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Bultitude

6/07/2012
12:39:04 AM

These are pretty awesome.

http://www.anomalie.com.au/products/blue-ice-double-mono

I'll be honest, that's my site. We're just starting out, importing stuff from france but the pack really are great.

(also if this post upsets anyone feel free to delete it or let me know!)


wallwombat

6/07/2012
12:55:40 AM

A bit spammy but I must admit, they do look pretty cool.

technogeekery

6/07/2012
8:57:17 AM

Nice looking pack, I like the Warthog too.

Bultitude

23/08/2012
10:09:16 AM

After a bit of a mess with australia post, we now have stock! And these things really are awesome. I think i'm gonna get rid of my arcteryx pack now.

pecheur

23/08/2012
11:36:04 AM

On 23/08/2012 Bultitude wrote:
>After a bit of a mess with australia post, we now have stock! And these
>things really are awesome. I think i'm gonna get rid of my arcteryx pack
>now.

Whilst I like the concept of the pack, I'm old and come from a time when all guys asked in a clothing store was: "Does it come in black?".

Well does it? This is designed for trad climbers, I'll go out on a limb and say most people that climb old school trad with that much gear do NOT want a bright green pack.

It's like no one appears to stock TC Pros smaller than size 39 in Australia. They figure the market for those things is mainly old, grizzly and male, no point getting anything smaller.


IdratherbeclimbingM9

23/08/2012
4:34:12 PM

On 23/08/2012 pecheur wrote:
>I'm old and come from a time when all guys asked in a clothing store was: "Does it come in black?".
>
>Well does it? This is designed for trad climbers, I'll go out on a limb
>and say most people that climb old school trad with that much gear do NOT
>want a bright green pack.
>
>It's like no one appears to stock TC Pros smaller than size 39 in Australia.
> They figure the market for those things is mainly old, grizzly and male,
>no point getting anything smaller

?
It looks an interesting/(good) pack, but true old fellows are happy with their antique equivalents!
Heh, heh. heh.

Mike Bee

23/08/2012
4:38:36 PM

On 6/07/2012 Bultitude wrote:
>These are pretty awesome.
>
>http://www.anomalie.com.au/products/blue-ice-double-mono
>
>I'll be honest, that's my site. We're just starting out, importing stuff
>from france but the pack really are great.

That thing looks the business. If my Petzl Bug ever wears out, I'll definitely try one of these out.


Paulie

23/08/2012
8:05:44 PM

No axe loops tho

Sturge

23/08/2012
11:03:08 PM

I saw a couple of modded-up Petzl Bugs the other day in Seoul.
A couple of guys at one of the little gear shops had pimped out their floor stock of Bugs.
They'd added 4 gear loops (1 on the padded bit and 1 on the non-padded bit on each shoulder strap) and a strap with a clicky fast buckle on the top of the bag, for carrying a rope.
They looked like a pretty good idea, but I reckon 2 straps on the top would be better and ditch the 2 useless straps under the bag.
I didn't manage to get any pics, but if I do later, I'll try and put them up.

Bultitude

23/08/2012
11:08:11 PM

pecheur: Youv'e got to remember, these packs are designed in Chamonix, we're lucky they're not hot pink or bright orange! At first the green was pretty extreme for me as well, but it's grown on me.

Paulie: Yeh, no axe loops on the double mono. There are on the Warthog and the 30/45 and they are quite functional compared to some of the systems i've seen recently. If you are putting up alpine routes where you want a chest harness for all of your cams then you probably need to go lighter. Or the routes are super hard and you should be sponsored. But if it's a feature you'd really like to see, I can pass that onto the guy's at Blue Ice, they seem to love feedback like that. For one day alpine climbs, the Warthog is a much better pack, for long trad the Double Mono.

pecheur

24/08/2012
7:29:47 AM

On 23/08/2012 Bultitude wrote:
>pecheur: Youv'e got to remember, these packs are designed in Chamonix,
>we're lucky they're not hot pink or bright orange! At first the green was
>pretty extreme for me as well, but it's grown on me.
>
Hehe, you know I think you could probably take every brightly coloured, fashion designed, consumer workshopped piece of technical gear ever made and then sell a version of it in basic black (or charcoal, grey, etc), and unless the colour is critical to its function, i.e. safety gear, I'd bet 9 times out of 10 the "black" version would out sell it. If they like feedback, that's mine ...


freepete

24/08/2012
7:38:24 AM

The little carport for a helmet is a cool idea.

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