Black Diamond Viper Vs Petzl Quark

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Black diamond viper vs petzl quark. This is going to be a bit of a comparison between the petzl nomic and the fusion. Both black diamond and petzl offer amazing products. For pure steep ice i prefer the nomic. Weighing 1 pound 5 ounces for the hammer the viper is light and well balanced.

The major differences between the two brands is that black diamond offers more light modes including the useful red light mode. A very rough estimation of head weight in ascending order would be. Honestly it all comes down to the feel vipers are far more head heavy which makes them penetrate ice with less force but are a little less precise than the quarks. New topic reply to topic.

Simond piranha grivel x monster black diamond cobra grivel quantum tech petzl quark black diamond viper dmm rebel. Enter the black diamond viper a high tech all terrain tool. I have been using both now for the last three years these are my conclusions. Coops 13 on 24 feb 2011.

Dmm rebels or petzl quarks or bd vipers. Both offer long battery life illuminating lights hinges to aim your light and are reliable even in the most remote locations. It swings less like a battle ax fusion being the battle ax and the pick sticks more securely but yet is easy to remove. A lakeland climber on 24 feb 2011.

Available with either hammer or adze this fully modular unit is as functional and reliable as your longtime partner perhaps more so. Overall the sum tec self arrested similarly to the black diamond venom while the grivel evolution or the petzl summit evo offered superior performance. Petzl provides the nomic with their 3mm ice pick and black diamond provides the fusion with their 4mm fusion drytooling oriented pick. In this video tim walks us through a few different types of ice tools and explains the strengths and.

With so many options out there it can be tough to choose an ice axe for ice climbing. It you are drytooling or hitting rock with your picks i have found that black diamond picks wear just a little bit faster.