The Climb Tech Blanco quickdraw is a lightweight, affordable quickdraw with a number of quality features that make it a great value. The Blanco pairs up two keylock carabiners; a straight gate and a bent gate, connected with a quality Dyneema runner. Weighing 3 ounces, it is comparable or lighter than many other keylock quickdraws available.

Carabiners
The keylock carabiners used on the Blanco are full sized, with a traditional, straight spine. The carabiner’s combination of tapered noses and a keylock gate helps prevent snags when cleaning steep sport route or unclipping from a harness or tensioned rope.

The full-size carabiners make them easy to handle and clip and the gate opening is comparable to many of the larger carabiners on the market such as the Black Diamond Nitron or Trango Smooth carabiners. The Blanco was much admired by testers for its easy handling and clipping.

Dogbone Runners
The dogbone runner is skinny (reducing weight), and measures 10mm wide and 5 inches long. The low weight will be appreciated by climbers looking to drop grams on their rack but the skinny runner may be lacking for serious sport climbers looking for something wider to grab onto when “dogging” sport routes or making emergency clips. The top of the runner is stitched loose to allow movement of the straight gate carabiner. The bottom of the runner has a rubber retainer stitched inside of the runner that does an excellent job of keeping the rope end carabiner in place. 

Value
At $13.95 per draw, the Blanco’s price is hard to beat and is one of the cheapest draws reviewed. It’s not as cheap as some quickdraws, such as the Black Diamond FreeWire, but it has more features than many price point draws, the FreeWire included. To find a keylock quickdraw with a similar weight and a similar, quality dogbone runner you may have to spend $16.95 or more for a draw like the C.A.M.P. Orbit Mixed.