After you’ve spent a bit of time in the mountain gear industry you begin to get a little non-phased about new products, its not that your not interested its just that I see a lot of new gear and if I bought every bit I liked, I’d spend too much time figuring it out rather than climbing.. The Cilo gear Dyneema® packs on the other hand, I’m very, very exited about… there will only be a handful of stockists in the UK; lakes climber in ambleside are confirmed, one or two more to follow. These packs are going to be crazy expensive and only weigh about 500g! Think of a pack that’s made out of the same material as your quick draws yep, those things you fall on.. Dyneema® is a super strong polyethylene fibre that offers maximum strength combined with minimum weight. It is up to 15 times stronger than quality steel and up to 40% stronger than aramid fibres, both on weight for weight basis.
Here’s what Graham @ Cilo Gear says – “We didn’t end up using the Dyneema thread, and we didn’t use Dyneema for the frame sheet pocket. So we didn’t want to lie, and call them 100% Dyneema packs.
The prototypes were heavily tested and abused by Kelly Cordes, Maxime Turgeon and others over several months, including being used as a bike lock cover here in Brooklyn and Manhattan…This material rocks!”
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