Crash Pad

I am looking for a second crash pad to add to my collection. What should I get. I am not at all concerned with price so I would just like to get the absolute best

Depends on your needs. "The best" is an ultimately subjective phrase. Do you need a massive pad, for highballs and flat landings, or pads better suited to talus-y landings? Weight is another subject to consider, also frequency of use. (People say Organic has the best foam, which I'm inclined to agree with, but unless you'll climb enough to kill a pad's foam in a reasonable amount of time it doesn't matter so much IMO). Care to narrow down your parameters? IE standard landing type in your area, highball Y/N, can you hook a smaller pad onto your first pad(or vice versa) to carry 2 at once, etc...

Michael Plesser wrote:Depends on your needs. "The best" is an ultimately subjective phrase. Do you need a massive pad, for highballs and flat landings, or pads better suited to talus-y landings? Weight is another subject to consider, also frequency of use. (People say Organic has the best foam, which I'm inclined to agree with, but unless you'll climb enough to kill a pad's foam in a reasonable amount of time it doesn't matter so much IMO). Care to narrow down your parameters? IE standard landing type in your area, highball Y/N, can you hook a smaller pad onto your first pad(or vice versa) to carry 2 at once, etc...

My personal favorite pads you might want to look into:
Organic Big Pad Pros: great foam, good closure, big Cons:expensive
R3 Mad Rock Pros: very thick, can pack gear inside, tons of bells and whistles. Cons: Heavy, expensive
Magnum Metolius Pros: big, not too heavy Cons: Foam can wear out, not perfect closure system.

The Organic Big Pad is the best highball pad out there. The foam is stiff enough to take big falls and holds up well. It drastically outlasts and outperforms its closest competitor, the BD Mondo.

If you need something smaller (which is really just dependent on the boulder fields you climb at) the Organic Simple or Full is worth a look too. If you have big enough landing zones and boulder solo, a Big and Full can be carried by a single person. It makes true highballs a little less nerve wracking when rolling solo.

I started with a mad rock pad and added the biggest size organic pad. I like the organic one a lot. The large landing zone is nice to have. And it seems well made.