AWAH Z3-Fire PPE certified Drill Powered Ascender

Each unit comes with the certified 11mm wheel.  If you use 10mm ropes, we have non-certified 10mm wheels available on this PAGE.

30 Day Satisfaction Guarantee

It's new.  It's different.  Not sure if it's for you? Try it!  If you don't like it, we'll send you a shipping label and you can return it within 30 days of receiving it.  We've made good on this promise multiple times now.  We have a perfect five star rating on Google with 297 reviews.

*One unit per customer.  Please don't buy several all at once then attempt to return them all.  This guarantee applies to single-unit purchases only. Bulk purchases are ineligible for return under this guarantee.

How NOT 2 is the Official Distributor

We have worked with AWAH for years now to bring this to the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand markets and are the official distributors for those countries.  

We handle all the warranty and customer service for sales by us or our retail partners.  We are the only ones who stock the spare wheels are only available to be purchased for authorized units.  We cannot service or supply parts for units not purchased by us or the following retail partners:

• Maple Leaf Rope (USA and Canada)
• VSG's Rescue Direct (USA)
• Heights Above (USA)
• Rope Access Sonora (Mexico)

When purchased on our site to be shipped to CA, AU, and NZ, it is fulfilled from our warehouse in Taiwan, managed by our partners Climbing Taiwan Gear Co.  We try to avoid unnecessary border crossings in these high tariff times.  We provide free shipping with taxes/duties paid so it just arrives to your door!

Purchasing this in Europe?  Visit LineGrip's website! They are the distributor in Europe.

WARNING: awah.com and awahz3.com and awah.store ARE NOT AWAH!  We cannot support whatever they sell on there.  Skyward Supplies is another common site we hear about that is NOT an authorized retailer that we cannot support anything you purchase from there.  

Revolutionary design

The Z3-FIRE is powered by a hand drill AND attached to the operator, solving the problems that other powered ascenders offered BUT at a fraction of the cost.  There are NO proprietary batteries or motors to fail, leaving you grounded on a jobsite.   And despite being the most affordable, it's the only powered ascender certified as work-positioning PPE — rated under EN 12841 and ANSI Z359.9 for daily rope access work! The Z3 features an integrated dual self-locking mechanism that automatically engages in case of gearbox failure, preventing accidental falls and ensuring operational safety.

Our engineer at How NOT 2 solved the mystery on how to get the unique 11mm wheel to be grabby enough to take you up the rope but slippery enough to let you back down.  Few devices are capable of going up AND down with the same wheel!  

Z3s were a critical component in filming the Taipei 101 free solo by Alex Honnold.

This was the initial episode was when they first arrived in the USA.  These had the 10mm wheels.  They now have 11mm wheels