Crash Pads - your opinion

Post by **pigsteak** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:37 pm

where did Arno post for me? lol...

Post by **Wes** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:57 pm

Misty for sure. Magnium if you can swing it, highlander if money is tight. They also have a nice new one that looks kinda cool. Misty is a great company, and they sell replacement foam at cost.

Wes

Post by **andy_lemon** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 11:58 pm

merrick wrote:uhh, i think you are referring to the misty magnium that wes holds in such high regard. i picked up my misty highlander for 150 retail.

Correction! I did mean to say Magnium... I was slightly confused. We just started carrying both pads in our retail this week.

The Magnium would be my pad of choice...

Post by **MiaRock** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 12:03 am

i love my misty, even though i have had a love-hate relationship with it in the wilds of north carolina, but you get stuck on trees with any kind of pad. plus the misty is very "southeast", whereas cordless is more "west coast", as i have noticed in my bouldering travels.

Post by **longlegsrule** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 12:26 am

I have the Highlander...it's been out west with me for 2 months on every sharpness of rock...barely a scratch and pretty lightweight for the size...even with oodles of gear stuffed in it.
other climbers that we met on our trip loved to borrow it (or claim they wanted to climb with us)....if you are looking for something that doesnt take up too much space i'd get a pad that folds down flatter...if you can afford the room...highlander....if you can afford the price....magnium

Post by **Artsay** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 1:16 am

So uh....longlegsrule...
What exactly does "used to be Bishop, CA" mean? Are you like one of those people who drives a car with Georgia plates but with an expired Colorado plate up front?

(Sorry you guys.....I just couldn't resist!)

Post by **longlegsrule** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 1:21 am

No...I just got back from a 2 month climbing/sightseeing trip out west...mostly CA. We lived in Bishop (in a tent) for 3+ weeks...I love it there and I want to move out there(cept there are NO jobs)...seems like a second home now...I miss the climbing...I miss the friends we met....I'm getting sappy....sniff
but i still love the RRG

Post by **Andrew** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:37 am

Ocun, Paddy Fat, 124 dollars, 4 inches thick, pads to wipe feet on, and the foam pulls out create the most comfortable body length mattress ever created. Check it out. It only cost me 5 bucks for them to ship it to me.

Post by **Christian** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 2:27 pm

Misty Mountain Magnum...used one at HP40 2 years ago...of course I don't (can't)boulder...harummphh...but it makes great bed and campfire sofa!

Post by **Huggybone** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 2:52 pm

I have a zelot pad, and I like it very well. I decided to buy it on the reccomendation of a few full time boulderererers. He said this of the cordless: "hey man, can you throw down the foamless so I get a little extra cush?"
Later I asked why he called his cordless the 'foamless.' He said that he's been bouldering for years, and has three crashpads. His first was a cordless, and the foam wore thin in only a year of heavy use. So he bought another cordless, with the same results. He then decided to buy a zelot pad. He said, I've been using it for over three years, and the only sign of wear is that spot where my buddy puked on it.

Zelot's a made by a guy in Minneapolis, MN. They a pretty dense pads, but I've fallen on one (just one) from about twenty feet and, while I was a little jolted, I came out with no injury.

Man, this is making me want to go to bishop. Anybody want to go? I'm free dec-26-Jan-4, by car or plane.