 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
I am looking to buy a backpack, probe and shovel before attempting to venture off piste. I am not planning on doing anything too adventurous, at this stage, so am not looking at ABS systems, yet, but think that an avalung might be worth having. I have also read the Genswein/Eide report on snow shovels, which was fairly damning about most of the products tested, except Voile, and wasn't very complimentary about the Black Diamond Transfer 7 shovel.
Anyhow, I have found a couple of packages which are currently on offer, at well under the cost of the component parts, which I fell might be worth considering.
The first is the K2 Pilchuck Pack available from S & R, for £104 (normally £149.99). I have only found one review, which was fairly positive, but have been told that the pack isn't very compact. I haven't found a report on the shovel but think that K2 generally makes pretty good products.
The second is the Black Diamond Bandit Avalung Package available from Snowsafe (http://www.snowsafe.co.uk/avalanche-safety-packages.html) for £169 (normally £229.99). This includes the BD Deploy 3 shovel, which seems to have a very short shaft and may suffer from the same problems as the Deploy 7.
Otherwise, I have read good reports of the Dakine Helipack 11L and think that I would buy the Voile Mini Tele Pro T6 shovel, if I was buying it seperately.
Does anyone have any views or recommendations on these items? Thanks. Mike
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Do you already have a tranciever?
You could also look here for a bigger selection.
Or you could buy all the stuff seperately in the sales/ebay/snowHeads. So long as you get a smallish alu shovel and longish probe and it fits in your daysack you're good to go.
Read up on rescue techniques and practice them though.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks for the link and suggestions. I've already managed to pick up an Ortovox S1 transceiver on e-bay. Regards Mike
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Mike, can you link me to S & R ? Not sure what website that is
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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