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Climbing with weight difference: What is a Brake Assistant / Belay Resistor?
Climbing with weight difference: What is a Brake Assistant / Belay Resistor?
Are you climbing with weight difference? A brake assistant / belay resistor like ZAED helps to equalize the weight in between heavy climber and lightweight belayer.  Lire plus...
Tariff for US customers
Tariff for US customers
The 2025 US tariff regulations of the Trump administration brought some changes for American customers of our online shop. Here you find some info for your order Lire plus...
Safety Advice for ZAED and other brake assistants
Safety Advice for ZAED and other brake assistants
In this short video I’d like to point out several very important safety issues for brake assistants. Most of these rules apply to all the existing brake assistants in the... Lire plus...
Destroying climbing gear for safety research
Destroying climbing gear for safety research
What happens in the rare case if a rope gets caught behind ZAED‘s pushpin Lire plus...
AlpenAcademy reviews ZAED
AlpenAcademy reviews ZAED
A review of ZAED by AlpenAcademy (GERMAN) Lire plus...
CLIMBING Magazine tested ZAED
CLIMBING Magazine tested ZAED
A review on ZAED mini by CLIMBING magazine who tested the brake assistant Lire plus...
40 kg weight difference: 50kg belayer vs 90kg climber - possible with ZAED?
40 kg weight difference: 50kg belayer vs 90kg climber - possible with ZAED?
50kg belayer vs 90kg climber - is a 40kg weight difference possible with ZAED? Lire plus...
How to check for the manufacturing date of your raed device
How to check for the manufacturing date of your raed device
How to read the manufacturing date of your device based on the serial number printed on the device.  Lire plus...
NEW: ZAED pro & ZAED mini
NEW: ZAED pro & ZAED mini
On Sept. 01 2025 we're releasing ZAED in two new devices for climbers with weight difference: ZAED pro & ZAED mini.  Lire plus...
Test-Review of ZÆD in comparison with other devices
Test-Review of ZÆD in comparison with other devices
Another German test and review of ZÆD, this time from Bergsteigen.com  Lire plus...
Video: Klettern & Sichern mit Gewichtsunterschied [GERMAN]
Video: Klettern & Sichern mit Gewichtsunterschied [GERMAN]
Welche Tipps, Tricks und welche Geräte gibt es als Hilfsmittel für Sportkletterer mit Gewichtsunterschied in der Seilschaft? Ein Video von JuraClimbs beleuchtet alle gängigen Methoden mit ihren Vor- & Nachteilen: Lire plus...
First independent review of ZAED is online
First independent review of ZAED is online
The first independent review of ZAED is online. It's written by the professional climbing coaches from Climbe - a climbing coaching company based in Munich, Germany.  We're proud to present... Lire plus...
ZÆD's advantages over other products in the market
ZÆD's advantages over other products in the market
The advantage of ZÆD over other devices in the market lies in the following factors:  Active Belaying for soft whipping, Fast rope delivery for clipping, Adjustability of the resistance Lire plus...
ZÆD: Tested by TÜV Austria
ZÆD: Tested by TÜV Austria
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The history of ZAED
The history of ZAED
When I, Stephan - the founder and CEO of raed - met my girlfriend, we ran into a problem: Both of us love climbing, but she's so much lighter than me... Lire plus...
ZAED - powered by the magic of LASER
ZAED - powered by the magic of LASER
Did you ever want to see how some parts of ZAED are actually made? How the letters come to the metal for example? It's the magic of laser beams! This... Lire plus...