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Camp Stalker

£65.00

Trail has reviewed this crampon favourably for a couple of years. It is a great all-rounder with a good price and a good weight coupled with all the key features needed for a day on the winter hills. Anti-balling plates fitted straight from the box. Four of the 12 points are arranged to prevent slipping forwards or backwards on snow ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 4.5
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Black Diamond Contact Strap 2009

£70.00

The Black Diamond Contact Strap is an outstanding crampon, thanks to its low weight and top-notch build quality. It also comes fitted with anti-balling plates as standard and these are an elaborate design to improve their resistance to snow build up. There are10 points, four rotated through 90 degrees to improve grip on slopes and some 3D stamping adds to ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Grivel G10

£80.00

The Grivel G10 is a modern classic crampon that has frequently been rated highly by Trail. The crampon is based around 10 spikes that are not as sharp as some designs, to reduce the chance of snagging on gaiters. You get 3D stamping for added strength too, while four spikes have been set horizontally to improve traction forwards and backwards. ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 4.5
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Camp Ice Rider

£80.00

This crampon has been a past winner of Trail tests. It boasts all the essential features, starting with 12 long points to give good grip in deep snow and ice. The front spikes get some 3D stamping to improve strength. Adjustment is easy thanks to a sprung clip design that locks the length, plus a heel clip and toe binding ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Climbing Technology Nuptse Semiautomatic 2011

£84.00

At £85 for a set of 12 point semi-automatic crampons the Climbing Technology Nuptse Semiautomatics are extremely good value. The build quality is businesslike and robust rather than slick-looking, but nevertheless they do the job. They have a conventional spike layout with 3D contoured front points and mid-length spikes. With one-touch length adjustment and a positive heel plate they are ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Edelrid Swing 2011

£90.00

Substantially built 10 point crampons with some excellent features, the Edelrid Swing is a good all-round option that should give many years’ service. Although it’s essentially a walking crampon the spike layout will allow you to tackle the odd bit of steep stuff. Of particular interest are the asymmetric front point and the slightly flared sole spikes, which combine with ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Grivel G10 New Classic 2009

£90.00

The very flexible plate and the substantial thermoplastic cradles make the Grivel G10 New Classic an ideal crampon for winter hill-walking. The 10 spikes are arrayed well to deal with moderately angled snow and the odd venture onto ice. There’s 3D relief stamping throughout for extra strength too. The crampons are supplied with nifty Grivel AntiBott anti-balling plates, which pop ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 4.5
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Grivel Air Tech New Classic

£90.00

These are 12 point crampons with a little extra attention to detail. The points are a mixed bag of short, serrated and rotated configurations that provide extra grip on slopes and traverses. The points are shorter than some others too, which prevents snagging and tripping but also makes them ideal for mixed rock and ice terrain, which is so common ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 5
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Petzl Charlet Vasak Leverlock

£95.00

Petzl Charlet has introduced a new range of crampons that feature a number of modern developments. Firstly they weigh in at a very respectable 936g, which is lighter than some competitors. They are made of steel too, unlike lighter aluminium alloys that lack the durability of heavier crampons. For added strength you get 3D stamping throughout. There are long 12 ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Petzl Charlet Vasak Leverlock 2009

£108.00

The Petzl Charlet Vasak Leverlock is a very stable, low-weight crampon which comes with a good set of tough features. For added strength you get 3D stamping throughout, as you do with the Grivels. There are 12 spikes and these are quite long, which is good on névé and ice but a little bit of a compromise on rock. Four ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Grivel G10 New Classic Lux 2011

£110.00

The very flexible plate and substantial thermoplastic cradles make the Grivel G10 New Classic Lux an ideal crampon for winter hill-walking. The 10 spikes are arrayed well to deal with moderately angled snow and the odd venture onto ice. There’s 3D relief stamping throughout for extra strength too. The crampons are supplied with Grivel’s nifty AntiBott anti-balling plates, which pop ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Black Diamond Serac Clip 2011

£120.00

The Black Diamond Serac Clip is a well-proven general mountaineering crampon. It is designed to take on everything from winter walking through to glacier work and moderately technical climbs. Black Diamond has broken convention and now makes them from stainless steel rather than the more traditional chromoly steel. Black Diamond’s arguments for using stainless steel is that it makes crampons ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Petzl Charlet Vasak Flexlock 2011

£125.00

The Petzl Charlet Vasak Flexlock is a very stable, low-weight crampon that comes with a good set of tough features. For added strength you get 3D stamping throughout, as you do with the Grivels. There are 12 spikes and these are quite long, which is good on névé and ice but a little bit of a compromise on rock. Four ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 0

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