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Laughable helmet for climbing ad

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Luke Andraka · · Crownsville, MD · Joined Aug 2017 · Points: 15

Kickstarter link 

The 3mm top rope is pretty bad, as are the gloves and quicklink caribiners. Climbing scene starts at about 1:40 in but the lipsyncing and other goodness earlier in the video is worth watching too.

Bobby H · · CA · Joined Jun 2020 · Points: 3

I saw an ad for this on instagram and could not for the life of me figure out what the hell was going on. Also his harness was on backwards in the ad. 

Bryan L · · VA · Joined Dec 2017 · Points: 257

How does one go about putting a harness on backwards??

Rob Dillon · · Tamarisk Clearing · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 726

Does it matter if your harness is backwards if you don't have a rope on?

rocknice2 · · Montreal, QC · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 3,847

James M · · Colorado Springs, CO · Joined Sep 2017 · Points: 80

remove all the BS, make it look way less tacky and a climbing helmet with an integrated headlamp is a cool idea. 

Nick K · · Trumbull, CT · Joined Jul 2019 · Points: 0

That 15m flashlight distance is pretty impressive lol. Also, gotta love the shitty translated text to speech. 

"Everyone, let's go"

"ROGER, RIDE IN PACELINE"

James M · · Colorado Springs, CO · Joined Sep 2017 · Points: 80

Terrible continuity issues, where did his bicycle safety glasses go?

James M · · Colorado Springs, CO · Joined Sep 2017 · Points: 80

Coming soon to a crag near you.

Realized I've been wearing my harness wrong this whole time. 

Those trees grow pretty sideways. 

Dylan McIntosh · · Chicago, IL · Joined Jun 2019 · Points: 5

Set up for the Aussie rappel 

Piotr Sobczak · · Queretaro, MX · Joined Jan 2018 · Points: 0

Must have, especially at night with break light going off so that the belayer knows to break the fall. The directional arrows will tell which hand to break with 

Will N · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2021 · Points: 0

I'm just here for the magnatic buckle...

Will N · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2021 · Points: 0

He's literally crawling on the ground and they tilted the camera...

Dylan McIntosh · · Chicago, IL · Joined Jun 2019 · Points: 5
Will Nwrote:

I'm just here for the magnatic buckle...

Not too wild, both Petzl and BD have magnetic helmet clasps

Marc H · · Longmont, CO · Joined May 2007 · Points: 265

Looks like Bear Gryllis is getting into the gear market and I’m all for it.

Dan D · · Colorado · Joined May 2021 · Points: 17
Dylan McIntoshwrote:

Not too wild, both Petzl and BD have magnetic helmet clasps

But this one is MAGNATIC. Let's see Petzl pull that off.

Mark Pilate · · MN · Joined Jun 2013 · Points: 25

I can put a colander on my head and make it look better  

Brocky · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2016 · Points: 0
Mark Pilatewrote:

I can put a colander on my head and make it look better  

Not sure how much protection that would provide should you fall while crawling across the ground.

Gunkiemike · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2009 · Points: 3,732
Brockywrote:

Not sure how much protection that would provide should you fall while crawling across the ground.

Short answer - enough.

Will N · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2021 · Points: 0
Dan Dwrote:

But this one is MAGNATIC. Let's see Petzl pull that off.

Exactly. Petzl's engineering team blown out of the water

Cole Darby · · Los Angeles, CA · Joined Sep 2017 · Points: 166

STOKED

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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