Tempted to get one for those times I end up climbing trad with belayers less experienced in lead belaying for a bit of extra reassurance. I already drop my grade and consider myself to be essentially soloing if I'm climbing with people fresh from the wall, but it'd be nice to know there's an additional safeguard against potential belayer stupidity. Has anyone on here tried one - any opinions?
I like it because it'd appear you can belay virtually exactly like with a regular belay device, with no handles, fancy tricks or similar to confuse anyone. It looks like it'll look familiar and feel familiar to uninitiated parties.