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Keep your phone secure during multipitch climbing with the Tech-Tether. This minimal phone tether lets you keep your phone in a pocket or pouch while ensuring it stays attached to your harness. A universal clip-in insert fits any standard phone case. The new swivel phone-side connector keeps the cord from twisting.
Key Features:
Universal Phone Case Compatibility
A semi-rigid insert simply slides inside your phone case and pops out the charge port hole, creating a phone clip-in point.
Stretchable Design
A swaged bungee cord assembly allows for low-profile stretch during phone usage.
Easy Clipping Rack-able Carabiner
The red racking carabiner is sized large enough to easily clip into a gear loop, around a rope anchor, or into fixed hardware at the belay.
During multipitch climbing, the phone lease is ideaal for taking pictures and looking on the topo; the flexible cord and the pivot on the small carabiner make use and excess easy and secure. Never climb without it.
Service from Avant Climbing is the best.
Michiel Troost
The Netherlands
Love this phone tether! You can't really see it in the picture, but that picture wouldn't exist without it! Bought a few for myself and the guys on my team for a highly exposed job where we were working over pedestrians 130' below. We needed to make sure we couldn't drop a single thing. These tethers gave us peace of mind so we could carry our phones safely, without constantly worrying they would fall.
I really like the design of this product. I've used a couple others and this is my favorite. However, while using the tether for two months in the Dolomites this summer an issue arose. About half way through, the tether next to the clip that affixes to a harness loop began shredding. It concerned me enough to tape the shredding tether. I wonder if there is a way to improve this spot on the tether.
Store owner replied:
Hey David, thanks for the candid feedback. It seems like the metal crimp might have been put on too tight to cause this sort of quick failure. I will look into to ensure ongoing quality of this and the similarly crimped TRS lanyard. In the meantime I will send you a new one on us!
-Brent
Easy to use, lightweight and durable which makes for ease of use for single pitch, high walls or just hiking on a bushy descent.
Love it and appreciate the simple design.
Screw gate, carabiner very cheap and comes undone in your pocket. Can confirm with other people to have it that happens to them too.
Once Carabiner id replaced, it is a great product.
I stopped using it for a while then dropped my phone 30 feet and it’s back in my bag.
One of The few avant Products I’m on the fence about recommending.
Store owner replied:
Hi Greg, I am sorry to hear about this Tech-Tether issue. It seems like some of the silver biners have bad threads - please email me if you'd like a replacement biner to try, and I'll get one to you ASAP. But I am trying to improve on this product and am exploring different connectors for the next version. Stay tuned...
-Brent
I love the avant phone tether!!! I’ve now used the one from 2024 and the kind of adjusted 2025 one with the locking mini carabiner and it is great— here’s photo proof that I never worry about my phone!
Also big fan of the multi pitch pack— I used to use a fanny pack on walls but I can fully stuff a sun hoodie into y’all’s pack and it’s so much more ideal
My first use of this was a day out on the canoe in the BWCA. Was able to pull out my phone on the lakes with confidence. Come nighttime, I even clipped it to a loop inside my tent to find my phone easily. I’ll be using it in densely populated areas while traveling, aside from the wall. Very useful.
Saw this being tested on HowNot2 and thought the leash was a great idea. Took it on my most recent climbing trip and it was a great way to keep my phone safe. Kept it zipped up in a pocket and leashed to my gear loop. Taking it out while chilling at the belay, it gave me peace of mind in case it slipped out of my hand.
Works great. I keep it attached to my purse. It's a comfort when traveling alone, I never worry about leaving it behind. The cord is long and flexible enough that I almost never need to disconnect it for pictures, texting or even phone calls.
Very happy with this purchase, very well designed and extremely practical. Feels solid and I’m not concerned about dropping my phone whilst concentrating on belaying.
Store owner replied:
Hey Brandon, sorry to hear that the leash failed you. Email us, and we'll send a replacement.
It was designed to not be *too* strong as this has its own dangers when snagging on things. But it shouldn't fail during normal climbing or hiking use.
The small screw at one end of the tether is inadequate for the job of securing the device to the tether. It comes undone every time I use the tether. Unless I come up with a work around, it's unusable.
It's really good, I haven't had the same issue that other people have had with the charging port. The charging port on my phone isn't blocked whatsoever by the attachment. The only thing I don't like about it, is that little screw gate that you connect to the phone. Honestly, it would be better if that was just another carabiner. This is something I'll probably replace on my own soon. I don't like how the screwgate can unscrew itself randomly, and it's just kind of fiddly.
I use the tether all the time for both phone and with GoPro cameras I have mounted to shot video. Tether is longer than the thin little tethers GoPro used to offer. Highly recommend.
Great tool, works well. At first I thought that I was supposed to peel the attachment part to reveal some sort of sticker surface. But eventually after failing to do so I realized that it's supposed to stay put just by wedging it into the case with your phone.