Which type of carabiners to choose for aerial act rigging? Autolocking or screwgate carabiners?

Which type of carabiners to choose for aerial act rigging? Autolocking or screwgate carabiners?

You can choose for your aerial silks rigging autolocking or screwgate carabiners. It will not have any influence on performance and basically only your personal choice. But anyway it has several differences.

Any aerialist would say that screw gate carabiners are safer to rig and leave alone if you do not have to move your apparatus or detach your silks. Also they are strong, more secure because have fewer moving parts.


First of all autolocking carabiners are fast and much better for rigging and de-rigging apparatus. Autolocking carabiners are easier to opperate with one hand and have a wider gate opening. During performance you can easily operate locking system even in a blackout.

Also autolocking carabiners would have several different types and could include different safety levels to be secure as screw gate carabiners.

02.03.2015