Liberty Mountain Rack
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Hey guys, |
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Never played with their stuff. The one thing I know for sure, and from expierence, that any sport/hobby you get into(climbing, cycling, scuba diving) if your serious about the sport spend that money upfront. I probably bought my current rack 3 times before I got what I really wanted, also spent waaaay more than I needed. The good thing about climbing is there is constantly used gear up for grabs. In my opinion used is just as good as new. If you want camalots, but can't afford them, go used. I bet 1/2 my rack was purchased 2nd hand. Also I use primarily Camalots. There the Beez Kneez... |
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Thanks for the reply! |
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Liberty mountain is a NA distributor for a number of these companies as well as having some of their own in house products from my understanding. They carry reputable brands such as Grivel, Beal, and omega pacific. |
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Thought you were talking about their house brand |
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Working on the river I acquire a lot of gear through liberty mountain (Thanks to the pro-deal), for the river and climbing. I believe lots of their stuff are brands like Kong and a couple others I cannot think of. They work great and are every bit as good as other brands like petzl (biners, ATC's, Draws, rope.) Maybe slightly heavyer. Now cams on the other hand I do not have any experience with Liberty; I kinda agree with Ryan. When you climb for a bit you learn to like certain types of pieces and can find them just as good and safe used as you would new. So if your just going replace them after a couple years for BD or Metolius then your better of building your rack with pieces you wan't. Like I said though I have never tried any cams (Kongs) through Liberty so they might be good. |
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Liberty mountain does have some quality equipment even some of their house brands |
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Liberty Mountain distributes Slit Fit Cams from Kong and they are a decent cam and fit intermediate sizes. They also do Omega Pacific link cams, which i don't recommend. |
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Eddie2170 wrote:The thing I dont like about Omega Pacific is their carabiners are not keylock, still noselock, but if you dont care they are definitely quality. I have had a lot of experience with Omega Pacific when I was a ropes course facilitator and can say they are a great company, with good products, for my ropes course I loved their products, for my own personal gear i'd prefer another company for weight & technology, but I will say the quality is there & their customer service is top notch Pretty much as far as safety for Omega Pac & Cypher I would absolutely trust them, and their locking carabiners were the backbone to my facility, the HMS Jake being my most used biner, the only downside is the noselock vs keylockFYI - Omega Pac has made keylocks for a few years now.. omegapac.com/categorylist.p… omegapac.com/categorylist.p… Grivel and Omega both make really solid, quality stuff and in fact I prefer to support them rather than the companies who have sold out to China when I can. |
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Dan Allard wrote: FYI - Omega Pac has made keylocks for a few years now.. omegapac.com/categorylist.p… omegapac.com/categorylist.p… Grivel and Omega both make really solid, quality stuff and in fact I prefer to support them rather than the companies who have sold out to China when I can.Touche, Ive seen the keylocks from the first link, but never a keylock Jake, thats awesome +1 to you. |
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Liberty Mountain has some great stuff. |
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Some very good information in this thread. |
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Liberty Mountain has quality stuff for sure - I get almost everything from them, minus my cams. Definitely go with the ABC stoppers - they're made by Omega Pacific and are great! I've had no complaints with mine! I was really interested in the shoes too so I got a pair - nothing like a cheap pair of climbing shoes - and have to say that I've been very impressed so far! I just purchased a bunch of Cypher carabiners and they have been doing great so far too - though the spring tension on the wire-gates seems to be less than on other brands. Just have fun and do a little research - it's nice to have options! |
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I have several Kong Slim-fit cams that I use regularly to supplement my Black Diamonds. I was able to pick them up for cheap and I've been very happy with them over the past several years of heavy use. However, if cost was not an issue or I had to choose between the two brands I would go with Black Diamond. |