In reply to UKC/UKH Gear:
Seconding vscott - a good review Dan!
Gosh - writing the review of the Lite version feels a long time ago - you can tell from video attached I was going through my under-employed year!
I remember comparing the alu ones at the time with pictures of the steel version and it does look like the steel ones have better secondary points, so even if they are less than the secondary points from other brands, at least they must give more support than the points on the Lite model.
I moved back to the UK just a few months after the Beast Lite review was published so I've mainly used mine as a ski touring crampon as they are so much lighter than my other crampons. But I've decided particularly winter climbing in England and Wales, that shorter downward points on crampons are often an advantage, for exactly the reason you say in your review: they make crossing exposed rock and particularly scree easier than when you have longer points. At the same time slightly shorter downward points don't seem to be any disadvantage when on deeper snow or neve. So for example, I have G12s and CT Nuptse crampons and for general mountaineering in the UK I've found I prefer the CT ones because the points are slightly shorter and you feel you 'teeter' in them less walking on rock, scree etc. The Beasts look good for UK use from that perspective.