Petzl Quark: Alpine Transformer

All in all, the new modular Quark is a great do-it-all technical transformer. With a few turns of the wrench you have a full-on ice climbing tool—or a stripped-down alpine tool. If you love getting into the mountains and are looking for one set of tools that can do everything well, I highly recommend the Quark. Poke around for more functional after-market components and you could make the few drawbacks here disappear.