Conterra Scarab

The Scarab Rescue Tool is a stainless steel tool that excels at easily controlling heavy rescue loads, pick-offs, twin rope systems, and other rescue techniques. The Scarab is strong, does not twist ropes, and allows quick adjustment of friction with easy lock-offs and ambidextrous use. Single and double rope capable, and allows attachment of rope without unclipping from anchor.

Features & Benefits

• Incredibly strong
• Instant friction adjustment
• Lower 600 lb with two fingers
• Super easy lock off
• Attach rope without unclipping from anchor
• Left or right handed use

Specifications

• Manufacturer: Conterra
• Made in the USA
• Materials: Stainless steel
• Minimum rope capacity: 9mm
• Maximum rope capacity: 13mm (1/2")
• Weight: 385g (13.8 oz)

Standards

• NFPA 1983 "G"

Conterra's Description of the Scarab:

"The Scarab has endured over five years of drop and slow pull testing as well as undergoing extensive heat and wear studies utilizing Conterra's Capstan Test Bed. -The frame and crossbar's strength is greater than 40kN. In real world tests with Nylon rescue ropes, the ropes fail at the nose of the Scarab at about their knotted strength (just like most other descent control devices). When pulling a 12.7mm rescue rope on a tied off Scarab, the rope breaks at about 27kN, which easily exceeds the 22kN strength rating that NFPA calls out for to rate class "G" for descent control devices. In addition to a battery of slow pull and drop tests, the Scarab has undergone extensive heat and wear studies. One device was tested by pulling over a mile of dirty rope through it under rescue sized tension, with temperature reading thermocouples being monitored at several locations during pulls. At 2kN of tension, and a lowering speed of 10M per minute, the Scarab maintained a frame temperature at about 100 degrees C. To our knowledge, the Scarab is the only descent control device to have been tested to this degree."