Great tool, great price

By jessemoreh1463907 Ranked #284 - Ice Climbing January 4, 2009

The Reactor lives up to its billing- it looks like a fancy mixed tool but swings like a real ice tool when bashing ice. The grip is roomy for any size hand, the bump grip is well built but unobtrusive (just needs some grip tape like rubber electrical tape to finish it off) and it has all the clearance you need. It is a tad heavy but I don't seem to notice it when swinging and my 5' wife likes them too.

A few critical comments: The hammers are tiny and Im not completely convinced they are an improvement over the standard hammer and the pick shifts as you match on the bump grip if you are not careful while dry tooling.

Overall, for the price, they are hard to beat. A great leashless tool. They come with Laser picks and you want to make sure to sharpen the spine on top all the way back (BD sharpens it w/in 1 inch of the back) or you will be pumping out while trying to clean it unless you live somewhere where the ice is cold like New England and 1/4 inch sticks are actually bomber!

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