In reply to Reach>Talent:
> (In reply to trubs)
> (perhaps the ID?). Part of the problem is that it is rather awkward for the climber if they get stuck up a route because you can't lower them. This is something that you are going to have to work out very carefully with your climbing partners as there is the potential to get into a quite tricky self rescue situation.
the ID can be used as a belay device as well and can lower according to the pdf instructions
www.petzl.com/en/pro/self-braking-descenders/id-s
unless you mean the antipanic function in which case you are dompletely correct
David
P.S. not a professional, just read a bit about it because I thought about trying to get a job in rope access