Best Probe

Off to buy a probe this weekend.

Any recomendations?

Wanting one close to 3m long.

Cheers Fraser

Google it.

Where are all the tech heads on here.

Google it. I might as well go into the first shop and buy some cheap bendy, slow to assemble one, as that is all the shop stocks. (I hope it is not you I am trying to rescue this time next week)

Google best probe site:http://tetongravity.com/forums/

You fucking jong. And there is no way a person who has never owned a probe would be skiing avalanche terrain with me in a week.

I just bought a BD one. I like it.

Setting aside the debate about length, my current favorite is (having owned many different models, although admittedly not the latest BD or G3 models) the BCA Carbon 260:
http://www.backcountryaccess.com/eng...cts/probes.php

I'm a big fan of the Black Diamond Guide 300 Probe - 300cm with 1cm marking gradations. Not the lightest, but durable and multi-functional.

BCA Carbon 260. You can throw it out and lock it in about a second, and it has 1cm markings

I've just bought the bd 320cm quick connect, yet seam to be more impresed with the all canadian G3 probes Nice's and solid. The BD's good though..

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Originally Posted by Hugh Conway

I'm a big fan of the Black Diamond Guide 300 Probe - 300cm with 1cm marking gradations. Not the lightest, but durable and multi-functional.

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yeah I have been using that one and it has been great, only in practise/utility purposes though thank goodness

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Originally Posted by Hugh Conway

I'm a big fan of the Black Diamond Guide 300 Probe - 300cm with 1cm marking gradations. Not the lightest, but durable and multi-functional.

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Ill second this.

But really, the best probe in the world is the one thats poking me in the face while buried under debris.

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G3 320 Professional for deep snowpacks and/or those interested in full pit profiles. Recommended by a Utah Avalanche Center forecaster.

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Originally Posted by Hugh Conway

I'm a big fan of the Black Diamond Guide 300 Probe - 300cm with 1cm marking gradations. Not the lightest, but durable and multi-functional.

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thats what i use

Old thread. New reply.

LifeLink Pro Series 300 speedy. It works.

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Originally Posted by couloirman

Ill second this.

But really, the best probe in the world is the one thats poking me in the face while buried under debris.

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Third...

Also, this Winter I got a chance to play with one of these...

http://www.pieps.com/cms/content/view/39/65/lang,en/

It's only 2.25m but I was able to go from pinpoint with the beacon to a direct strike with the probe receiver in seconds.

All we need now is pocket sized foldable excavator.