Recommend me a crush pad

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Hi.

Is it worth buying a bouldering mat/crush pad?

What do you recommend?

Brands? Models? 

On a different but similar note....

I will be reviewing climbing products in my trip reports.

Sav

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Le Sapeur 14 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

What are you planning to crush?

In reply to Le Sapeur:

Grit this winter....

Font circuits as part of my EuroTour.

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 webbo 14 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

> Hi.

> Is it worth buying a bouldering mat/crush pad?

> What do you recommend?

> Brands? Models? 

> On a different but similar note....

> I will be reviewing climbing products in my trip reports.

> Sav

Usually in order to review a climbing product you would actually need to use it whilst climbing.

That might prove difficult for you Sav.

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In reply to webbo:

I did test some La Sportiva shoes at HarroWall and Depot Sheffield..  

My original plan was to test and compare two brands of (finger) tape but the guy I was going to climb with couldn't make it.

I am very keen to climb grit this winter

Sav

 webbo 14 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

Do it first, post afterwards.

Rather than the other way round.

 John Ww 14 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

I’m very keen to ski the Gervasutti couloir this winter - can’t see that happening either.

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 webbo 14 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

> I did test some La Sportiva shoes at HarroWall and Depot Sheffield..  

> My original plan was to test and compare two brands of (finger) tape but the guy I was going to climb with couldn't make it.

> I am very keen to climb grit this winter

> Sav

I’m looking for some new shoes for climbing on my home board which is 45 degrees overhanging. 
With respect Sav there is no way you could review shoes that would suit this.

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In reply to John Ww:

Make it happen.

I will....

It is Gritmas after all.

S

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 McHeath 14 Dec 2019
In reply to John Ww:

> I’m very keen to ski the Gervasutti couloir this winter - can’t see that happening either.

Don't forget your crush pad.

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In reply to McHeath:

Haha

In reply to webbo:

Show a photo.

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 webbo 14 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

Why.

In reply to webbo:

Just to have a look at it.

Maybe, just maybe, I can suggest some shoes.

In reply to Mountain Spirit:

What about the boulder pad suggestions?

Any that you say are no good? Which ones are highly recommended?

My mate says Petzl ones are good but they are big.

S

Post edited at 22:51
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 webbo 14 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

How could you recommend shoes for something you have no experience of using.

It would be like me suggesting to Lewis Hamilton what shoes to wear for Formula one racing.

Yes I can drive a car but there it ends.

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 webbo 14 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

By the way Sav, most people refer to them as crash pads not crush pads.

Crush pads makes you sound like someone who says they are  going free climbing.

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In reply to webbo:

I have tried La Sportiva Tarantulas and Green Pythons...  

At both Depot Sheffield, HarroWall and VauxEast they let me use them on problems and traversing.

Post edited at 23:06
In reply to webbo:

Agree.

 Andy Lagan 15 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

Hi mate,

I've got one of these which I really like (good foam, good size);

https://moonclimbing.com/saturn-crash-pad-blue-jewel.html

It might be a bit big, but you can downsize to the warrior pad. It gets a good review by UKC;

https://www.ukclimbing.com/gear/climbing/bouldering_mats/mid-sized_boulderi...

Cheers,

Andy

 FactorXXX 15 Dec 2019
In reply to Le Sapeur:

> What are you planning to crush?

A grape?

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 tjdodd 15 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

I'd highly recommend getting a pad.  Means you can get out without being tied to finding a partner.  You can practice in relatively safety and you get to meet lots of people.  Bouldering is very social.

I use Ocun boulder pads and really like them.  They are durable and flexible as they can be zipped as a standard pad and also long and thin for traverses.  The Dominator is brilliant.

I'm also seeing more and more Psychi pads around

https://www.psychi.co.uk/climbing/bouldering-mats.html

Also have a look at the UKC review of pads

https://www.ukclimbing.com/gear/climbing/bouldering_mats/mid-sized_boulderi...

 Offwidth 15 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

I don't think you will need one for a while as most people you will climb with will have one.  

For webbo.... as well as seconding some lower grade microroutes and playing around with protection,  Savas has bouldered with me on some unlisted stuff at Burbage north... balancy stuff to mantel exits, unusual for him as he mainly boulders indoors ... typical of the quieter unpolished font yellows.

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 webbo 15 Dec 2019
In reply to Offwidth:

I know that. My concern is that as a beginner he’s not really in a position to be reviewing high performance equipment.

He just needs to concentrate on climbing and stop trying to be media star.

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In reply to Offwidth:

It depends who I climb with on grit...

Nick who we met doesn't boulder.

Also the people, if any, who are coming on the tour. 

 Martin Bennett 15 Dec 2019
In reply to webbo:

Give him a break. Sounds as though, to use words from this thread, appropriate or otherwise, you're trying to crush a Spirit.

In reply to webbo:

There is nothing high performance about Tarantulas and climbing tape.

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In reply to Andy Lagan:

I like the look of Moon products and I am a big Ben Moon Dan myself....

Did you know he was an environmentalist?....

A bit like me female companion who has been to a few ER demonstrations.

S

Post edited at 15:12
 John Ww 15 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

Eh???

In reply to John Ww:

JW.

What would you like me to repeat?

I like the look of Moon products and I am a big Ben Moon fan myself...

S

Post edited at 17:00
 Andy Lagan 15 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

I didn’t know he’s an environmentalist, it’s understandable as spending time climbing and skiing has taught me lot about nature and the need to act environmentally as well.

Good on him, Even more happy to own a Moon pad!

 John Ww 15 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

> I am a big Ben Moon Dan myself....

> A bit like me female companion

These bits.

In reply to John Ww:

Typos/AutoCorrect....

I am a big Ben Moon fan myself.....

A bit like my female companion.

In reply to Andy Lagan:

According to Statement: The Ben Moon Story he and some friends attached themselves to some trees so they wouldn't be cut down.....

I'll have to double check that though.

 jezb1 15 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

> A bit like my female companion.

Your crush pad worked then?

In reply to jezb1:

Lol.

Another use for the words 'crush pad'?!

S

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 GrahamD 16 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

> According to Statement: The Ben Moon Story he and some friends attached themselves to some trees so they wouldn't be cut down.....

I seem to remember them driving to Newbury to protest about a road, but I might have mis-remembered 

In reply to GrahamD:

I remember reading this in a review of Statement.

 MischaHY 17 Dec 2019
In reply to Mountain Spirit:

Hey Sav. In Font at least you can rent pads for a few euro per day which is a lot easier than buying one and travelling with it by train  

In the Peak I think you know enough people who have kit right now. I'd save the money for trains/hostels for when you next head north! 

In reply to MischaHY:

Hi Mischa

I agree with you 100%.

I plan to go The Peak a lot this winter.

Sav

In reply to Mountain Spirit:

Snap Stamina or Wham. Solid pads. Good size.

Not as heavy as Petzl

In reply to Euan McKendrick:

Decided to just rent one in Font and borrow peoples when at the grit etc. 


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