comfortable to wail on a nut that the leader sank too aggressively or fell on; a very nice feature.The coiled keeper cord is nice; it easily extends three feet, or more than I can reach. Some have commented that it won't clip to their gear loops. The reason for this is that spacing is so tight that, even though the hook will capture the gear loop, the wire gate is blocked from easily closing. This seems inexcusable to me on an otherwise well-designed product. But it is easy to fix. I used a milling machine to take a few thousandths off the inside of the keeper's hook, but the hook is made of aluminum, so you could easily do the same thing with a round file in a minute or two.
