Scarpa F1 strap buckle mod — max ROM

[frorider]

Update: batch 2 has been made & I’ll get them tomorrow afternoon. I’m traveling / camping Thurs - Fri morning but hope to get them packaged and mailed this Fri afternoon.

This past week I’ve been field testing v2.0 of the StrapOff, and it’s been working very well.

[jhyatt]

Update: batch 2 has been made & I’ll get them tomorrow afternoon. I’m traveling / camping Thurs - Fri morning but hope to get them packaged and mailed this Fri afternoon.

This past week I’ve been field testing v2.0 of the StrapOff, and it’s been working very well.

Those are way nicer than V1.

[frorider]

OK good news for ten of you mags -- I got 'em packed and mailed out this morning. That means Benneke10, Chubb, kalisto, riff, CirqueScaler, whatsupdoc, Climbers Right, Westcoaster, Chris862, NShultz should be receiving them in a couple of days. I have the USPS tracking info on the post office receipt so pls let me know if you don't get them soon. On average, I'm only losing about a dollar per order, mostly because one of you lives in Canuckistan and because I bought fancy bubble wrap pkg.

Ticketchecker and mtbcat, you have some options. I do have one extra set that's not quite identical to v2.0...I think it'll work fine but it's not been field tested (I'm calling it v1.9). You may want to wait until Batch #2 of v2.0 is made in the next 2 weeks but if one of you urgently needs them for a ski trip PM me and I'll ship v1.9 out Friday afternoon.

Also, for anyone who bought v1.0 with the rivets who would like to upgrade to v2.0, I'll try to work something out within the next batch. My goal here is to not make any money at all on this little exercise but I have to respect the time & materials cost of the guy actually making them.

[Just Looking]

with a v.1.0 i havent really used, v.2.0 looks great, and I'd love an upgrade, so count me in on an as needed basis, while not making money is fine, a beer or shot one the way or other is certainly reasonable. I'd show u around the local area, but its not really mag approved, other than it has snow in the winter.

[Westcoaster]

OK good news for ten of you mags -- I got 'em packed and mailed out this morning. That means Benneke10, Chubb, kalisto, riff, CirqueScaler, whatsupdoc, Climbers Right, Westcoaster, Chris862, NShultz should be receiving them in a couple of days. I have the USPS tracking info on the post office receipt so pls let me know if you don't get them soon. On average, I'm only losing about a dollar per order, mostly because one of you lives in Canuckistan and because I bought fancy bubble wrap pkg.

Ticketchecker and mtbcat, you have some options. I do have one extra set that's not quite identical to v2.0...I think it'll work fine but it's not been field tested (I'm calling it v1.9). You may want to wait until Batch #2 of v2.0 is made in the next 2 weeks but if one of you urgently needs them for a ski trip PM me and I'll ship v1.9 out Friday afternoon.

Also, for anyone who bought v1.0 with the rivets who would like to upgrade to v2.0, I'll try to work something out within the next batch. My goal here is to not make any money at all on this little exercise but I have to respect the time & materials cost of the guy actually making them.

Sexy. Thanks man.

[riff]

Looks slick, hoping to get out for a test rip soon!


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[frorider]

That first pic looks like Scarpa OEM quality lol.

Looking fwd to your feedback

[Climbers Right]

Can confirm. Anodize these and they are every bit OEM quality. Sell this idea to scarpa asap. If they had a spring loaded buckle to minimize the flapping a bit it would be absolutely perfect. Still need some winter frozen fingers testing but they worked great today. Well done

[jhyatt]

I'd take a v2 when available thanks

[Westcoaster]

Can confirm. Anodize these and they are every bit OEM quality. Sell this idea to scarpa asap. If they had a spring loaded buckle to minimize the flapping a bit it would be absolutely perfect. Still need some winter frozen fingers testing but they worked great today. Well done

Yup, these are legit af

[riff]

I visited a local PNW volcano this weekend and found them to be flawless during about 10k over two days. Outstanding work gents! I wouldn’t change a thing, and couldn’t imagine the boot without em.


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[frorider]

Thanks for the positive feedback folks. I can’t recall if I mentioned this already here, but early on I contacted Scarpa USA and in Italy to ‘give away’ this idea but zero replies. I even pointed out the official reviews on major sites that pointed out the insufficient throw distance of the upper buckle on the F1 LT. I’ve also tried to get wildsnow interested given their audience and influence but zero response.

With a mfg partner involved, we can look into a V2.1 that is further refined (anodized) and possibly even lighter. I was thinking of orange, green, and black as possible colors. If it’s a small run I may just pick one color like Orange. Comments?

Also how best to get the word out to the NZ/S Hemisphere skiing community? Snow heads.com?

[jhyatt]

Red to match my F80!

[ticketchecker]

Red to match my F80!

Or white!


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[Climbers Right]

Nothing to add for getting the word out, but a 4 peak traverse today meant several change overs and these definitely sped the process up. It's now a quick 2 second affair to go from ski to walk and probably 5 seconds the other way around. I never weighed mine but i can't say the weight is even close to noticable. I'll take 30g and full range of motion over the generally meh ROM of the F1 with the strap at ski tightness

[mancub]

Kiwis I know don't peruse the interwebs too often. I'll holler at a few folks.
I'm keen to get in on the next batch of V2.0!

[Just Looking]

Gotta think keeping the color simple is easiest, one color for all, but then again I will usually feign color blindness when attempting to put the best functional / cheapest kit together.

[Buster Highmen]

Did you try contacting Roxa? I got a response lickety split from them.

May I request a set of these as well?

[frorider]

BH, I’ll add you to list for next mfg run

[ticketchecker]

I'm in no hurry so will wait for next run. They look great

[turnfarmer]

Despite having a pair ov V1 V2 looks more better so I'm in when next time comes around.

[frorider]

Batch #3 is in the planning stage. PM me or post here if you want a pair.

[upandout]

interested for sure

[frorider]

Ok I think batch 3 will be pretty large, enough for June-October demand. We are slightly modifying design to make it even more low profile, and make it easier to mfg. Will be anodized. Might use a website to take orders. Stay tuned.

[jhyatt]

Thanks. Go purple ano