Best Spurs

What's the most comfortable set of spurs on the market today?

  • Bashlins

    Votes: 4 20.0%

  • Geckos

    Votes: 7 35.0%

  • Distels

    Votes: 1 5.0%

  • Buckinghams

    Votes: 5 25.0%

  • Edelrids

    Votes: 3 15.0%

  • Aluminum

    Votes: 6 30.0%

  • Carbon

    Votes: 1 5.0%

  • Titanium

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Steel

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other???

    Votes: 2 10.0%
  • Total voters
    20
Baby still hasn't made it yet... As such I've not bought the equipment I wanted yet.

Stumbled upon the stein elevate spurs today. Anyone using them? The offset looks nice, and stein makes nice gear.
 
rico said:
One thing that very rarely gets mentioned when taking about spurs is the importance of your boot, and where it places the stirrup in relation to the arch of your foot.
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I pretty well switched exclusively to lineman boots early on in my career for removals and dry season pruning. I love the support for ground pounding and I can wear spikes all day without it hurting my feet (to an extent with Geckos at least). Boots are severely underrated items. I hate my feet being uncomfortable so I go out of my way to get what works.

Been rocking these since 2019, they're still super comfy and solid as the day I bought them.

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For a mining boot they work well. And they work for all but the coldest or warmest climates. Dry, solid, safe, rebuildable.
 
Maybe my legs are just used to mostly pole spurs. I have good external hip rotation, it seems. I can't get both knees to touch the bed, which I'm sinking into slightly, when the sole of my feet are together, but close.

With tree spurs in a dead doug-fir, the other day, they were torqueing my knees from the beginning. I have to stand with my feet wider to wear tree spurs, putting the spurs into the tree farther apart.

I also don't stomp, just step up.
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I can't imagine getting stability in small wood with tree spurs. Normally, I don't have to go into less than 3.5-4" diameter wood, but sometimes I do.

I had an overhead and slightly to the side TIP, but was fully weight on this tree being removed.
 
southsoundtree said:
Maybe my legs are just used to mostly pole spurs. I have good external hip rotation, it seems. I can't get both knees to touch the bed, which I'm sinking into slightly, when the sole of my feet are together, but close.

With tree spurs in a dead doug-fir, the other day, they were torqueing my knees from the beginning. I have to stand with my feet wider to wear tree spurs, putting the spurs into the tree farther apart.

I also don't stomp, just step up.
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I can't imagine getting stability in small wood with tree spurs. Normally, I don't have to go into less than 3.5-4" diameter wood, but sometimes I do.

I had an overhead and slightly to the side TIP, but was fully weight on this tree being removed.
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Tiny stuff I'd found harder with tree spikes. I don't climb a whole lot of whips anymore. Lots when I was on the west coast.
 
The problem with velcro is that it wears out and buckles don't.

Maybe I just use my spurs and take them on and off a lot, but I get like, a year out of velcro, both uppers and lowers, and they aren't cheap. Eventually they start having a weaker and weaker hold, and the corner/end starts coming open in the tree for me. It's not a safety issue as there is still a lot of inches of 'hold' across the whole pad still engaged, but it annoys me greatly.
 
27RMT0N said:
The problem with velcro is that it wears out and buckles don't.

Maybe I just use my spurs and take them on and off a lot, but I get like, a year out of velcro, both uppers and lowers, and they aren't cheap. Eventually they start having a weaker and weaker hold, and the corner/end starts coming open in the tree for me. It's not a safety issue as there is still a lot of inches of 'hold' across the whole pad still engaged, but it annoys me greatly.
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I've not had an issue with Velcro yet. I thought I would, but I just brush it out and am gentle with them. My geckos are 10+ years old now, original upper straps.

I love tight fitting spurs. I want zero wiggle.
 
Not doubting you, but that is just so different from my experience. And I take very good care of my things, and use my air gun to blow debris out of the hook/loops at the end of every day. But the stuff has pretty small fibers that make it work, and those certainly break/tear/wear out over time...

I love tight pads too, and the velcros (Big Buck specifically) are the most comfortable and easiest/fastest to take on and off, but I've yet to find perfection in all areas.

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Merle Nelson said:
1 or 1.25 inches will thread throu

Anything 1.25 inches by 3/8 inch or less.
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27RMT0N said:
Not doubting you, but that is just so different from my experience. And I take very good care of my things, and use my air gun to blow debris out of the hook/loops at the end of every day. But the stuff has pretty small fibers that make it work, and those certainly break/tear/wear out over time...

I love tight pads too, and the velcros (Big Buck specifically) are the most comfortable and easiest/fastest to take on and off, but I've yet to find perfection in all areas.

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I agree that it's a wearable item. I guess it's a balance of comfort vs longevity.
 
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Brando CalPankian said:
One thing I do love about the geckos is the Velcro upper strap. Am I able to put a different set of upper straps on the Opsal pads?
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I run Velcro straps that I get on Amazon. Come in a pack of 5-10 sets. A single set last me 5-6 months. Cheap as dirt and highly effective. I will quit climbing before I go back to leather straps.

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southsoundtree said:
Maybe my legs are just used to mostly pole spurs. I have good external hip rotation, it seems. I can't get both knees to touch the bed, which I'm sinking into slightly, when the sole of my feet are together, but close.

With tree spurs in a dead doug-fir, the other day, they were torqueing my knees from the beginning. I have to stand with my feet wider to wear tree spurs, putting the spurs into the tree farther apart.

I also don't stomp, just step up.
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I can't imagine getting stability in small wood with tree spurs. Normally, I don't have to go into less than 3.5-4" diameter wood, but sometimes I do.

I had an overhead and slightly to the side TIP, but was fully weight on this tree being removed.
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Great pics!

This is what I love about Buckinghams new 2 1/4” hybrid gaff. You won’t find a bigger swing in bark thickness than a redwood and madrone, and these hybrids do great in both. Whether I’m in the butt section of a shaggy red, in 3” of wood in the top of a fir, or wreaking a madrone these spurs take it all in stride and always deliver me a staple, agile, and articulate ride. Plus they have the offset stirrup, the offset gaff angle, will survive the zombie apocalyps, and are as cheap as dirt (Wesspur). Did I mention that I love these things
 
27RMT0N said:
The problem with velcro is that it wears out and buckles don't.

Maybe I just use my spurs and take them on and off a lot, but I get like, a year out of velcro, both uppers and lowers, and they aren't cheap. Eventually they start having a weaker and weaker hold, and the corner/end starts coming open in the tree for me. It's not a safety issue as there is still a lot of inches of 'hold' across the whole pad still engaged, but it annoys me greatly.
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That’s surprising to me, I’ve has smilar experience to Brando. ~10 yrs velcro uppers and my Buck velcro lowers show no loss of function after 4(?) yrs. I’ve never brushed or air chucked them either. Always mate them back up but have never cleaned them.
 
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