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boulder mat & down jacket 18-Jan-2005 At 8:59:56 AM Tel

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On 17/01/2005 Setha wrote:
>As for the Metolius pad; its made very well, stitching is very sound,
>material is pretty durable, it takes a good beating, also it has metal
>buckles which are solid. It also has a 45 degree hinge, which means that
>you dont get a soft spot in the middle of the pad. The foam is dual density,
>pretty hard on the inside... side, but if you turn it over face down its
>good and soft. Downsides I think is that it isn't actually that big (for
>eg it is only slightly bigger then the MDs pad), the shoulder straps aren't
>ideal either. Furthermore, there is no shoe dustoff patch or pockets. Still
>a pretty good crashpad though.
>
>Have you considered picking up a Tools of the Adventure pad while in NZ?
>They are by far the best I've fallen on!

the TOTA pads are extremely good, the large one(stunt mat) has ample real estate to land on, I paid 400 for mine. So JCP, if you can scrounge another 50 odd, you could get one. But if you are really tight on the folding stuff, the Franklin reads well, I saw some pics and it looks pretty good, and sounds like you would be getting a good deal