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CMC Rescue Double Brake Escape Artist
$120.00 300923
Squeeze Too Hard and the Descent Slows
UL Classified to NFPA 1983 - Escape
Some users were concerned that in a panic situation, a firefighter might squeeze the handle of their descender and not be able to stop. The unique design of the Double Brake Escape Artist™ eliminates that concern. You release the handle to stop, but if you squeeze too hard, the Double Brake Escape Artist™ will slow or stop your descent.
The Double Brake Escape Artist has all the other features of the original Escape Artist:
- Patented auto-brake design allows hands-free edge transitions
- Variable friction allows user to control rate of descent
- Works equally well with or without gloves of any type
- Constructed of aluminum and stainless steel
- Compact and lightweight - only 6.5 oz. (184g)
- Certified for use with 8mm escape lines only
Specifications:
- Color: Gold
- Rope Size: 8mm cord only
- 3 sigma MBS: 15 kN
(3,372 lbf.)
- Weight: 6.5oz. (184g)
Single Brake Or Double Brake — Which Escape Artist Is Right For You?
The original single brake design of the Escape Artist provides a hands-free edge transition and exceptional control on the descent. An important feature with this design is the ease of paying out rope if the anchor point is some distance from the edge. Squeezing the handle fully allows the rope to slide smoothly through the device. However, during a descent the user must release the handle to stop. Squeezing the device in a panic grip allows the user to continue to descend.
The Double Brake Escape Artist operates in a similar manner: the user squeezes the handle to control descent and releases the handle to stop. However, if the descent is too fast and the user panics, squeezing harder on the handle instead of letting up, the Double Brake Escape Artist will slow the descent. This is the only available escape certified descent control device with a double-braking feature. The trade-off is that when a user is letting out rope quickly to cross a room, some skill is required to find the free running spot between too little or too much pressure on the handle.
The choice of which model Escape Artist will work best for your department and personnel depends on their level of training and the protocols that have been established for emergency escape. |
This item is a Rescue Response Gear Red iBex approved product to fill your various needs for use in rope rescue and industrial rope access fall protection when using equipment such as webbing, rope, anchors, harnesses, helmets, gloves, belay & rappel devices, ascenders, pulleys, carabiners and other approved hardware in professional swiftwater, firefighter, canyoneering, work at height, positioning, suspension and fall arrest when climbing and descending, mast and tower climb, telecoms, wind turbines and stage rigging .

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