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Black Diamond Ascension Nylon Clipfix Skins

Black Diamond Ascension Nylon Clipfix Skins

Rating for this product: 2 February 3, 2009

These are the 4th set of skins I've used over the years, and I thought I was getting a new improved product, with an easy to use Clip Fix tail system. Unfortunately these are not as good as my old purple Ascension skins.

Ok, so they climb well. That's about it.

Problems:
1) They don't glide as well as the old skins.
2) You have to get the skin length perfectly right, or the Clip Fix won't work right. Theoretically Clip Fix should be much easier to use than STS (which my wife has), but in practice it's a pain.
3) The overlap recommended at the tip is not enough to keep the skin length constant over time ! After multiple frustrating ski tours, I spent a couple of hours stitching the tip in place (I destroyed 6 needles in the process).
4) The bag for storing the skins is too small, and the plastic mesh used for protecting the glue on the skins gets hung up bag's mesh.
5) That cutting tool cracks too easily.

I own and like lots of BD products, but this is one that they really screwed up.

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