I would also like to know some recommendations for high quality small carabiners. Preferrably available in Europe easily (most of the nice US-made "preppers" paraphernalia is just too expensive or inconvenient to ship over).
There is plenty of small stainless steel screwlock 'biners in local hardware shops, but these are usually either low quality, or too heavy, or both. And screwlock is a PITA to remove, it's more for screw once, never open again type of attachments.
I preffer the wiregate designs, like these:
(BD Micron) which for me have held up well, have a cutout on the gate for the wire so are very pretty secure even without lock, but are still too big for keychains/EDC lights etc. They are basically downsized climbing 'biners.
The wiregate design is the best I think, so far it's the most sturdy in small 'biners in my opinion (other small accessory 'biners with solid gate and flat spring inside it tend to loose spring pressure too easily over time, like most of the cheap ones that are most often bundled with small items like lights).
Anybody knows of similar but preferrably smaller? Wiregate, sturdy, small? The ones linked above seem interesting but would prefer locally in Europe.
I am also looking for a source of these pretty interesting hooks, used in Domke bags:
Mainly for snap closure of pouches and bag flaps. In practice, they work very well in their products (snapping onto a sewn in ring), and I would like to use them for added secure closure of custom pouches (instead of tri-claw quickreleases most EDC pouches/waistpacks use), where usually the flap would be held by velcro only for ease of access, and when needed I could snap it shut with this hook. Although if they are Domke patent, I might be just out of luck. I have several from worn out bags over the years but I am not prepared to buy a new 40$ pouch just to cut it apart for the hook
