ASCENT 30 AVABAG

AVALANCHE AIRBAGS

It probably took me 6 months to decide which Airbag system to purchase, I researched online extensively and had the chance to use both gas and electronic systems (from different brands) for 4 weeks of ski touring. I concluded that a simple, LIGHTWEIGHT and REMOVABLE gas system is superior and that a 30 litre sac works for lift served freeriding all the way up to multi-day ski tours. This led me to purchase the Ascent 30 Avabag, on the whole I’m pleased… I love…the low weight of the removable Avabag system, the fact that the Avabag is removable (simple process once done a few times), the adjustable trigger handle position, that you can do test pulls and reset the system simply, that the waist buckle is easy to use with gloves (unlike another brand), the easy access afforded by the zippered main compartment, the way it looks (let’s be honest - this is always more important than we like to admit) and that it’s comfortable to wear day after day (Bernese Oberland tour) I can live with…the divider between the compartments being thin, weak and not waterproof except right at the bottom (do a snowpack test and you will need to carefully remove all the snow from your shovel unless you like wet kit). The lack of pouches on the waist belt - these are very lightweight and I found them to be supremely useful on another brand’s backpack The only big problem…is that once packed the bag relies entirely on a zip to hold the contents in (I have plenty of experience with zippers failing), worse still is that the cinch straps do no cross over the zip - so cinching down the bag puts even more stress on the zipper (if they were mounted so that they crossed over the zipper then they would act to take stress off the zip and also act as a backup to the zip’s integrity.) I get a bit of a cold sweat on when I imagine the zip failing and all of my kit tumbling out at the top of a steep skin track. With a few minor adjustments to the design this could be the best air bag system bar none.

Sehr leicht und tolles Nutzvolumen mit sinnvollen Verstaumöglichkeiten. Einfach gehalten mit wenigen, aber sehr sinnvollen Details (zb. Schlüsselhaken und super zu bedienende Hüftschnalle). Skibefestigung top. Die Möglichkeit eine Auslösung zu simulieren (wie greife ich am besten zum Griff & wie stark muss ich am Griff ziehen) finde ich genial. Nach 130 Tagen im Einsatz sind erste Abnützungen ersichtlich. Die mehr als gelungenen Lösungen und das leichte Gewicht trösten aber darüber mehr als hinweg!

cooles Teil! Der Rucksack ist sehr leicht und hat genug Platz für alles was mit muss. Reicht mir auch für Hochtouren. Und er schaut super cool aus. Ich hab mich nach ein wenig Recherche für diesen hier entschieden und gegen einen mit 2 Airbags. Soweit Ich weiß gehen die Airbags nie kaputt weil die rechtlichen Anforderungen so hoch sind. Da spare Ich mir lieber das zusätzliche Gewicht