Best Probe

[fgrieve]

Off to buy a probe this weekend.

Any recomendations?

Wanting one close to 3m long.

Cheers Fraser

[MakersTeleMark]

Google it.

[fgrieve]

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)

[MakersTeleMark]

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.

[snoboy]

I just bought a BD one. I like it.

[Jonathan S.]

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

[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.

[tknox]

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

[misfit toy]

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..

[nomensteven]

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.

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

[couloirman]

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.

Ill second this.

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

[stratodab]

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

[450rider]

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.

thats what i use

[donutlynx]

Old thread. New reply.

LifeLink Pro Series 300 speedy. It works.

[ACH]

Ill second this.

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

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.

[Dug]

All we need now is pocket sized foldable excavator.