Climbing gear made by small independent businesses

Hey all, I'm in the process of developing a YouTube channel dedicated to showcasing and reviewing climbing gear and accessories produced by small independent businesses, especially those that aren't well known in the climbing community at large or run by one guy out of his garage.

Do you have any suggestions of companies or gear I should include?

Currently my list is heavily, with the exception of Neilico and Misty Mountain Threadworks, Southern California focused, since that's where I live and am most familiar with. I would love to expand this to more areas, so what are your favorite local climbing gear companies?

Edit: Loving these recommendations. Keep them coming. Please include a link to a website/store if possible.

Edit: Since everyone is asking my YouTube channel can be found here (hardly any content at the moment, I got busy with many other things right when I decided to start it.)

Edit: 2020 happened, grad school happened, and the youtube channel did not happen, but I've definitely been just buying stuff from these companies, not reviewing it, and just climbing instead. 

The ever growing list (updated 07/08/24):

• Acopa (climbing shoes)
• Ailero (chalk bags, packs)
• Alain's Sticks (ski poles/trekking poles)
• Allez (skincare, chalk bags)
• All Hail (hats)
• Alpine Luddites (packs)
• Alpine Threadworks (packs)
• Antworks (training gear, bouldering pads)
• Apocalypse Equipment (packs)
• Armytek (flashlights)
• Aspiring Safety  (softgoods, snow protection)
• Atmosphere Mountainworks (packs, clothing)
• Atom Packs (packs)
• Avant Climbing Innovations (rope solo lanyard, carabineer retainer, phone leash)
• Belay Specs (belay glasses)
• Bergsport-Steinle (replacement ice tool picks)
• Bight Gear (outerwear)
• Blue Ice (Ice axes, packs, harnesses, other softgoods)
• Borah Gear (bivys, tarps)
• Burgeon Outdoor (clothing)
• Buttermilks Climbing (chalk, balm)
• Cactus Outdoor (clothing, packs)
• Canadian Alpine Tools (hardware)
• Chaos Climbing (crocheted chalk bags)
• Chlorophylle (clothing)
• Classic Climbs (climbing route inspired graphic clothing)
• Cilo Gear (packs)
• Climb-on Maps (detailed crag maps)
• ClimbTech (hardware)
• CMI (ascenders, rigging, hardware)
• Cold Cold World (packs)
• Crux (UK: tents, packs, sleeping bags, clothing)
• D4 Portaledge (portaledges)
• Dave MacLeod (hangboard)
• Dirtbag Climbers (chalk bags, t-shirts)
• DryPointe (shoe inserts)
• Earth Sea Sky (clothing)
• East Arete (chalk bags and buckets)
• Eliteclimb (ice tools/axes)
• Faza Brushes (climbing brushes)
• First Ascent Coffee (coffee)
• Fish Products (big wall gear, soft goods)
• Function Before Fashion (packs, rescue sled, clothing)
• Furnace Industries (wood handled ice tools)
• Gossamer Gear (packs, shelters)
• Grade VII (inflatable portaledges)
• Grandwall Equipment (hardware, soft goods)
• Granola Products (packs, chalkbags)
• Grimpi (natural colored chalk)
• GripClip (travel stick clip)
• HIMALI (outerwear)
• High MTN Gear (portaledge, ice screw bag, packs)
• Howey Tool (replacement ice tool picks)
• I'bbz (crash pads, brushes)
• Ice Rock (ice tools, crampons, avi gear, hardware)
• Jagged Edge Mountain Gear (clothing, packs)
• Jsnare (v-thread tool)
• Krieg (chalk bags)
• Krukonogi (ice tools, replacement ice tool picks)
• Kuznia Szpeju (replacement ice tool picks)
• Locus Gear (lightweight shelters)
• Loki (clothing)
• Lucid Climbing (chalk bags)
• Misty Mountain Threadworks (harnesses, soft goods, crash pads)
• Mizo (hardware)
• Moses Enterprises (big wall gear)
• Mountain Drifter (stick clip)
• Mountain Tools (softgoods, packs, resling service, retailer)
• Mr. C's (skincare)
• Neilico (nut tool, beverage sling)
• Neon Climbing Accessories (custom gear slings, chalk bags)
• NW Alpine (outerwear)
• Onsight Equipment (packs)
• Orbital Climbing (skincare, vintage gear)
• Organic Climbing (crash pads, chalk bags, packs)
• Orsce (climbing shoes)
• Otterbody Threadworks (packs, ice screw roll)
• Oware (Tarps, bivys, soft goods)
• Pikavo (hooks, van accessories)
• Pitter Patter Climbing (chalk bags and buckets)
• PMI (ropes)
• Pure Grit (chalk bags)
• Ragged Mountain Equipment (clothing, packs, soft goods)
• ReferenceReady (knot reference cards)
• Rockstone Gear (chalk bags, crack hangboard)
• Runout Customs (big wall gear, softgoods, resling service)
• Savage Mountain Gear (packs, gear repair)
• SMC (hardware, rigging, ice axes, snow protection)
• Send Climbing (climbing kneepads, bouldering pads)
• SkaylorGear [no website, message user Gunkiemike] (Super stubby ice screws, add-on speed knobs for older ice screws, chalk bags, and gear/clothing repair)
• Skot's Wall Gear (adjustable fifi and other big wall stuff)
• Sol Mountain Farm (skincare)
• Static Climbing (chalk bags)
• sToKed (clothing, chalk bags)
• Tarptent (tents)
• Tension Climbing (hangboards, climbing holds)
• Tepet (quickdraw retriever)
• Têra Kaia (women's basewear)
• the.mountain.people (packs)
• TOE: Tuttle Outdoor Equipment (packs, chalk bags, crash pads)
• Tufa (chalk bags, packs)
• ULA Equipment (packs)
• Unparallel (climbing shoes)
• Valandre (sleeping bags, down outerwear)
• Valley Giant (huge cams)
• Verve Climbing (clothing)
• V Nine Designs (chalk bags)
• Voodo Climbing (bouldering pads, haul bags, packs, chalk bags, clothing)
• Voormi (merino clothing)
• Vuori (clothing)
• Westcomb (clothing)
• YAMA Mountain Gear (tents, shelters)
• Yates (big wall gear, harnesses, soft goods, resling service)
• Y&Y Vertical (belay glasses, chalk bags)

Www.rockstonegear.com
They make EXCELLENT chalk bags and just released a crack hangboard.

Totem is a small Spanish company, if that counts.

I just bought a chalk bag from TUFA climbing.  Has pocket that fits my XL phone.  Nice product!

A lot of big wall gear is produced by small companies.

Check out Runout Customs from Fruita CO.

http://www.grandwallequipment.ca/about.html
Small company based out of Squamish.

https://www.onsightequipment.com/shop/
These guys used to make climbing soft goods (slings, etc...) but now it looks more like just bags and travel stuff.

Cold cold world, Alpine luddites, e-climb... 

www.voormi.com out of Pagosa Springs, CO

Moses Enterprises. mosesproducts.com Big Wall Stuff

Runout Customs Designs: runoutcustoms.com Big Wall Stuff and custom sewing. Cam repair

Fish Products: Big Wall Stuff and cam slings

D4 Portaledge: bigwallgear.com

Pure Grit: Chalk Bags for Women

Krieg Climbing: custom chalk bags

Another vote for Tufa Climbing.  I’m very pleased with the quality of my newly purchased Mochilla pack.

Jeff

eliteclimb.com/  Jarek makes the lightest ice tools in the world; carbon fiber / kevlar shafts ,armor steel picks
Unfortunately E-climb is no more
Cold Cold World makes some great packs

+1 for Tufa. Built me a nice custom chalk bag a few years back, big enough for my meat hooks. Still looks brand new.

How about Climb Tech? Not sure how big a company is too big, but they make really cool anchor products for climbing and rope access work. Their story here: https://www.climbtech.com/our-story/ 

Send Climbing. IMO best crash pads and the rest of their gear speaks for itself.

I know they’re kind of a big name these days, but Organic remains a small, all-American company.
Organicclimbing.com

toegear.com/

Did e-climb become elite climb? Their products look VERY similar. 

Ibbz

Edit: they make great brushes and good pads.
http://www.i-bbz.com/

See if the thread on this same subject is still around. It was 1.5, maybe 2 years ago, I think.

EDIT - found it:
https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/114775790/favorite-small-brands?page=2#ForumMessage-114777305

Graham Johnson wrote: Did e-climb become elite climb? Their products look VERY similar. 

No, e-climb was Spanish, maybe bought up by Grivel.

Eliteclimb is Polish, and a one man show.

Grade7 portaledge company, small and new

Cold Cold World

Le Nouveau Blue Light is a small french shop in Sisterone which makes some pretty cool gear. Fancy nults which rotate and large ballnuts rated to take falls. Pretty cool place.

If you’re in Southern California, you probably already have Orsce shoes on your list? I ran into one of the guys on the team yesterday at Malibu Creek and the shoes looked pretty solid! Dudes name was Chase.