Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
| Messages 1 - 18 of total 18 in this topic |
Slakkey
Trad climber
From a Quiet Place by the Lake
|
|
|
Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 9, 2007 - 02:45am PT
|
Looking for a new Bouldering Pad any suggestions as to what people think is the hot ticket these days?
|
|
Standing Strong
Trad climber
making desirable discoveries by accident
|
|
i have the mad rock mad pad. it turns into a couch and is perfect for socializing
:)
|
|
Slakkey
Trad climber
From a Quiet Place by the Lake
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 9, 2007 - 03:00am PT
|
I have seen the Mad Rock Mad Pad. I like the Multi Purpose Nature of it as You have suggested SS.
Thanks
|
|
Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
|
|
I second the Mad Rock pad.
I quit carrying it to the rocks, though, because every time I lay it down my dog curls up on it and goes to sleep.
Good thing it makes into a davenport or else mine would have no use at all (except for the dog).
|
|
Chew
Trad climber
Leeds, UK
|
|
Black Dimond Drop Zone. It's an ace all round pad with loads of support, I love mine.
|
|
Wes Allen
Boulder climber
KY
|
|
MIsty Mtn is makes the best pads. No. Doubt.
|
|
Melvin Mills
Trad climber
Albuquerque NM
|
|
Misty Mtn. Magnum for the big pad--without a doubt the best quality. For smaller pads try Organic.
|
|
jrenee
Trad climber
All over the States
|
|
With all the new technology today, I would think that you could probably find a crash pad that MOVES as you boulder to catch you wherever you fall.
Joni
|
|
dmalloy
Trad climber
eastside
|
|
Yes, Misty Mountain are the bomb - great construction, long lasting foam, and a company owned and run by climbers here in the United States.
edit - someone said "new technology"....well, here it is, the first stuntman-style deflating balloon bouldering pad. I have jumped on one of these a few times and it is super-cush, but I don't think I would lay out $300 for one, and I would be pretty embarrassed to carry it around the pebbles -
http://flashed.myshopify.com/pages/flashed-air-technology
|
|
TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
|
|
Hey dmalloy,
You got a link for those pads @ $300? I'm only finding them @ $409
Thanks,
Tom
|
|
Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
|
|
bouldering is so 2002
WIDE is where it's at... say maybe 3 to 3.5 camalot size or so.
(yes, some of you think that wide is bigger than a 9" cam or so)
|
|
TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
|
|
Bouldering the wide is where it's at...
Actually I like the wide no matter what...
and bouldering for that matter as well,
above all though, I never considered myself cool...
Laming it in Montucky,
Tom
|
|
k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
|
|
I thought the best bouldering crash pad was Pete's in Hueco.
Too bad that's all gone now...
|
|
F'ueco
Boulder climber
San Jose, CA
|
|
Go with a pad from Organic. You won't be dissapointed.
And with the custome colors your pad will not look like everyone else's...
|
|
TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
|
|
|
Nov 16, 2007 - 01:32pm PT
|
You guys see this new pad?
This page has the details, read the comments too...
|
|
Tahoe climber
Trad climber
a dark-green forester out west
|
|
|
Nov 17, 2007 - 01:55pm PT
|
Misty Mountain Magnum - for those plus-sized, uh, falls. Unvelcros to make a good sleeping pad - I slept on mine for about 2 months once.
The Mad Pad is a nice couch but a poor crash pad - too small - and stiff enough that I feel a turned ankle in the future...
Bittersweet Double Wide is pretty freaking cool, too.
Folded, it's like a regular pad. Unfold it all the way, and it's like two, but thin. Makes a killer nighttime bed inside a roomy 4 man tent, too!
Franklin/Black Diamond Mondo looks bad-ass for pure bouldering - it's well named.
-Aaron
|
|
socalbolter
Sport climber
Silverado, CA
|
|
|
Nov 18, 2007 - 04:03pm PT
|
Voodoo pads seem to be the best constructed, with the longest lasting foam. They are also all handmade in Arizona by climbers (if that makes a difference to you).
I've had two of them for more than five years and the foam is still in great shape. Many other companies' foam breaks down after one or two seasons. Since foam is the most important and expensive ingredient in a crash pad, this is definitely something you should consider.
|
|
Apocalypsenow
Trad climber
Cali
|
|
|
Nov 18, 2007 - 05:30pm PT
|
A matress from the local dump. "Best" of all: you can return it when you are done.
|
|
| Messages 1 - 18 of total 18 in this topic |
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|
Let us know!