Oh no! Grivel!

I've been lauding Grivel's crampon durability for years! 

How much use have they seen?

Those look like they had a good long life! 

The dreaded microfracture!  Even metal gear (crampons and ice tools) have a lifespan.  They look a little rusty -  how old are these?  

3/10 

I would guess this is their 4th season. I wore them regularly for a couple seasons but they've been on the rotation since. Maybe 50-60 days? Other than a little surface corrosion where the paint/anodizing/? has flaked off they're in pretty good to fair condition. 

Where do crampons go to die? How many people thrown out broke or worn out crampons? I have a pair of BD Stingers I keep swapping front points on; the secondary points are nubs but I'll usually sell gear before it's junk. Seems like there's always a market for gear beyond its useful life. 

Bill Kirby wrote:

3/10 

Don't you dare imply alpinejason is a troll.  Alpinejason is the man.

alpinejason wrote:

I would guess this is their 4th season. I wore them regularly for a couple seasons but they've been on the rotation since. Maybe 50-60 days? Other than a little surface corrosion where the paint/anodizing/? has flaked off they're in pretty good to fair condition. 

Where do crampons go to die? How many people thrown out broke or worn out crampons? I have a pair of BD Stingers I keep swapping front points on; the secondary points are nubs but I'll usually sell gear before it's junk. Seems like there's always a market for gear beyond its useful life. 

Just weld that sucker back together. What's the worst that could happen?

Sometimes the companies like to see where the piece went wrong/broke. I’d shoot grivel an email. 

Anthony Lubetski wrote:

Sometimes the companies like to see where the piece went wrong/broke. I’d shoot grivel an email. 

I'd do that as well with a nicely worded email.

I've already emailed Grivel and Liberty Mountain. Not looking for warranty claim just think they should be aware of equipment failures. 

swaghole wrote:

The dreaded microfracture!  Even metal gear (crampons and ice tools) have a lifespan.  They look a little rusty -  how old are these?  

That’s not a microfacture. That’s just a fracture.

I’m a bit out of practice with my stress analysis, rusty if you will, but that’s about where i’d expect that fracture. Just not so soon.

Yeah, looks a little worse than just surface rust. But depending on boot fit, that crack doesn't seem odd, all things considered. They will probably give you some replacement credit, or just send you a new pair I bet.