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DMM Alpine

Average Rating: 4 out of 5
No. of Reviews: 3
RRP: £37

Description: Fully adjustable, all-season harness manufactured from 44mm high tenacity, abrasion and UV resistant flat webbing. Colour coded buckles, 2 gear loops and high tie in point. Fits waist sizes from 50 - 96.5cm.

REVIEWS

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Alistair Morris

Posted: 08/11/01

'A SIMPLE WELL DESIGNED ALPINE HARNESS'

Strengths:
Simple webbing design means that it is lightweight, a great necessity in Alpine use. Fully adjustable to get on over crampons etc. Has an excellent easy to find with mitts on belay loop. We used to use in the mountaineering club as a basic club harness for novices and proved very good and hard wearing.

Weaknesses:
Probably not the best harness for sports climbers, but then it isn't designed for that.

Overall:
An excellent simple easy to use Alpine harness that can also make a good club novice harness.

Performance		80%
Reliability		80%
Value		80%

Overall Rating

80%

joan collins

Posted: 31/10/02

'FOR CLIMBING CENTRES ONLY'

Strengths:
Simple, lightweight and hardwearing. Highly adjustable. Cheap.

Weaknesses:
The buckles can be a little fiddly, especially with gloves. The high tie-in point opens the possibility of inversion in certain types of fall, making it less suitable as a mountaineering harness than its competitors.

Overall:
Although this is fine for indoor and single pitch climbing, there are more comfortable choices around, if less adjustable. And for mountaineering, there are better designs. I can understand why this is a popular centre harness, but the individual has more and better choices.

Performance		60%
Reliability		60%
Value		60%

Overall Rating

60%

Venture Scout Dave

Posted: 26/06/03

'SIMPLE, ADJUSTABLE HARNESS'

Strengths:
My Venture unit owns about 10 of these and they are ideal for this because:
- They are very adjustable, you can have a lardy Venture scout in them then the next day use them for taking cubs out
- Cheap, obviously important if you are buying a lot for a centre/group/club
- Hardwearing (ours get a lot of use)
- Seem quite secure

Weaknesses:
- I agree with comments above about inversion, makes me a little bit nervous on overhangs
- For me, quite uncomfortable whilst hanging on the rope especially in certain 'sensitive' areas

Overall:
Fine for what we use it for, simple and cheap.

Performance		80%
Reliability		80%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

87%

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