This model is ideal for use as a target in practice since the long slim housing makes the antenna orientation very easy to align. I use these in all of my range tests.

Yep, the two generations of the PDG had only the general concept in common with each other, plus the walk-ski switch.
The first three versions of the PDG varied mainly just by color and instep...

A friend in Portland Oregon has a pair of iirc 41 2/3 boots for sale.
(I forgot to bring them back with me during my July volcano trip in 2019, then 2020 was, well, you know.)
And I have a pair of...

Ah, interesting, thanks.
The change must have occurred before the 2017-18 season, because my old heel flaps have that same arch as the current model.
(I did notice that the small cut-out is on the...

This might be like trying to get a date at a biker bar for a shy bookish sweet innocent cloistered girl, but here goes:
https://skimo.co/hagan-cirrus-skis in 170cm
The original mate met its demise...

Whoah, quoted for emphasis on awesomeness!
(By my standards at least.)

Tomorrow I'll be able to compare side-by-side the current race model heel flap vs a 2017-18 version.
But I think you would agree that the key with any of these is to keep the torx-head bolt...

Thanks for all the feedback, and sorry for the delay in my reply -- had to let everything dry out first, was really wet back there!
Which I suppose means my wife was righ ... no, not gonna say that,...

I've used it with BD Storm for night skimo races. The clips seem like they could handle a heavier headlamp too.
My review is posted here:
https://skimo.co/grivel-duetto-helmet

For sale, Rossignol Axial 110 bindings, $29 plus actual USPS priority mail shipping.
Release setting range is 3.5 (really, not 3, not 4, but rather 3.5) to 11 (really, not 10, not 12, but just...

I have an extra pair that I can sell.
Brand new, taken off a pair of BD Helio 180 that I mounted for someone on race skis.

Yeah, I know, I'm going to die.
So we have a shower install, some sort of fiberglass material, which is fine.
But the shower head is 6.5" above that. I've been negligent about attending to two...

I too found that sensor feature to be ... a little bit too clever?
My review of the newer "Button" version is at the bottom here:
https://skimo.co/pieps-micro-beacon-beacon

This is also a worthy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D9FqAEJabM

Or if instead of Swedish-accented English you prefer Polish-accented Polish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa_fXvysUiQ

Overall, looks like a...

Don't temp me!

Besides those Dynafit "dealer accessory" Ti screws (which I suspect that nobody has ever purchased), this is the only binding that I'm aware of that ever offered a Ti screw option:
(from my FB FS...

^ Cool, thx, lots of interesting options for us to check out!

Seems pretty easy to leave it on for 200 hours in a freezer then try to search for an hour?

Another option is that an electrical engineering prof at the state research university here has...

I agree that the battery discussion is totally on-topic. Really helpful too, really appreciate the feedback, thanks! All of this will be considered when Steve and I eventually write the full review...

https://mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/avalanche-fatality-ammonoosuc-ravine/

Would have to be really loooong hut trip for an initially fully charged Diract not to last the entire time.
And if the trip was that long, those little backup rechargers like this:...

I agree that this is the one potential drawback that gave me pause over an internal rechargeable battery.
But given that each outing is a trivial % of the total battery life, I'm thinking that if...

Thx for the additional suggestions, lots of great potential there, we'll be checking it all out!

As for just using radios, cell reception is excellent, so no need for radios just to communicate...

I think the technology has improved a little bit over the past half-century or so?

More like divide by 2 for both of them.
Steve has a zillion different range test results here:
https://beaconreviews.com/ranges_receiving.php
... with the Pulse a pretty good proxy for the S....

Yeah, the range was ... adequate. I suppose.
Comprehensive range tests take me literally half a day, and I didn't have anywhere near that time to devote to this.
On the magic carpet slope, I was...

Yep, that would suffice, thanks!
Although an app focused on beer would definitely have lots of appeal to many of the patrollers, especially since we can't all meet for pizza and beer after the big...

Yes, volunteer ski patrol, backcountry venue on state reservation.

Okay, so that phrase went out of style something like a decade ago.

But seriously, what app could be used for a small backcountry ski patrol to serve as a virtual patrol sign-in sheet?
(And yes,...

I found the voice implementation to be excellent. Just a couple additional messages I would include. And plenty of time for Ortovox to change that before the public release. (And perhaps even...

That's a really good point, I hadn't even thought about the connection with my AED practice!

Hah, good one! Although only one-way communication so far. (Maybe two-way capability will be added in the successor model...)

Tested on the magic carpet slope at North America's premier skimo racing venue of Berkshire East (but embargoed until Feb 1 as per the loaner terms), behold, the new Ortovox Diract!...

"Token"? Our numbers are far beyond merely token these days, hah!

Probably won't work b/c I've been incessantly hitting refresh on the wx fx to see if for the first USSMA sanctioned skimo race I'm scheduled to organize this coming Sat in W Mass we'll have snow or...

I downloaded directly from the Play store, since I heard about this from a poster here, not from Greg.
Everything went well until I was scanning Position #2, then that was the end of that.
Tried...

The Hagan springs are for the race model, which have springs that are ever so slightly different than the Trofeo and BD equivalents.

Agreed with all points here.
(Although personally I have not had it switch from Off to Send ... but that might be only because I intentionally turn it to Send as soon as I put it in my pocket first...

As the co-author of that review, and a current owner of that model, I can confirm the beacon's potential to inadvertently switch into Send, but *NOT* the opposite.
In other words, it's the exact...

The review at BeaconReviews.com incorporates my experience with the original proximity sensor version:
https://beaconreviews.com/Specs_PiepsMicro.php
My experience with the new Button version isn't...

Ah, got it -- so the epoxy is kind of being used more like filler, so you're letting it set up first to have something solid to crank into.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it

(Seriously, it's just that feeling how it you turn it one more 1/4 turn that instead of tightening down it's gonna spin.)

Potentially helpful post here:
https://www.haganskimountaineering.com/blogs/news/tips-to-get-the-best-performance-out-of-the-new-hagan-hybrid-climbings-skins-especially-the-race-skins

I have a...

I'm pretty sure that qualifies as a Slush Avalanche:

https://avalanche.org/avalanche-encyclopedia/avalanche/

"An oddity in most of the avalanche world, slush avalanches usually occur in very...

Isn't that defeating the purpose of using epoxy, since the sequence of breaking the seal of the cured epoxy?

Just say No to any water-based glue!
For (far too many) years I used woodworking glue, since ski binding glue is similar, and ski companies must know what's best, right?
Then I finally listened to...

The turns I've been making the past three days have been really nice, but hitting lotso rocks. So keep the speeds moderate, and also keep repeating the mantra that all backcountry skis are rock skis....

Since you guys started it with the Wachusett references ... here's the link to the new uphill season pass program:
https://www.wachusett.com/Tickets-Passes/Tickets-Seasonal-Passes/Uphill-Passes.aspx...

If that's the generation I'm thinking of, you have to dremmel out the plastic stop for the boot toe, since they borrowed it from an alpine downhill jig, and if used as-is then an AT toe isn't seated...

Yesterday was a bit more ... well, I wouldn't say quiet, given the howling wind (at one point when I was out of sync with my partner, his skintrack was already completely erased, even though he was...