Grivel G10 Light

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... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, relativly light
Disadvantages: Leash comes off

...Hi, Having doing hillwalking and low grade rock climbing for a number of years i though i would take the plunge into winter walking. Last year i bought myself a pair of Grivel G10 crampons and the above axe. The axe is 60cm in length with a wrist lensh on the shaft. The axe head is study and joined to shaft with an eyelet rivet, the same as most axes of this type. The shaft of the axe sounds hollow giving it it's light weight. This does not mean that it is weak, as I used it once as as a hanhold, jaming the axe horizontal across the top of two boulders and hauling myself up on it, the shaft did not bend and their is no sign of cracking. The shaft appears to have a protective coating on it that also allows for extera grip by having loads of small raised bubbles on it. The head of the axe, is quit tough, and has not been... Read review

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Advantages: Very, very bright; Build quality
Disadvantages: Large; Ugly

...Bike lights have been coming on in leaps and bounds recently, with LEDs starting to be exploited to remarkable effect. The Blackburn have shown the benefits of that evolution to the full with their Quadrant front light. As it suggests the name Quadrant means there are four LEDs mounted in this space-age looking contraption. If I'm looking to be picky I'll list this here and now as the only drawback to the light - it's ugly, really ugly. And it's pretty big as well (it has to be, it's powered by four AA batteries), though it managed to fit in between some gear levers and a bell on the bars it was mounted on). But with that out of the way I have to move on to the extensive positives with this light. I bought it because I'd recently convinced my girlfriend to start commuting to work by bike, but the impending dark nights were... Read review

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