Best crampon fit for LS Nepal Evos? How about the Spantiks?
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Looking to upgrade my crampons, and don't have convenient access to a store where I can test the fit of a bunch of different sets. In your experience, which crampons fit the Nepal Evo the best? How about the Spantiks? I'm not interested in momo-point only crampons either. Thanks! |
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I have both of these boots and I find that the Petzl Lynx fits them both well. They are kinda pricey but have the ability to run mono or dual points and come with anti-bots, a bag and a strap on toe bail in addition to a regular step in toe bail. |
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I personally prefer Cyborgs over the Lynx's with my Nepal Evos. In my size (42.5), the front piece on the Lynx is a little too large, i.e. either the front points extend too far past the toe of my boot, or the fourth set of points extends well into the arch of the boot, making walking a challenge. Also, the heel portion of the Lynx's doesn't fit the heel on my Nepals very well. |
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Great reply. I think I wear the same size boots too. |
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I have Napal EVO with Grivle G14 running duel point. |
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Jeff--what size boot you wearing? |
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I have Nepals and Spantiks. BD crampons, both the Cyborg and Sabretooth fit very well. I wear a 47 and had to get the long center bar. |
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I've run grivel g14's, g12's, and rambo's on my nepal evos(size 44.5) with absolutely no problems. On the g14's I made sure that I sized the crampon correctly, as in it would almost stay on without the heel bail. Then just fine tune the heel bail with the spinning adjuster on the top of the lever. No experience with the spantiks, but they fit my omegas great as well. Grivel's are bombproof! |
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Eric G. wrote:Jeff--what size boot you wearing? My boots are a EU 40 = mens 8 |
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Rambos with nepal evo looks like a great combo |
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Eric, |
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I own both, nepals in a 46, spantik in a 46.5 |
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I have used both the new style with the front rubber strap and the old style Black Diamond Sabretooths with the front bail with my Spantiks. The strap-style combo is the worst Ive ever had with any boot-crampon combo, when you kick, your toe will hit the ice A LOT instead of your front points. |
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+1 for Lynx. Sleek and climb awesome. |
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Another vote for Sabertooths. Great all around crampon, can climb pretty much anything with those... |
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Try on the three main brands. The small size of your boots will be the biggest fit issue. I'd bet Grivel will fit best because of the heel piece. |
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I have Nepals in a 43 and have recently fitted both Grivel AirTech with cramp-o-matic bindings and Grivel G20s. In both cases I got an extremely good fit (so good I need to use my axe pick to lever them back off again!) but that was after 2-3 hours of adjustment and trying numerous variations. |
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Just Solo wrote:Another vote for Sabertooths. Great all around crampon, can climb pretty much anything with those...If the BD stainless will stay in one piece. It has a continued (from inception to date) habit of failing. Try an internet search for the details. Boot size make a huge difference on how any of the crampons fit. With smaller boots a Grivel crampon and the Petzl front bale is usually a winner. |
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old style sabretooths with spantiks |
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Thanks everybody. I'll let you know how it turns out. |
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The Grivel g20 and the g14 fit perfectly with Nepals. If your boot is a size 47 or larger you might want the long bar attachment. |