Maintenance and Marking / Engraving of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
A lot of manufacturers now uniquely mark every item allowing the user to differentiate between identical products. Some of these individual serial numRead More…
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Charities Zero Rating Rescue Equipment
Eligible bodies who hold a valid declaration of eligibility and /or sufficient evidence to demonstrate eligibility for the relief, can obtain some goRead More…
Monthly Prize Draw – A new prize every month!
Like our Facebook and Sign Up to our Newsletter by 30 September for a chance to WIN a Petzl ASAP Lock (worth nearly £200!) The Petzl ASAP Read More…
IRATA Statement on the Petzl Shunt sent to IRATA Member Training Companies / assessors – August 2014
IRATA have recommended to their trainers / assessors that they should phase out the use of a Petzl Shunt as a back-up device for rope access. The fullRead More…
Checking a rope for contamination
How you can analyse a rope to see if a discoloured section has been contaminated with acid Just looking through some old articles (2009), we came aRead More…
Quashing the Petzl Grigri 2 Recall Rumours!
For info and clarification, recent postings on social media about a recall of the Grigri 2 refer to the recall dating back to 2011. Petzl has NOT issuRead More…
DMM Catch Review
DMM Catch Back-up device for Rope Access review Yesterday we had a sneak preview of the DMM Catch back-up device. Our initial impression is that itRead More…
Comparison of the new Petzl ASAP Back-up Devices
There are now two versions of the popular Petzl ASAP Fall Arrest / Back-up device: the ASAP and the ASAP Lock. Similarities: – Both devices featurRead More…
Easter Closedown
The Abaris team will be taking a well earned long weekend over Easter and the office will thus be closing at 5pm on Thursday 17th April. We will re-opRead More…
Cracks in Petzl Zigzag – Update and recommendations
Following the posting of an image of a crack in a link on a Petzl Zigzag Mechanical Prusik a few weeks back, Petzl have now had the Zigzag in questionRead More…