This is the Gregory jade 38 litre women's pack it is the perfect size for. Quick overnight trips or a long gear. Heavy day hikes it works for both. Because you can load it up to the gills with 35 pounds of gear or use the. Compression straps to convert it into a smaller pack when it's not full the back. System is breathable so it's ideal and. Hot humid climates and the shoulder straps adjust for the perfect fit let's. Dig into how it carries the load this. Has a free float suspension system with open air ventilation the wire frame is. Made of alloy steel and fiberglass and. It is designed to move and flex with you as you hike there is a horizontal stay. To provide additional stability under the weight of a heavy load there's also a frame sheet for additional lightweight rigidity the shoulder straps adjust up and down the frame and the pack comes in. Two torso sizes so you can find the perfect fit the foam and the shoulder. Straps and the hip belt is supportive and the major contact points on your. Lumbar area hip bones and the top of. Your shoulders are cushioned for comfort. Gregory's 3d comfort cradle system hugs. Around your lower back to give even distribution of weight it lessens the. Chance of hot spots and makes a big difference when you're carrying the pack all day long there are many accesses. Points into the pack body this is super helpful when you need to grab a piece of gear quickly and it makes packing and unpacking simpler the double zipper. Pulls let you position an opening wherever you want so virtually nothing in your pack is out of reach if you put. Both zipper sliders at the top you can open this whole panel with one motion. The attached lid has two pockets one up. Top that's perfect for a first-aid kit and one underneath that houses the included rain cover for quick access there's a hydration sleeve inside and a. Port to route the hose to the shoulder straps those are sold separately you can. Carry extra water on the side pockets and the stretchy panel in the front is a great place for your rain check the hip belt pockets are oversized for. Larger smartphones and there's a convenient place to stash your sunglasses when you're hiking in and out of trees there are compression straps. Bungees and two loops to attach gear like trekking poles or tent poles to the. Outside the areas of the pack that see. The most wear and tear are reinforced like a double layer of fabric on the bottom and an extra durable material on. The corners of the frame this is a great. Option for long day hikes or quick. Overnight backpacking trips it's the Gregory jade 38 litre women's. Pack for the full specs and latest price. Click the link in the description subscribe to stay tuned and follow us. For the latest in outdoor gear great deals and trail knowledge we're the gear. Specialists at back country edge awesome. Gear amazing service see you on the. Trail.

Ready for a weekend of backpacking or extended trips if you're packing light. The Gregory jade 53 litre women's pack. Is perfectly balanced between light. Weight features and all of those other. Features that you're looking for organization and a pack that's going to. Carry a heavy load comfortably now. Unlike extended trip packs where they've. Got heavy features this has really. Stripped-down features lightweight materials those materials are also very durable and strong and the suspension. System here really gives you the ability. To carry the load so I'm going to turn the pack around and talk about the suspension system I've got Gregory's cross flow dts suspension system and. Again it's pretty lightweight it gives. You a lot of ventilation with this. Tension back panel you can see all of that mesh there and i can put my hand. Behind it so you know that you've got all the ventilation that you need behind the scenes there you can see a cross pattern for the frame that is a. Lightweight spring frame and what i like. About that is it gives the rigidity that you need in the pack to give stability and to transfer the weight of the load to your hips but it will move with you. Because it's the cross pattern it will flex a little bit as you move so this pack doesn't feel boxy it feels like as you move going up and down hill it's. Going to move with you and then you as well. Have behind the scenes a hdpe frame sheet that gives rigidity to but it's. Nice and lightweight now you have a va. Foam where you need it there on the lumbar pad it's a really comfortable lumbar pad and then behind the shoulder. Straps you have die cut foam that foam. Keeps you comfortable and unlike lightweight or ultra light. Weight backpacks this foam gives you plenty of cushioning so really. Comfortable cushioning on the shoulders and a lot of cushioning on the hip belt and the hip belt does have a little bit of rigidity to it too so it definitely carries the load well now. Obviously you've got your load lifter straps up here that give you some adjust ability this comes in three different sizes so you can't actually adjust the harness up and down but you. Can use the those load lifters to dial in the fit and just choose the. Particular size that's right for your. Torso in addition to the adjust ability. There you do have an adjustable sternum straps you can move that up and down. While I'm on the back of the pack you do have a hydration sleeve inside the pack. You can route the hydration hose out through the middle here and you even. Have a little catch here for the hose on. This side now the hydration system itself isn't included, but they do give. You this smaller pack this can be hung. Inside of the backpack as the sleeve for. Your hydration system but you can as well. Take it out and use it as a summit pack you've got really lightweight and stretchy straps here so those are comfortable the material here is nice. And lightweight so it doesn't add a lot of weight to the actual pack but you can use this as a day pack if you're just. Summoning a peak you can use this to. Take some stuff with you or if you're traveling and you're just going out for the day that you can throw some essentials in this pack there's daisy chain attachments on the front a small zippered pocket there on. That pack so it's a really nice feature. That again doesn't add a lot of weight to the pack that adds a lot of value the. Pockets and organization are streamlined. And simple but it gives you all the. Organization you need on the front of the hip belt you have nice big pockets i. Can see these accommodating any size smartphone you can see this mesh pocket. Here stretches out really big you could put a small camera in there or something like that so really good size pockets. There and then on the lid you have the access into the. Back I've got a first aid kit in their so items you want to get your hands on quickly or lightweight items can be. Stored up there on the side of the pack. You have two very stretchy meshes pockets big enough to accommodate any size water. Bottle I've got a 32 ounce water bottle. In there and it fits well you've even got a compression strap on the front so you can compress that down and if you're. Just going on an overnight or a short trip you've got compression straps all over this pack to make the load a little bit smaller you have a full-size lid here. And you can store lots of gear in there so then that gives you access into the. Body of the pack there's even a small hidden pocket back here and that's a. Great feature for travel you've got really easy access into the top of the pack with a nice big opening that's. Really easy to use and i found that this. Pull handle is really nice as well so there're little attentions to detail make. A big difference it's all the access you need into that big pocket then you do. Have access in a couple more areas so. Something i really appreciate about this pack you have a nice big u-shaped zipper. Here where you can access all the gear. That you need that's in the middle of your pack it's tucked away back here so. It doesn't add a lot of weight to the pack but as you can see i can open that. Up nice and wide almost like a piece of luggage and get to all the gear that's in the middle of the pack so i can grab for whatever i need if you're traveling. With this pack taking it overseas you can use it like that so really nice almost hidden pocket there. And then down on the bottom you have access into a sleeping bag compartment down there these zipper poles are so. Easy to use, and they make it nice and easy to get to the bottom now there is a. Divider in between the bottom and the. Middle of the pack but you can tuck that away if you need full access into the whole pack now also behind the scenes there is a. Hidden rain cover the rain cover is. Custom fit for the pack and it's in its own designated pocket right here so rain cover matches the pack and it. Adds a lot of value so you don't have to purchase a separate rain cover in the. Front a nice stretchy dump pocket too and then as you can see all over the. Front of this pack you've got two loops you've got straps here that you can. Attach a sleeping pad this is actually removable and you've got trekking pole bungees up here so there's plenty of. Features here you can use this pack in a lot of different ways but all of those. Features don't add a lot of weight to the pack, but they add a lot of organization and with all the features that you get here it's a really great value it would work in a lot of. Different situations from a quick overnight to a weekend to traveling overseas it's the Gregory jade 53 women's. Backpack. You.

Hey everybody this is Jackie from the budget-minded travelers comm and i want to take a few minutes to show you today why i love my Gregory jade 50 backpacks so much and why i would recommend it for you as your go-to travel backpack but. First of all if you haven't watched my how to choose the right travel backpack video i recommend that you watch that one so that you can understand what we're getting into today I'm going to be talking about the three c's comfort capacity and convenience alright allow. Me to introduce you to my go to travel backpack the Gregory jade 50 it's a. Women's size small for my torso and the. Number 50 is the pack capacity in litres why is this important three reasons. Number one the fact that it's a size. Small is not only great for fitting my torso perfectly but it's a bonus because. Check this out oh whoa thanks okay this. Backpack is about 20 to 21 inches that. Makes it small enough to carry on which is really important to me because i prefer to carry on whenever possible the. Second reason the 50 is perfect for me is that it's small enough so that it discourages me from over packing yet. It's still big enough to fit everything that i need and the third reason is that. It seems to be the perfect size for any length of trip that i take i can take it. For weeks or months it always seems to be the perfect size for me and now we'll talk about comfort look closely at the. Frame of this backpack it's actually shaped against the curve of my back. There's lumbar support at the bottom and there's shoulder support at the top and. The frame never actually touches my back. So when a backpack fits right all the. Weight should be right on your hips and this should be fastened just above your hip bone so once i get all the straps at. Just the right length I'm actually really comfortable and i actually hiked machu picchu with this backpack for three days straight and i didn't have any problems with being sore i also packed like so keep that in mind all right on the convenience it's. Important to look at the pockets straps zippers and extra flair that the backpack has so starting at the top. There's one right across the top here which i like for two reasons on it. Makes a convenient spot to put things that I'll need to access a lot like sunglasses passport wallet hotel keys. There's even a strap on the inside here. For your keys so that they'll keep them in a convenient spot and the second. Think i like about this specific zipper is that the zipper is actually tucked in pretty close to my body so that when I'm wearing it's harder for a thief to. Get to and if you notice right here i. Actually keep a safety pin right there on that loop and that way i can safety. Pin the loop to the strap and it creates a lock on the zipper so i wouldn't have to worry about people trying to get into it anyway alright moving on if you open. It up you'll see that on the inside i. Don't know if you could see this from there, but we'll try there's a pocket. Right against the back here i don't know if you can see it but it fits documents. I always put my flight reservations and important things extra stash of money right there in that pocket because it's almost hidden and the rest of it is just a big open space I've actually got a pillow stuffed in there right now to show you and then on the outside the. First thing that you'll notice is this big bulky pouch and what i love about. This is that i actually use it to put my. Shoes in and you'll see that I've got some shoes in it right here this is a. Very versatile pouch for anything that's. Bulky shaped or maybe muddy i put muddy shoes muddy clothes in here all the time. So that's a great spot for any kind of. Shoes and then on the outside of this there's a long vertical pouch and this. Is actually pretty big this is where i keep my flip-flops because it seems to be the perfect size pocket for a flat pair of flip-flops and then on each side there are these. Adjustable pockets right here which you could also put shoes in or water bottles. There's a velcro if you're not going to use it and there's also a strap right here that you could put around the top of a water bottle or the end of a shoe to hold it in there and that's on both. Sides of this backpack there's also on. The very bottom besides the mud there're some straps here. You could put something long shaped in. This so like when i take this backpacking in the summer camping that's. Where i put my sleeping pad because it's a long awkward shape and it doesn't even then have to go into my backpack it just goes right on the bottom and the last. Think and probably the most important is. This side pocket right here this piece. Of magic allows me to be able to reach. At the bottom of my backpack without having to take everything out through the top every time when i need something that's packed deep and i almost forgot. Right here on the sides of the hip straps there's two more little pockets that are perfect for chapstick they even fit a little point-and-shoot camera and anything that you need to keep convenient with you while you're wearing your backpack those are great pockets for that and there's one more see that i. Didn't talk about with this backpack and that's cost and that's another reason why i love this backpack i actually went. To rei to get fitted for this backpack they had a blue one in the store and once i decided the best the backpack i really wanted i went to the rei outlet and i found this one which is even more perfect for me because my favorite color is red this backpack cost me a hundred. And four dollars on the rei outlet so i was able to save a lot of money that way. So there you have it a complete introduction and review of my favourite backpack the Gregory jade 50 i hope. You've enjoyed this video if you have please give it a thumbs up and come on over to check out my blog and podcast at the budget-minded travelers comm for. Even greater travel tips have a great day you.

Utilizing black diamonds high-quality. Flick lock pro locking mechanisms and durable aluminum construction the black. Diamond women's trail pro trekking poles. Are perfect for hikers and backpackers who are looking for high quality for. Season performance in the back country. These are women's specific trekking poles, and they are a three section pole. So you have a lot of adjust ability the. Range of adjust ability here is from 23. Inches up to 49 inches you have adjust ability up to 125 centimeters so. They pack down and be really small and with the flick lock pro locking. Mechanisms they're really easy to use so. All you need to do is flip them open. With your thumb they're really easy. There adjust it to your preferred size. And then flick them closed these locks feel like they're very. Durable so they have mostly aluminum. Construction they have a little bit of plastic on there but using these with. Gloves or using these with just your bare hands is really easy you don't have. To apply a lot of force to open them or. To close them so very good construction there and as i said they. Are the shaft sections are aluminum so a. Lot of durability, but they're also very lightweight going up to the grips you have dual density foam here in the grips and the thing i love about foam is that. You have reliable performance in four seasons so in the winter if you're using. Gloves it works really well with. The foam grips they're not going to slide around in the summer in hotter. Temperatures if your hands are sweating perspiring foam really wicks away sweat. And unlike rubber grips they're not. Going to be slippery when they're wet on. The top here you have a flat top so if. You need to you can palm the top of this pole if you're descending or if you like. To use the pole in that way i can see that being comfortable on your hands and with that you have really far extended grips so this is just a regular. Position here but down below the regular. Grip you can grab this pole at different. Places so if you're hiking on uneven terrain or if you don't want to make minor adjustments with the pole you can. Just grab this pole at different spots which is a really great feature there and you have a really nicely. Padded strap this is an adjustable strap. These are really easy to use going down. To the bottom of the pole you have black diamonds press fit tech tips this is a. Replaceable piece so if you need to replace them you can buy them separately or if in the unlikely event that your. Trekking pole gets caught between rocks or in a position that might harm the trekking pole this tip is meant to break first down at the bottom of the tip you. Have the wave lock system by black. Diamond so you can actually take this small part on the bottom off and replace it with a rubber, and they do come. Standard with a carbide end but like i said you can buy them separately and replace it with that or use just a black diamond tip protector that's press fit over top they come standard with the. Low-profile baskets but they also come. With a winter basket there're threads there on that tip so you can just unscrew the low-profile basket and put the bigger one on with the high quality. Flick lock pro locking mechanisms and. Just the overall quality that we've come. To expect from black diamond you can be confident in the back country with these. Trekking poles it is the women's black. Diamond trail pro trekking poles. You.

These are the black diamond women's trail pro trekking poles the aluminum. Construction gives incredible durability for the weight the simple way make. Height adjustments a breeze and the foam grips are soft and comfortable let's. Check them out these are three sections. Telescoping poles with durable aluminum shafts these women's specific poles. Adjust from 95 centimeters to 125. Centimeters with the flick lock pro mechanisms they enable you to make. Height adjustments easily just flick them open with your thumb adjust to the right height and flick them closed the. Lower section locks into place at a fixed point with black diamonds smash. Lock this eliminates the need to adjust. The top and the bottom sections to the. Same height just pull down until it locks itself into place it gets its name. Because in order to collapse the poles back down again you simply release the. Upper flick lock and then smash the upper section down into the lower one it. Releases the lock as you press down and. Then you're all packed up the foam grip offers an extension so you can grasp it. When you reach an uphill section of trail the top of the grip is flat so you can palm it going downhill the. Adjustable straps take a note from black diamonds comfortable and supportive. Solution climbing harnesses they're shaped just right with a high surface. Area to cradle your hands and wrists down at the bottom the carbide tech tips. Dig into mud and dirt and they give. Traction on rock trekking baskets are. Included but you can purchase snow baskets separately for winter use if trail conditions call for non scarring. Rubber tips you can also purchase rubber. Tech tips that will replace the threaded carbide ones this tried-and-true design. Is built for hikers and backpackers who put in a lot of miles with a heavy pack and need a sturdy durable set of poles. There the black diamond with trail pro trekking poles for the full. Specs and latest price click the link in the description subscribe to stay tuned. And follow us for the latest in outdoor gear great deals and trail knowledge. We're the gear specialists at back country edge awesome gear amazing. Service see you on the trail.

These are the black diamond women's trail pro shock trekking poles the. Aluminum construction gives incredible durability for the weight the simple. Locks make height adjustments a breeze and the shock absorber lessens the impact of long days on the trail if using trekking poles has irritated. Your wrists elbow or shoulders in the past the shock absorber could be a great. Solution let's check them out these are. Three sectioned telescoping poles with. Durable aluminum shafts these women's. Specific poles adjust from 95. Centimeters to 125 centimeters with the. Flick lock pro mechanisms they enable. You to make height adjustments easily with them open with your thumb adjust to. The right height and flick closed the lower section locks into place at a. Fixed point with black diamonds smash lock this eliminates the need to adjust. The top and the bottom sections to the. Same height just pull down until it. Locks itself into place it gets its name because in order to collapse it back. Down again you simply release the upper flick lock and then smash the upper. Section down into the lower one it releases the lock as you press down and. Then you're all packed up black diamond places their shock absorber towards the. Top of their poles this is called. Control shock technology and it dampens. The vibration that travels through the poles as you hike on hard surfaces it. Can go a long way to preventing irritation on your wrists elbows and shoulders throughout a long day of the foam grip offers an extension so you. Can grasp it when you reach an uphill section of the trail the top of the grip. Is flat so you can palm it going downhill the adjustable straps take a. Note from black diamonds comfortable and supportive solution climbing harnesses they're shaped just right with a high. Surface area to cradle your hands and. Wrists down at the bottom the carbide. Tech tips dig into mud dirt give. Traction on rock these baskets are included but you can purchase snow baskets separately for winter use if. Trail conditions call for non scarring. Rubber tips you can also purchase rubber tech tips that will replace the threaded. Carbide ones this tried-and-true design. Is built for hikers and backpackers who. Put in a lot of miles with a heavy pack and need a sturdy durable set of poles. There the black diamond women's trail. Pro shack trekking poles call us with. Your questions or visit our store at bat. Country edge com subscribe to stay tuned. And follow us for the latest in outdoor gear great deals and trail knowledge. We're the gear specialists at back country edge awesome gear amazing. Service see you on the trail. You.

I do a quick a peer review on the black. Diamond drill Jacques checking gold super awesome hold my very favorite part. Is the double-click lock system just. Here in here so you just adjust the poll everyone if you click it closes it's really easy and it doesn't get the stuff which is my favorite part and then my. Second favorite part about this poll is the shocks of soup which is right here. It doesn't have spring so it doesn't get that's pretty loud noise basin time co2. Spring-loaded trekking poles it's really. Subtle and this part is right here under the handle and it just absorbs kind of. See it may be very subtle so that's. Pretty cool and then it's really. Comfortable trekking pole it's got the padded webbing here an extra foam extension so if you're going to pill you. Don't have to adjust anything there's a. Low profile basket down here although. You can switch it out for winter and get the bigger powder baskets it weighs a. Pound and four ounces, so they're not quite the lightest fall on the market but for the flick left system i think they're definitely worth it they come in. A compact version if you're i. Think I'm 57 and i think what I've heard is that they would work for my size or maybe four shorter and those are just a few ounces lighter so you might want to check those out you know trekking poles i don't have. Much else say about them they're really nice they've held up well they're really. Happy with them check them out the black. Diamonds real shock trekking poles and don't forget to get your gear and get outside.

Hey johnny mostly here for peter glenn ski and sports this in my hands my. Friend is not a ski pole this is the black diamond trail pro trekking pole. All right now in the winter i use a lot. Of black diamond poles, and they do a really good job of creating really easy. To use class and this is called there. Flick lock check it out booms it's really. Easy to use but it's very effective a lot of these mechanisms will slip and. Slide this one's very easy to tighten as. Well just put a little screwdriver in there and close the clamp if you need to get the certain lock but it's already adjusted perfectly it comes in three sections has a nice numerous numbering. System so you know exactly how far how. Large you're making it on both poles but it also does give you the flexibility to really micro adjust don't lank great. Grip here and what i really like here for trekking and walking is that it. Has a little internal nice padded. Material where it hits your hand okay cuz you're not really always wearing a glove when you're using this trekking poles so it's not gonna check your hand after a long day or a long few days or after a week of trek pretty easy to. Adjust this little strap to just has a little cleat that's really all there is to it has a little foam right on the lower part of the pole so when you're you know on an angle side hill you can just grab. Here and not be all the way up high on the pole comes with two different baskets you have a powder basket as well really easy. To put on and off you can also replace the carbide tip so overall i mean what. Do you expect from black time and a high quality trekking pole learn more details at peterglenn.com or go in the store one of the sales associates can show you how. To how to use this thing great pole buy black diamond i highly recommend it alright has a great time out there be. Safe I'm jonny moseley for peter glen skiing sports I'll see you on the trail.

Black diamond women's trail shock. Trekking poles are an excellent balance of price and performance you've got. Extended length grips shock absorption. Mechanisms and very durable construction that makes these poles suitable for. Year-round use women's trail shock trekking poles have extended length foam. Grips really comfortable ergonomic. Handhold and the extended length design. Allows you to grab the pole at varying. Heights and in the process saves you. From having to make micro adjustments or. Frequently making micro adjustments on side hill traverses and instances where. You may want the pole slightly varying. Heights with some frequency integrated. Straps take a lot of this stress off of. Your wrists these are fully adjustable and there's a really nice fuzzy interior. Here that feels very nice against your wrists at the top of the poles there is. A dimpled or ovoid portion of the pole. That fits perfectly in the palm of your. Hand which you'll find from time to time. You grab the pole that way out on the trail and that design makes this much more comfortable certainly a standout. Feature on the women's trail shock poles is the shock absorption mechanism itself black diamond has embedded that feature. In the grip you can see it here as i. Press on the grip you can see it actually give fear to drive the poles. Strongly into the ground that'll really give again take that stress off of your. Wrist when you're just placing the poles and not putting too much weight on it's very passive and you barely notice it really interesting mechanism that. Does exactly what it's designed to do. Women's trail shock poles consist of three sections the lower two sections. Being adjustable there's graduated markings on that. Middle shaft set that show you exactly where you're at their's a maximum length of 120 centimeters the flick lock mechanism. Couldn't be much simpler to use close it. You got a nice secure lock open it up. And you can move that hole to wherever you need it before again locking it back. Down in place low-profile shrieking. Baskets are included with the poles and. Are ideal for everyday use there's a threaded design beneath that low-profile basket that. Allows you to use broader diameter snow. Baskets or deep powder baskets for better winter performance those accessories are sold separately. You.

Black diamond trail pro trekking poles. Are an excellent balance of price and. Performance you're getting a high-end. Feature set for year-round use at a. Really affordable price let's take a. Closer look at the features of the black. Diamond trail pro trekking pole the. Trail pro poles are three section poles. So you've got two points of adjust ability it enables these. Telescoping poles to collapse down to just 25 inches but gives them a nice. Adjustability range in fact all the way. Up to 55 inches you've got markings on. The shaft sections to let you know. Exactly what lengths you've extended them to and you've got easy to use and. Nicely constructed flick lock pro. Locking mechanisms so it is an external. Locking mechanism you don't need to worry over whether it's tight enough or loose enough open it moves it to where. You want it to be and lock it down the. Metal construction in play here on the flick lock pro mechanism increases. Strength and also increases their durability and the longevity you've got extended length evie a foam. Grips on the trail pro trekking pole so. A really nice comfortable handle next to. Skin that foam feels just really nice really comfortable you've got adjustable straps for your. Wrists the fabric on the inside of those. Straps wicks moisture which as well. Enhances comfort gives you a little bit of padding as well the extended length. To those grips comes in handy if you're. Using these in winter you've got gloved hands and it can just be you know a. Little troublesome to hold the poles while you're making adjustments you've got that much more range in which to grab the poles that length of grip range. Also comes in handy your side hilling or your traversing back and forth across a slope if you. Didn't have that extension you only have those top grips you might find yourself making micro adjustments to the length of the poles every time you turn on a switchback shouldn't be a little inconvenient can slow you down but you. Can set the trail pro poles to a height at which you can change where you're grabbing them as you've cut back and forth across that hill really convenient. Smart simple feature that certainly adds value to the poles on the other end of. The poles is where you will find black diamonds flex tech tips. That's this entire piece here at the bottom of the lowest shaft section it's. Worth mentioning that the design there is such that this whole piece is replaceable it's designed that way. Because it's also constructed in such a. Fashion that if you would find yourself with the poles in the kind of situation. That could break the poles by that i mean actually breaking or snapping the. Aluminum shaft sections instead of that. Occurring this piece can break away and while that might not sound ideal it's a. Lot better than having actually broken shaft sections especially in the. Backcountry so that is a replaceable part on the. Very end of that tip is where you'll find the carbide portion which is really. What's coming into contact with the ground on dirt on trail those kind of. Surfaces this is ideal this can be screwed off entirely and. Replaced with a semi-permanent rubber. Tip it's sold separately but. Available for purchase and replacement for that tip gives the poles versatility. And basically puts those poles in a much better position to perform on improved. Surfaces if you were using these as it all on roads or even indoors some people are taking these on museum wars and things like that or on rock. That rubber tip can actually give a. Little bit better performance on a smooth rock than the carbide tip might so again black diamond build some of. That versatility in while we're talking about that here on the tips you'll see some threading on the tip itself and. Just above it you'll see this low-profile trekking basket and most. Surfaces where you're probably not sinking very deeply into the ground anyway this basket is enough to stop the. Poles from going any further than you want them to if these poles were to go too far into the ground they're actually not giving. You that smooth supportive action that you're expecting of the poles the reason you're using them in the first place black diamond throws in with each pair. Of trail pro trekking poles these. Broader profile powder baskets if you think about using these in snow is. Gonna give way in a fashion that dirt or packed trails will not and in that case. You're gonna love the fact that these slow the progress of the poles into the ground you get that tip far enough in to give you the purchase you want and you keep moving forward so again great value built into these poles by having black. Diamond in Cleveland black diamond trail. Pro trekking poles with that durable. Aluminum construction those easy to use. Extremely durable flick lock pro external locking mechanisms the powder. Baskets thrown in you've got an excellent amount of value and year-round. Performance in this single set of bolts.

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Hi it's peter again I'm here to talk. About a variety of different mountaineering boots that we use in the field I'll start over here on my right with the uninsulated single boot kind of. Rock climbing summer mountaineering oriented we're going to see this boot on the matterhorn and the eiger in europe. And on the 13-day course and the cascades moving up in insulation is. Another single boot but this one is. Insulated we use this on all over the. Cascades and on mount rainier in mid summer and you'll also see this on mont. Blanc in europe next step up in. Installation is our double plastic boot even more insulated with the removable. Liner you're going to see this on mount. Rainier and in the cascades for the bulk of the season early and late especially when it's colder you're going to see this on mexican volcanoes and Ecuador this type of boot is very versatile one. More step up in installation is a high-altitude double boot here a little bit more streamlined lighter weight package and a even further warmer liner. Compared to this for higher altitude. Expeditions this is going to be really appropriate for Aconcagua and especially Denali trips finally on my left is the. 8,000 meter boot you're going to see. This in antarctica on mount everest any. Other 8,000 meter peak and a lot of people are starting to use boots like this on Denali expeditions as well for. Extra warmth.

Hey there and welcome back to peace. Couch now as many of you aware I'm about to embark on the marathon disorder which. Is something I've been concentrating really heavily on for the last year or. More as well as doing lots of training. I've been doing so much research on the. Amount of kit going to take and I've been testing a lot of stuff so over the. Next couple of weeks before i depart i thought I'd share some of those learnings with you and where better. Place to start than the backpack I'm going to take which i have decided on. The ultimate direction fast pack 20 now. This is super heavy at the moment because it's its fully weighted so I've been training with but i just can empty it out and show you why i like it so much so here it is and it's naked form. And this is what i like most about it is that it's so minimal it's basically an expanded running desk it weighs next to nothing and this is kind of one of the big deciding factors for me because obviously I'm trying to cut down as much weight as possible 510. Grams okay now a great thing to compare. This to is the official war bag which a. Lot of people will be using mdf and in. Contrast it's got all kinds of stuff hanging off it and most importantly the. Weight of it 900 grams that's a pretty. Huge difference so this is nearly half the weight of the wire back which is an incredible savings but I've also decided. To make an even bigger saving on it there's not much you can cut off it like the like a wild bag you can get the diseases to that and kind of trim off some weight but here it's so minimal anyway but certainly the most notable. Savings you can make is in the back there's a bit of padding that you can remove, and they say that this can be. Used to sit on or even to you know used. To cushion your hips when you're lying down i found it pretty useless. I've actually having removed this form. The back I've actually found the pack more come — boo and with it out so condition this. That brings the weight of the pack down to give time a gram so i say 10 grams. Right there so although this fast pack is nearly half the weight of the wire bag actually fits way more in it and it's down as a 20 litres bag but i think. You could probably push that out quite a lot partly because of the nature of this main compartment and how it seals its kind of like a dry bag has a velcro fastening that then rolls and then clips. In at the sides now i probably got about. 20 litres in there now but you can. Basically just not roll it down as much and sitting maybe another five litres. Into that main compartment it's not only that you've also got this fat mesh here. Which you can fit loads in that really stretches out and it's a firm mesh as well so it's going to hold things firmly in place i don't tend to put a massive amount in there because i like to keep my weight closer to my back but it's actually really good for holding waterproof or extra base layers that you. Might be using during the day stuff that down there and it holds it in their lovely and secure on top of those two main compartments we've got these mesh pockets on the side which also hold a lot of stuff very stretchy and pretty. Secure I'll generally use those side pockets for stuffing food and stuffing rubbish because even though I've got terrible flexibility i can reach into those pockets quite nicely so coming onto the front, and we've got two really great water pouches here it really surprises me how many ultra bags don't. Seem to have big enough pouches built in. For hard water bottles and maybe because they want to offer flexibility so that people can attach themselves but as you think this is a great weight saving thing to be able to build them into the bag that ultimates are it shouldn't have done so as you can see — water pool. Tools fit there really nicely there's also the option on this right-hand one if you don't want to. Carry two water bottles this zips back up again and there's actually a really nice secure pocket that you could maybe put bars you could put all kinds of stuff down in there it's actually a really brilliant phone holder you can put your phone down into their sip it back up and that's super secure. But i actually find that's one of the major downsides of its bad for me is that I'm going to be running around with two bottles most of the time and there's nowhere for me to put my phone now I'm not expecting to be on the phone the whole time but it'd be really good to have access to music and stuff like that if i do want to listen to music currently there's nowhere else. On the front of the bag for me to put it. There's this outside stretchy pocket just outside where the water bottle is but actually getting your phone into it. It's pretty much a no-go really the best. Place for you to put your phone is there's a smaller zip pocket on the side of the bag then it can go in nice and. Securely there's also one of these clip leaves to put your keys onto you know I've ever used one of these so the annoying thing about it is that it's going to be too far away for you to reach when you've got your bag on so coming back to the front you've also got two smaller pouches below the water bottles so if i just take these out so you can get a better look so on the left. Hand side we've got a zip and on the. Right-hand side we've got a velcro strap these are actually bigger than they look quite often i use them to dump keys and just have stuff that i want readily available, but they're actually stretch out so hold a couple of bars maybe or you know something slightly more sizable approach they just not that phone but you can see i can fit two full clif bars. Into each one of these pockets obviously. One of the most important things about the bag is how comfortable it is and i get on really well with this and i think. That could partly be because of the nature of these shoulder straps it's actually one bit of fabric runs straight. From the base of the bag over the. Shoulders and down the front you can see it completely wraps around which makes it really comfortable all the way around and especially now I've taking. That back bit of padding out it just molds into your body really nicely so one thing that it's most commonly criticized for is that it has two chest straps but no waist strap and a lot of people will say that that creates a bit too much side-to-side bouncing when they're running i can definitely see that point but i don't really experience it too badly myself and i think that's partly because i found a configuration that really works for me on the front here i tend to pack. A lot of the weight in the bag place for my body to avoid bouncing if i do experience any bouncing i tend to try and adjust my running to be a little normal glider which i guess i see is a win-win situation i kind of want to be a little bit more glide ii so the chest straps themselves are actually really nicely adjustable they're set into these sliders here which you can move them up and down so i found best. For security for me is to have one right. At the top and then slide the bottom one right down to the bottom and that kind. Of clips me in nicely either side of the rib cage by far my biggest issue with this bag is full of my decision to take polls to the mds oh now handily enough. There's actually some really nice. Elastic straps on the back that hold them nicely in place you can put them down here there's a clippable elastic. Bungee that you can wrap them around and have them nice and secure on the back of. The pack like that but i know having. Poles on the back of the bag i will never use them so really i need to have. Then on the front straps but unfortunately on the front straps there's nothing there that's made to hold the poles so I've had to try and budge something to make it work for me now unfortunately i haven't made life easy for my selves and I've got poles that fold into four sections which means. That both the handle and the pointer at the bottom which means that when it's. Going down this way there's nothing really to hold on to the top of the pole so my first idea was to put a hook at. That i tied on to one of these things here and i took this string on the top. And then i tied it to the side that worked it was actually quite comfortable. But it was just so fiddly I'm hooking this and hooking it back on again i probably was never going to use my poles because it was too fiddly so then. I tried other things i tried to pass them on to the front which is a terrible idea don't try that it was awful and i also tried to fasten it down here somewhere which again didn't work so my final winning solution simply uses two pieces of elastic one of which just ties. Straight around the strap and around the water bottle here and one which fixes on. To the bottom buckle over here and that one has a sliding clip on it so all we. Do is we take the end of the poles and put it through the bottom bit of elastic we tie that site then put the end over the spike which. Then holds that in position and stops it falling down then the top you just feed. Through that top bit of elastic which. Holds it nice and securely in place so that's nicely out the way and more. Importantly it's a really light solution and i know it's going to be simple enough for me to deploy and actually use the poles when i need to use them so that is the ultimate direction fast pack 20 is a massive winner for me really recommend it if you are doing a multi-day ultra or if you just do a lot of running weekend so check it out.

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