Great Online Deals of 2020

I took advantage of the Sports Basement sale and bought 5 Camalot Ultralights.  The dates on some of the slings disappointed me. Two of the dates were 01-2018 and one was 2015.  The 2015 date surprised me because I thought the Ultralights were introduced in 2016. 

The information sheet says they should be retired 10 years after manufacture date not the sale date. How old is too old for a shop to sell online without informing the buyer?

BEAL Birdie belay device on trekkin $53 and  moose-jaw $56, snatched one up, been wanting to try it

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Eric Climb wrote: I took advantage of the Sports Basement sale and bought 5 Camalot Ultralights.  The dates on some of the slings disappointed me. Two of the dates were 01-2018 and one was 2015.  The 2015 date surprised me because I thought the Ultralights were introduced in 2016. 

The information sheet says they should be retired 10 years after manufacture date not the sale date. How old is too old for a shop to sell online without informing the buyer?

Yea I would return that if it were me.

Organic is offering a deal. Everyday after you order and until the factory reopens you save like 50 cents or something like that. The catch is you have to wait until they reopen before they can start working on your pad.

Eric Climb wrote: I took advantage of the Sports Basement sale and bought 5 Camalot Ultralights.  The dates on some of the slings disappointed me. Two of the dates were 01-2018 and one was 2015.  The 2015 date surprised me because I thought the Ultralights were introduced in 2016.

The information sheet says they should be retired 10 years after manufacture date not the sale date. How old is too old for a shop to sell online without informing the buyer?

The Serial/Engraved number on the back of cam lobes is when it is manufactured. I believe the CE number is the lab that certified the product ....

Jake G. wrote: Organic is offering a deal. Everyday after you order and until the factory reopens you save like 50 cents or something like that. The catch is you have to wait until they reopen before they can start working on your pad.

Link?

Does anyone know if EpicTV have any codes going at the moment?

Eric Climb wrote: I took advantage of the Sports Basement sale and bought 5 Camalot Ultralights.  The dates on some of the slings disappointed me. Two of the dates were 01-2018 and one was 2015.  The 2015 date surprised me because I thought the Ultralights were introduced in 2016.

The information sheet says they should be retired 10 years after manufacture date not the sale date. How old is too old for a shop to sell online without informing the buyer?

This isn’t the forum for this but aging gear is a myth. As long as the gear is unused, I would still keep it. mountainproject.com/forum/t…

Eugenel Espiritu wrote:

This isn’t the forum for this but aging gear is a myth. As long as the gear is unused, I would still keep it. mountainproject.com/forum/t…

Ultralight's cable is made of spectra or something similar not metal so it has to be thought of more like a softgood.  As i recall the lifespan was black diamond's recommendation.

climber pat wrote:

Ultralight's cable is made of spectra or something similar not metal so it has to be thought of more like a softgood.  As i recall the lifespan was black diamond's recommendation.

Still not the forum. Loses 20-40% of strength over 30 years with use and still your rope is your limiting factor.

https://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en_US/qc-lab-old-vs-new-gear-testing/qc-lab-old-vs-new-gear-testing.html

Eugenel Espiritu wrote:

Still not the forum. Loses 20-40% of strength over 30 years with use and still your rope is your limiting factor.

https://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en_US/qc-lab-old-vs-new-gear-testing/qc-lab-old-vs-new-gear-testing.html

Just correcting your misinformation in this forum.  Even new your rope is stronger than the cams.  Once again black diamond says the lifespan is 10 years for a properly stored ultralight in their documentation.  I would not be willing to recommend otherwise.  Ultralight manual  I do suspect they have significant margin built into their recommendation.

Edit:  I guess there is the potential that black diamond could replace the cable.

climber pat wrote:

Just correcting your misinformation in this forum.  Even new your rope is stronger than the cams.  Once again black diamond says the lifespan is 10 years for a properly stored ultralight in their documentation.  I would not be willing to recommend otherwise.  Ultralight manual  I do suspect they have significant margin built into their recommendation.

Edit:  I guess there is the potential that black diamond could replace the cable.

You win and I still dont care about the date. Please lets move this argument to this forum: mountainproject.com/forum/t…

Miyar adventures has some totems in stock @ $89.99.  If you are a new customer (or just spin up a new email address) - you can get a 15% off coupon which brings them down to around $77 each with free shipping and no tax.

My Cal At Last wrote: Miyar adventures has some totems in stock @ $89.99.  If you are a new customer (or just spin up a new email address) - you can get a 15% off coupon which brings them down to around $77 each with free shipping and no tax.

the code doesn't apply to totems.  What did you do to get it to work?

Sean Hoffecker wrote:

the code doesn't apply to totems.  What did you do to get it to work?

I just put in the code they sent me and it worked.  

Damnit, I see what they did.  They marked them down now to $84.95 from the $89.95 and now the coupon code no longer applies because they aren't full price.  If you chat with them, maybe they will still honor it.  Sneaky as hell!

My Cal At Last wrote: Miyar adventures has some totems in stock @ $89.99.  If you are a new customer (or just spin up a new email address) - you can get a 15% off coupon which brings them down to around $77 each with free shipping and no tax.

Just got a pair of boots from them last night crazy cheap and the owner emailed me a thank you for buying with them! +1 for Miyar Adventures

I asked the rep at Miyar to bump the price back to $89 so that new members could apply their 15% off coupon.  He temporary did it, so if you take a look now, you should see the totems and should be able to apply your 15% off coupon.  No idea how long it will last.  I'm reconsidering the purchase, so go ahead and take them.

 code:  MFF15

My Cal At Last wrote: I asked the rep at Miyar to bump the price back to $89 so that new members could apply their 15% off coupon.  He temporary did it, so if you take a look now, you should see the totems and should be able to apply your 15% off coupon.  No idea how long it will last.  I'm reconsidering the purchase, so go ahead and take them.

 code:  MFF15

Nice looking out. Purple through red still in stock. 

Stock is getting thin around the web - madrock has blacks supposedly. Marco recently stated that the Totem factory shut down for COVID, so anyone who is wanting to blow their pandemic cash on Totems should do so quickly, or risk potential weeks-months delays. I would suggest contacting retailers and asking for 15% off price-match or something. 

https://www.ecoldalstore.online/
Not sure how legit, but it says Arcterx at over 85% off. 

Some MH sleeping bags at killer prices, synthetic 45deg bag for $56:

​https://www.everestgear.com/searchresults.html?query=Mountain+hardwear+sleeping+bag&x=0&y=0&.autodone=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.everestgear.com%2Fsearchresults.html%3Fquery%3DMountain%2Bhardwear%26x%3D0%26y%3D0%26.autodone%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.everestgear.com%252Ffeatured--clearance.html#search:Mountain+hardwear+sleeping+bag/0/score%7CDESC/grid/16/​​​