perswig
Registered: November 2004
Posts: 129
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Review Date: Sun November 7, 2004
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Have used these for two two and a half seasons, with Montrail Couloirs and Asolo Annapurnas (both pretty flexible leather boots). They give excellent "feel" and clearance with these low-profile boots, and are rock-solid even when I'm not. I suspect they'd be even better with a double/plastic boot, and the toe bail probably fits that type of welt better; had to whack mine a bit to fit the narrower front end of my boots. Seem kind of heavy when doing low-angle stuff and the vert. front points get in the way - much prefer BD sabertooths for this.
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Stickyfingerz
green horn
Registered: November 2004
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 44
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Review Date: Mon November 29, 2004
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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lightweight, secure
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I got these suckers last year and have been really happy with 'em. I've only climbed with the monopoint configuration, but they had great penetration and always felt stable. Not as many frontpoint options as the M-10, but I'm not sure why you'd need to adjust offset, center, angle, etc. and they're significantly lighter. Used 'em with the anti-bots and never had a problem with snowballing. They went right onto my Asolo AFS Evoluzione boots just fine (with no hammer required) and stayed on. I've heard that they walk better than some crampons with less rocker, but I don't have enough experience to comment on this. Only reason I didn't give them a 10, is I think you can never reach true perfection and I don't feel like I've tried enough other crampons to really know that they're the best.
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eastcoastclimber
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Registered: November 2004
Location: North of Delaware South of Vermont
Posts: 9
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Review Date: Fri December 24, 2004
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $157.25
| Rating: 10
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easy to set mono points, easy fit on boots
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Got the ones with the antibots. Sweet crampons, used em a few times before I bought em. Love them. I had no problem setting them to my Nepal Extreme Leather Boots.
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crowleytec
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Registered: November 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 9
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Review Date: Thu January 6, 2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $145.00
| Rating: 10
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versatile, vertical ice, dual or mono
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I just got these things this year, and love them. Having recently upgraded from the G-12 I noticed a huge step up in climbing performance, as for the first time i feel like i can just sink the hige front point right into the ice and stand on it, as opposed to simply flailing and scratching at the surface with my old general mountaineering crampons. The versatility of these are just incredible, and of course the grivel quality and fit for my nepals are tops.
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mcfrank
green horn
Registered: December 2004
Location: New York City
Posts: 10
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Review Date: Tue January 11, 2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $140.00
| Rating: 9
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versatile, adjustable
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Very nice spikes. I've used them in consolidated snow and not been too disappointed. The antibott plates are absolutely necessary, though--like any spike they'll be really difficult to use in sticky snow without them. Another plus is that the large toe bail fits over the tongue on tele boots (something that's not true of a lot of general mountaineering spikes) so that actually makes them good for longish moderate routes if you want to use tele skis for the approach.
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Registered: October 2004
Location: Keene Valley, NY