10/10 Gear

Name a couple of pieces of outdoors equipment or clothing that you'd give a 10/10 review. What's some of the best stuff you've got? That you'd definitely replace with the same if you ever lost it.

I can think of a couple of things, in no special order.

• My Patagonia Nano Air hoodie. The most comfortable and versatile climbing sweater I've ever used.
• The Arc'teryx Alpha FL backpack. Simple, light weight, comfortable, easy to use, super durable. Just perfect.
• Thermarest Z-lite sleeping pad. Light weight, comfortable enough, easy to fold up, can take a crampon point or spark from the fire and still work, lasts forever.

What's your 10/10 gear?

Mountain Hardwear Crag Wagon pack

Smart Wool Smartloft "jacket"

Edelrid Swift Protect Pro 8.9mm

Just an amazing rope. I can't believe how nimble it feels without feeling untrustworthy, never takes water, feeds in a belay device super smooth, doesn't get the knicks that other ropes get from overly brazen cramponing because of the aramid sheath. As soon as that thing is dead, I'm buying another.

• North Face Cinder 55 pack - Big enough you don't need to carefully pack a bag you're going to yardsale at the crag anyway, incredibly comfortable suspension, and can be hauled. Such a perfect crag pack. Funny enough I actually hate the alpha FL pack, the 40l is such a PITA to pack w/ the waterproof rolltop thingy.
• Dead Bird Proton FL - The nano air/atom lt kind of thing run way too warm for me (I run hot), so this is the best coldish weather active layer for me. It's mega comfy, basically an R1 + a houdini air in one. 
• Edelrid Canary 8.6mm rope - Don't let the thickness fool you, this thing is burly as any thick rope. I've been beating the hell out of it sport and trad climbing, have fixed it plenty, and its still looking fresh. The 8.9 swift protect is also really sick, but haven't beaten the hell out of it yet.
• Grigri - I don't really need to say anything more.

R1

Arc Dually

RBH Vapor Mitts

NW Alpine salopettes

Timmermade alpha direct mid layers

Brynje superthermo mesh base layers

Lenz heated socks

Cassin X Dreams

Cassin Blade Runners

Jsnare V thread tool

Nunatak sleeping bags

InReach

E MuuD wrote:

Mountain Hardwear Crag Wagon pack

Smart Wool Smartloft "jacket"

+1 for the MH Crag Wagon

Metolius ropemaster HC rope tarp/bag. I like it enough I bought a second.

It hits the sweetspot between minimalist enough to throw in a pack, burly enough to throw on the ground, and comfortable enough to throw to your partner if they don’t have a pack.

Ropes:
Edelrid 8.9 Protect Pro Dry

Slings/Cords:
Mammut Contact 8mm Dyneema Slings
Bluewater 7mm VT Prusik
6mm, 7mm Sterling Acc Cord

Carabiners:
Edelrid Bulletproof HMS screw, triple, triple FG
Petzl Attache (round stock)
Petzl Sm'D twistlock, triact
Wild Country Helium
Camp Oval XL

Shoes:
La Sportiva TC Pros

Rope Devices:
Petzl Microtraxion
Petzl Tibloc (newer one)
Petzl GriGri2 / newer
Petzl Ascension (newer ones)
Mammut Nordwand Alpine Belay (ATC-Guide style w/ steel wear points)
CAMP Ovo

Harnesses:
Arcteryx FL-365
Misty Mountain Titan

Helmets:
Petzl Sirocco

Pro:
DMM Wallnuts
DMM Al Offsets
DMM Brass Offsets
Totems
BD C4s
Tricam Evo in smaller sizes

Clothing:
Patagonia Sunshade Technical Hoody
Patagonia Endless Run Shorts
Arcteryx Gamma MX Pants
Balega Blister Resist Qtr Socks
Mammut unknown model Softech softshell pants
Mueller Multi-Sport Knee Pads

Other:
Fenix 7X Sapphire Solar
Mammut Alpine Chalkbag

https://zpacks.com/products/duplex-tent

Arcteryx FL-365

BD sun hoody

Kailas 9a climbing pants

Prana chalk bag

Arcteryx Aptin. Basically a hooded R1 half zip but with some wind resistant material in important spots. Unfortunately it was short lived, they only made it for a few years.

Microtrax...mic drop 

Microtrax would only be 10/10 with a better cam lockout. It’s great, but there’s clear room for improvement

Nick Niebuhr wrote:

Arcteryx Aptin. Basically a hooded R1 half zip but with some wind resistant material in important spots. Unfortunately it was short lived, they only made it for a few years.

Love mine, less warm but more breathable than the R1, perfect for shoulder season days 

- Austrialpin Rondo: round stock autolocker, nice build quality, easy to use even with gloves on

- Eldelrid aramid cord sling: durable, easy to untie, easy to rack

- MH crag wagon: easy to pack, durable, interesting materials and good looking (imo)

- OR echo hoody: super light, quick drying, cheap

Nick Niebuhr wrote:

Arcteryx Aptin. Basically a hooded R1 half zip but with some wind resistant material in important spots. Unfortunately it was short lived, they only made it for a few years.

This seems to be revived as the delta hybrid.

Darn Tough socks. Back when I used to build trails they were an absolute gamechanger when I switched over from Smartwools

Restop 2 wag bag

Can’t wait to see how they top it with the restop 3 

Aaron K wrote:

Darn Tough socks. Back when I used to build trails they were an absolute gamechanger when I switched over from Smartwools

Interesting.  I switched from Darn Tough to Smartwool PHD and will never looked back.  My problem with the Darn Tough is sizing and they lost the durability recipe.  Sizing is a problem with socks for me in general, too tight/short and my feet ache after a day, too long and the excess sock causes blisters.  Sadly sock manufactures seem to think that sock sizes do not need to be as fine grained as shoe sizes.

climber pat wrote:

Interesting.  I switched from Darn Tough to Smartwool PHD and will never looked back.  My problem with the Darn Tough is sizing and they lost the durability recipe.  Sizing is a problem with socks for me in general, too tight/short and my feet ache after a day, too long and the excess sock causes blisters.  Sadly sock manufactures seem to think that sock sizes do not need to be as fine grained as shoe sizes.

I guess there was a darn tough knockoff / scam going on through amazon/online retailers. Maybe you fell victim to that? Also, cant you just send them back for a new pair when they get worn out? Thats their whole shtick.