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Poll: Favorite Brands
Black Diamond	16 / 46%
petzl	10 / 29%
mammut	3 / 9%
sportiva	2 / 6%
Mad Rock	0 / 0%
FIve Ten	0 / 0%
Other	4 / 11%
35 total votes

rockngeek

Jun 13, 2007, 6:22 PM
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List your Top Fav

overlord

Jun 13, 2007, 6:26 PM
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of the ones you listed, i choose mammut because i regullary trust it with my life, plus they make some really nice climbing and hiking stuff.

microbarn

Jun 13, 2007, 6:27 PM
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Oreo
Utz
Alienware
Burt's Bees
Charmin

probably some others that aren't coming to mind immediately

lena_chita
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Jun 13, 2007, 6:39 PM
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Trophy for the sheer randomness of the question.

You could have, at least, allowed for multiple choices... but without specifying what the heck you are talking about (shoes? ropes? quickdraws?), how do you expect an intelligent answer?

climbinwv

Jun 13, 2007, 6:45 PM
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I voted for BD, but I gotta give props to Trango for their great support.

rockngeek

Jun 13, 2007, 6:49 PM
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i dont thats y its random and in the Beginners area

boku

Jun 13, 2007, 6:57 PM
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Black Diamond - Cause Camalots are solid and have lots of range

Trango - For climbers, by climbers. Good stuff. Hi, Mal!

Rock Empire - Cause lots of range doesn't always do it, sometimes you just plain need lots of cams

Petrenko - When it inspires confidence like that, it's gotta be a KROK

Omega Pacific - Too bad they missed out on Paris Hilton (With apologies - that was too easy)

studclimber

Jun 13, 2007, 10:42 PM
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Black Diamond, Rock Empire (yeh, sometimes you just need a ton of cams:) Petzl, and Sportiva

SamScott

Jun 13, 2007, 10:47 PM
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I don't choose particular brands.

i choose the gear I nead, based on its quality and price. Just going by brand is a costly mistake.

tradrenn

Jun 13, 2007, 11:53 PM
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BD for their cams C4 and C3.
DMM for their excellent biners.
Petzl for their Jumars and Shunt.
Beal for their low impact force ropes.
Trango for their ball nut ( don't own them yet )
Sportiva for their shoes.

V.

P.S. I voted for BD.

(This post was edited by tradrenn on Jun 13, 2007, 11:54 PM)

studclimber

Jun 14, 2007, 12:17 AM
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dude, I think the point of the post is to tally what brands most climbers use. this would, logically, point out the best quality gear, as climbers usually don't trust their lives to insufficient and low quality gear. I don't think anyone buys gear based on just the brand, I think they go with the stuff they know works, which, coincidentally, is usually from a select few groups of manufacturers.

ja1484

Jun 14, 2007, 1:19 AM
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DMM for having the best carabiners and nuts on the market.

Black Diamond because C4s really are that good.

Metolius for making stuff that's just tough tough tough and lasts forever.

Evolv and Acopa for shoes that perform.

Mammut and PMI for excellent, durable ropes.

Misty Mountain for harnesses that can't be beat.

nicodeemus

Jun 14, 2007, 8:51 PM
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rockngeek wrote:

List your Top Fav

Here's my list....

DMM - biners
BEAL - ropes
Metolius - cams
BD - cams and nuts
Five Ten - shoes

vtrescuekid

Jun 17, 2007, 1:11 PM
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BD- Cams, stoppers and draws.

Petzl- Technical Rescue harness, ascenders, quick draws, lighting, static rope, most of my Technical Rescue stuff.

Mammut- Hardware, rope, climbing harness, bag.

Prana- Clothing

La Sportiva- Shoes

Metolius- Smaller Cams

SMC- G rated Biners and Hardware for Technical Rescue.

limeydave

Jun 17, 2007, 1:45 PM
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ja1484 wrote:

Pretty much my current list too.

theirishman

Jun 17, 2007, 4:58 PM
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metolious for cam and nuts
BD for carabiners and quick draws
Mammut for clothing and slings
five ten for shoes
patagonia for clothing

hosh

Jun 17, 2007, 5:10 PM
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Clothes: Arcteryx, Mountain Hardware, Patagonia.

Gear: Trango (big bros), Metolius (cams, nuts, hexes), BD (cams, biners, ATC Guide), Wild country (cams, nuts),. Mammut (slings)

Ropes: I'm getting a Beal next time. Monster ropes suck.

shoes: Evolve.

hope that helps?

hosh.

climbingtrash

Jun 17, 2007, 5:34 PM
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Camel
Metolius (I still using one of their first generation rope bags)
Dr. Pepper
Five ten

-Dewers Whiskey
Old Navy (it's cheap)
Blue water ropes (all I've climbed on for the last 10 years)
American Apparel
Wild country
Gregory Packs (I've had my hot pink rock lobster for 16 years and it's still going strong)
Any brand that's on the close out rack and is close to my size. (I'm not too proud) Cool

limeydave

Jun 17, 2007, 10:40 PM
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Quit the $4 camels and you could upgrade your clothing to Target brands... says the holier than thou guy who quit smoking for the 3rd time this year 48 hours ago...

Mad

climbingtrash

Jun 17, 2007, 11:35 PM
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I quite smoking every day...for eight hours.(that's if I'm lucky enough to get that much sleep.) Wink

anykineclimb

Jun 18, 2007, 6:40 AM
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lena_chita wrote:

... how do you expect an intelligent answer?

well, this IS rc.com Tongue

dropkicked

Jun 18, 2007, 4:35 PM
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FLASHLIGHTS!!!

xbillyx

Jun 18, 2007, 9:08 PM
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Evolv (http://www.evolvesports.com) - vegan, cruelty-free rock climbing shoes!

tradrenn

Jun 19, 2007, 1:43 AM
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climbingtrash wrote:

I quite smoking every day...for eight hours.(that's if I'm lucky enough to get that much sleep.) Wink

Me too

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