The Scarab FR Descender Rescue Tool is designed to make rope rescues even easier to manage. The Scarab is the perfect choice for both Fire/Rescue and back country rescue scenarios. The Scarab has endured over five years of drop and slow pull testing as well as undergoing extensive heat and wear studies utilizing Conterra’s Capstan Test Bed. The frame and crossbar’s strength is greater than 40kN. In real world tests with Nylon rescue ropes, the ropes fail at the nose of the Scarab® at about their knotted strength (just like most other descent control devices). When pulling a 12.7mm rescue rope on a tied off Scarab®, the rope breaks at about 27kN, which easily exceeds the 22kN strength rating that NFPA calls out for to rate class “G” for descent control devices. In addition to a battery of slow pull and drop tests, the Scarab® has undergone extensive heat and wear studies. One device was tested by pulling over a mile of dirty rope through it under rescue sized tension, with temperature reading thermocouples being monitored at several locations during pulls. At 2kN of tension, and a lowering speed of 10M per minute, the Scarab® maintained a frame temperature at about 100 degrees C. To our knowledge, the Scarab® is the only descent control device to have been tested to this degree.
Features
- Incredibly strong
- Does not twist the rope
- Instantly adjustable friction (just wrap a horn)
- Lower 600 lb loads with two fingers
- Super easy lock off
- Easy to use, right or left handed
- Single and double rope capable
- Attach rope without unclipping from anchor
Specs
- 303 stainless steel
- Weight: 385g (13.8 oz)
- Works with 9mm to 13 mm rope
Type: Return
Condition: 4 of 5 - Scarab shows minor signs of use.
