Comments on: Guest Review – Dynafit Speedskins, Seven Summits, Harscheisen

By: Randonnee

Randonnee — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:11:38 +0000

It was tempting to start tweaking it, since just the edges of the Manaslu were not cleared by my wide Dynafit crampons. But then, I though it would be better to ask Lou before breaking something again… : )} !

I need to decide if I really want to buy something else to add to my large randonnee gear collection…

Aside from that the FR10 is probably better on hard snow, and my 80 and 70 waist skis even better. The Manaslu is for sweet pow days. I am grinning about all of the effortless easy quick or big turns on the Manaslu yesterday and today… : )} : )} Talk about ‘easy button!’

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:01:41 +0000

You can bend alu, but the problem is that it softens it instead of hardening it as it does with steel. I wouldn’t recommend it regarding ski crampons, as they’re already a compromise between weight and strength.

By: Randonnee

Randonnee — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:28:08 +0000

Sounds right. It was close enough to ask if there was a Lou Dawson tweak that would make them work : )}. I do not know where I got the idea that the wide harscheisen were 95mm. I had to decide between FR10 (88 waist, 178) with crampons or Manaslu without today. I took the Manaslu, those things are so easy in soft snow, soft flex for my bulk compared to the FR10 but pretty sweet in pow. Instead of traversing the steep icy slope today I went around the windward side of the peak and booted a bit over bare rocks.

My medium and wide harscheisen work great, medium on my 70, 75, and 80 waist skis, and the wide work fine on the FR10.

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:33:09 +0000

I like my ski crampons to fit tight if possible, if they rub a tiny bit I don’t mind. I also rig them for the least up/down movement, so as long as they fit over the ski then fine. Also, once a ski has been side filed a few times that’ll reduce the width a hair and could make the difference between a crampon rubbing or not.

As for the Manaslu, no way a 92 mm crampon is going to fit as they’re 95 mm at the waist. I use a B&D crampon for my Manaslus and it works fine.

By: Jonathan Shefftz

Jonathan Shefftz — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:56:01 +0000

“My wide Dynafit harscheisen do not fit over the Manaslu. I am surprised, I thought the Dynafit wide was supposed to fit up to 95mm?”
– The Dynafit “wide” crampon is officially “92″ but that seems to refer to the outer dimensions.
– The “92″ crampon just barely fits a 86mm 169cm Dynafit FT 10.0 / M.A.
– As for whether the “92″ fits the 88mm 178cm Dynafit 10.0/ M.A., you can check out Jeff’s video on youtube (which he posted just to refute me, although I still think it fits).
– So will the “110″ crampon be released this spring, or not until the fall?