Black Diamond Oz Quickpack 6-Pack Set of Rock Climbing Quickdraws with Wiregate Carabiners Review (2026)

What the Oz Quickpack is built for

The Oz Quickpack bundles six Black Diamond Oz quickdraws, each built around a pair of Black Diamond's smallest wiregate carabiners joined by a compact dogbone. Black Diamond positions the Oz line as its lightest quickdraw, aimed at alpine climbing, long multi pitch routes and any trip where every gram on the harness adds up over thousands of feet of climbing. A 6-pack is a common starting rack size for shorter single pitch sport routes or as a supplement to a larger rack on routes that mix bolted and gear protected sections, rather than a complete kit for a long sport pitch with a dozen or more bolts.

Weight and strength specs

Each Oz quickdraw weighs about 63 grams, which Black Diamond and independent gear reviewers have both pointed to as among the lightest quickdraws on the market, built using a slim woven dogbone paired with two small wiregate carabiners rather than the thicker forged noses found on general purpose draws. Published strength figures put the closed gate rating around 20 kilonewtons with an open gate and minor axis strength of about 7 kilonewtons each, in line with what is required of a certified climbing carabiner. The wiregate design also reduces the chance of gate flutter, where a carabiner can briefly pop open from vibration during a fall or a hard clip.

Clipping and racking six small draws

On route, the small Oz carabiners clip cleanly into bolt hangers and take up very little space on a harness gear loop, which matters when a rack also needs room for cams, nuts or slings on a mixed alpine route. The trade-off is that the tiny gate and narrow spine are noticeably harder to find and grip quickly compared with a standard sport quickdraw, especially with gloves on or during a strenuous clip above a bolt. Climbers generally rack these with the rope end carabiner oriented consistently so the small gate is easy to locate under pressure, a habit worth building before relying on them on a committing lead.

Six draws versus a bigger rack

A 6-pack works well as dedicated alpine or multi pitch protection, or as a lightweight addition to a bigger sport rack, but it will run out fast on a longer single pitch sport route that needs ten or more clips, so many climbers pair it with a second set of draws in a heavier, easier to grab size such as Black Diamond's own Hotwire. Compared with mid weight wiregate draws from Trango or Wild Country, the Oz saves real grams per draw but gives up some of the easy handling those slightly larger carabiners offer, which is the core trade-off of any ultralight quickdraw line.

Who should buy the Oz Quickpack

This 6-pack suits alpine climbers, fast and light multi pitch parties, and sport climbers who already own a full rack and want a lighter supplemental set for long approaches or big link-up days where grams matter more than easy handling. Climbers who mostly project short, heavily bolted sport routes and want draws that are fast and forgiving to clip in a hurry will likely be happier with a standard size wiregate or keylock quickdraw instead. Given our score of 8.6 out of 10, the Oz Quickpack earns its place as a specialist weight saving tool rather than an everyday sport climbing draw.

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