We truly believe the Scarab® will outperform any other rescue descent control device made.FIELD GUIDE: Sixth Edition of the Rope Rescue Technician Field Guide Built by Conterra Precision, our own in house ISO 9001 certified facility. Scarab® is a registered trademark of Conterra Inc. To our knowledge, the Scarab® is the only descent control device to have been tested to this degree. At 2kN of tension, and a lowering speed of 10M per minute, the Scarab® maintained a frame temperature at about 100 degrees C. 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. In addition to a battery of slow pull and drop tests, the Scarab® has undergone extensive heat and wear studies. 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 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). The frame and crossbar’s strength is greater than 40kN. 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. Weight: 385g (13.8 oz) meets NFPA 1983 (17 ED) “G” (general use) for 12.5mm rope -The Scarab® is light and strong. The Scarab® FR Ultra versatile general rescue tool. The Scarab® TI Ultra light alpine rescue tool: Machined from solid Titanium plate. Attach rope without unclipping from anchor.Instantly adjustable friction (just wrap a horn).With two models available, the Scarab® is the perfect choice for both Fire/Rescue and back country rescue environments: It was born out of the need for a small, simple device that could easily control heavy rescue loads, as well as excel at pick offs, twin rope systems and other general rescue techniques. The Scarab® represents five years of research and testing by Rick Lipke and the design team at Conterra.

This device will absolutely change the way you perform rope rescue (see videos linked below).

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