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Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: Smooth surface on new passive rock protection redu…
Apr 21, 2015 Easy answer: anodizing the whole thing is cheap and easy. Partially anodizing it involves tedious handwork masking the surfaces not to be anodized and then removing the mask a… View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: Smooth surface on new passive rock protection redu…
Apr 21, 2015 It's also basically sapphire. But it's also on the order of 0.0005" - 0.001" thick and on top of a much softer base, so it no practical difference in terms of grip on the rock… View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: Broken Cam thread
Apr 11, 2015 My point.... Soft goods are a much, much bigger share of that market. Backpacks, slings, shoes, harnesses all have short lifespans, so it makes sense to compare BD to Petzl a… View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: Broken Cam thread
Apr 11, 2015 True. But not all manufacturers tout the "Made in USA" thing and "we own those factories in China" thing, while at the same time admitting publicly (in a place few people look… View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: Broken Cam thread
Apr 10, 2015 Actually, all sorts of numbers are publicly available if you know where to look. Case in point, I'm rather surprised to see that BD only makes 20-25% of their products; the re… View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: Broken Cam thread
Apr 10, 2015 I was told something similar, Joe, with the addition that chunks of the financials provided for review were often missing. Anyway.... View Message

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