Sporting the company’s signature feature called the True Radius, the Omega Pacific Five-O Locking Gate Carabiner is a rope-friendly ‘biner that does not cut or abrade your ropes. There are zero flat areas anywhere a load-bearing rope passes. Also like the other carabiners from Omega Pacific, the Five-O is constructed through the company’s proprietary ISO Cold Forging process. This process strengthens the Aircraft 7000 Series aluminum out of which it is made.
The Five-O is designed in a way that it feels comfortable in your hands. It is also easy to manipulate even with gloved hands. It has a gate with a 21 mm opening which makes clipping with rings or other carabiners, and attaching ropes virtually effortless. Its deep basket forces loaded ropes to move towards the spine where it is strongest rather than the gate.
The major axis has a strength of 25 kiloNewtons with the gate closed. However, when it is opened this is reduced to 7 kiloNewtons. The minor axis, on the other hand, is rated at 8 kiloNewtons. At its widest point, the Omega Pacific Five-O Locking Gate Carabiner measures 68.3 mm, with a length of 108.5 mm. It weighs approximately 63 grams.