DMM Antiballing Plates (pair)

Advantages: anti bailling plates, easily adjusted
Disadvantages: not very aggressive teeth

...Specs C1 crampon grade: semi-flexible construction Great winter walking crampon Supplied with anti-balling plates Three dimensional relief stamped technology for added strength Fully adjustable by hand, without tools and one size fits all; fits Euro boot size 35-46 G10 folds easily for transportation Chromolly steel construction is strong and durable; semi-flexible construction Shorter, less aggressive points are designed for easy use on moderate terrain Classic binding system uses Zytel® toe piece and wrap-around straps for a solid and secure fit Easy to fit crampons fit all of my boots, 4 pairs. The teath are blunt and not very aggresive but that means you cant use them for pure ice climbing, but also means no more shredded legs! They size can be adjusted to fold away to carry and the antibailling plates are a handy extra... Read review

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Advantages: safe bit of gear, great forwall use and beginners
Disadvantages: can just be awkward and annoying - especially outdoors

...restricted now for the plastic bit. dividing the crab in half means that once used in the system and the plastic clip lock on, the bottom half is attached to you and the half contains the belay plate and rope. and it does one simple, but useful thing, now the crab cannot move round to the side and become cross loaded (where the rope pull is on the crabs width), so there will be no reduction in strength. because, if your not careful crabs can flip around on their side and reduce the force they can take. so it sounds like a nice life save device. on the other hand, its really annoying, in order to stop the plastic bit sticking out and flapping around it has to be clipped across both sides of the crab,and to do this the screw on the gate has to be locked. however, when you've got it crab clipped to you gear rack, or you taking it on and off... Read review

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Advantages: comfortable, strong and long lasting
Disadvantages: not a massive soul plate

...these are a quality pair of skates no matter what your level of skill. originally, when they came out, there was a silver pair avaliable which were a limited edition. they are the same skate but look alot nicer so have a scope around and see if you can find them. i bought a pair of these as my second ever pair.... that was 4-5 years ago and im still skating them. admitted they are getting a little tired now, but to go that long, and ive not had to replace a single part of them. they come with excellent wheels, good bearings and are comfortable. they are a tight fitting skate so i recommend 1 size bigger than your foot size. if they are for a kid thats still growing, probably two sizes bigger so when they grow, they wont need a new pair straight away. the only slight disadvantage is they dont posses an overly large soul plate which means... Read review

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