Antibotts

by **NewDayRising** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:14 pm

I've read of some SP members making their own antibotts from juice bottles & ties/ ducttape. I'd like to make my own for a pair of BD contacts. Does anyone have a photo of they can post of their handiwork?

by **rhyang** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:14 pm

Here's mine ...

Click for caption and larger pic. In some snow conditions these can still ball up, particularly if they've gotten scraped by walking on rocks. Something with latex would probably work better. They are very light however.

by **Brad Marshall** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:36 pm

I've climbed with antibotts in different types of snow and found the snow still balls up underneath so I don't use them anymore.

by **NewDayRising** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:18 am

Thanks Rob!! You're always helpful as usual.

I'll try em out and see how effective they are with/without.

by **brenta** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:32 am

Brad Marshall wrote:I've climbed with antibotts in different types of snow and found the snow still balls up underneath so I don't use them anymore.

What antibotts did you use? The antibotts of my G12 usually work well, though I've encountered conditions, namely last Sunday, in which nothing works.

by **Brad Marshall** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:25 am

Hey Brenta, I use Cassin C12 crampons and I think their antibotts are actually very good. They're thin plastic and much lighter than the Grivels but found they don't work well in most snow conditions. I usually end up banging the snow out with my ax so now I just leave them at home.

by **dpatmalloy** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:37 am

anyone ever tried Turtle Wax or similar on the plastic to try to stop snow balling? I know it works for the topsheets of skis...

by **rhyang** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:26 pm

Hadn't thought to try that, but if anyone else gets to it before I do, it would be great to know how it works !

by **Fractal Maniac** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:56 pm

Probably a thin sheet of UHMW from McMaster Carr or some place like that would work really well in wet snow.

by **Muddeer** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:27 pm

dpatmalloy wrote:anyone ever tried Turtle Wax or similar on the plastic to try to stop snow balling? I know it works for the topsheets of skis...

it does work, but doesn't seem to last long, about an hour or so on the snow

by **NewDayRising** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:21 am

Perry wrote:Probably a thin sheet of UHMW from McMaster Carr or some place like that would work really well in wet snow.

UHMW?

by **snowclimber12** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:30 am

try spraying the bottom of your crampons, it really helps with keeping plastic/metal type stuff ant-sticky

by **Brad Marshall** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:51 am

singstream wrote:
Perry wrote:Probably a thin sheet of UHMW from McMaster Carr or some place like that would work really well in wet snow.

UHMW?

UHMW = Ultra High Molecular Weight plastic, pretty common in the plastics industry and similar to Teflon only much cheaper.

by **Fractal Maniac** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:35 am

It also has better wear properties. You know how you have to be careful about scratching teflon pans? With UHMW that's not as much of an issue.

by **Bart** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:44 am

I've got a pair of Charlet Moser s12 crampons and bought the corresponding CM Antibotts along with them. They aren't very sturdy because the attachment points rip easily and I've had to do some patching up with tiewraps and the like but I really love the fact that I've never had any snow balling up under my crampons. Where friends still have to remove the snow by tapping their crampons with their ice axe I never have to give them a second thought. So perhaps you can try to find some CM antibotts!

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