Theres a reason theyre called friends! Although the new Helium cams have superceded these units, if you can get your hands on one of these you wont be disapointed!

They are well made, highly reliable in most placements and light on your rack. Overall, they are very trustworthy. A couple of negative points are the narrower camming ranges than newer cams, and they can get stiff quite easily when the springs become looser over time. This is the cam i have to clean and maintain most regularly but its simplicity and trustworthyness makes up for it.

These are on sale in a lot of places, so i would reccomend picking some up if your looking for a solid camming device.

The renegade is Dmm's flagship harness, and let me say it now, it is brilliant. The first thing i look for in a harness is comfort, the worst thing is thinking about how uncomfortable your harness is when climbing. I've owned the renegade for two years now, and i have never once been uncomfortable in it, even whilst sitting at hanging belays for long periods of time.

So techy stuff.... well its obvious features are the 7 gear loops, which is perfect for the trad/winter climbers, and allows easy rack organisation. The floating waistbelt is another brilliant feature, alowing the waistbelt to be revolved around your body, useful for adjusting your gear loops to the perfect position, and when at those belays which are not perfect, the belay loop doesnt have to be square in front of you, you can slide it round a tad, making it more comfortable.

I cannot think of anything bad about this harness without talking about things it wasnt designed for in the first place, if your after lightweight for sport, then its not for you, but for long days and comfort, this the best harness i have ever used. Its not too expensive either!

I have used Jokers as my every day, long day comfort shoe for several years. First things first, they are so comfy! They feel like putting on a pair of slippers, and are surprisingly warm when the weather isnt! The comfort is their biggest plus point. People have complained about the sole stickiness, i guess its true that they become less sticky after a few months, but i've never owned a pair of shoes that havnt. The rubber is pretty hard wearing too, a flipside to less sticky soles.

The price and comfort of these shoes make them popular with beginners, and i definitely reccomend them to beginners, but i have used them on all rock types, up to E3 without many problems (except maybe the slate)! So if you climb hard and just want a comfy pair of every day shoes then you cant go wrong!