Clippy is a climbing clip stick I designed to be affordable, reliable and adaptable. Most clip sticks on the market are ridiculously overpriced, so I made one that’s easy to print and built to last.

The screw mechanism lets you attach it to almost any pole under 30mm—selfie sticks, umbrellas, trekking poles, broom handles and even tree branches. It also has a hole for harness attachment. Although it is made to clip the first bolt, it can also be used to “cheat” through hard moves (you should probably try sending though, you can do it).

I’ve tested it with a bunch of quickdraws from Black Diamond, Metolius, CAMP, Petzl and Climbtech. All work very good, but some do work slightly better than others. So I included the STEP file if you want adjustments. 

Printing tips:

• Print it in PETG
• No supports required
• 0.3 layer height is super good enough
• 4 perimeters for the screw
• 100% infill for the gate opener
• 100% sectorized infill for the threaded wall and its opposing wall. 
• Note: The tolerances in the model work for a relatively calibrated printer. If you are having issues with the screw just scale x and y axis (not z!) of the screw to 99.5%.

Designed by a climber, for climbers. Hope it helps!

V2.0:

• Some edges are smoother
• Screw wall is significantly thicker to prevent cracking from overtightening (it can now be tightened pretty well without compromise)
• Screw tolerance revision
• Minor geometry revisions for printability 
• Screw diameter is wider and it is way easier to use thinner poles.