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Which crampons work best? 29-Oct-2003 At 1:21:57 PM shmalec

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Think it goes somehting like this.
If you have rigid boots ie plakies or performance leathers, get rigid crampons. If you have standard leather all rounders, get hinged crampons.
If you are going to be climbing a bit of everything, get general purpose crampons with at least 12 points and horizontal front points. Black Ice are good. I have a very similar one made by Grivel with points that kinda splay outwards which further reduces balling up. On the topic of balling, vertical front points are not recommended for anyone but those doing lots of hard ice, as they ball up more on soft stuff due to snow getting caught between the vertical teeth.
As far as attachment goes, bails are faster to put on and off, but you need to check for a good fit with your boot.