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A great, affordable helmet
This is a great helmet for beginners. It's cheap, comfortable, and good for basically any type of climbing. There are lighter helmets out here, but for the price, this is very good. It can slip off your forehead if you don't adust it properly, so make sure to adjust before using it.
Good Beginner Draw
These are great beginner draw. They're light, durable, and comfortable to use. They're currently my go-to sport draw as I am on a budget. There are definitely better draws on the market, but on a budget, thee are the best you can get.
A good beginner harness
This was my first harness, and it was a good starter. It's light, fairly comfy, and looks good. It's definitely not an all day harness though, and once I got into routesetting, I definitely upgraded to something more comfy. That being said, it's great for beginners, and served me well for a year or two.
A Pretty Good Sport Harness
This harness is really only good for sport climbing. The redesign really ruined it with the tiny gear loops. The design of it is also quite weird if you have a short torso. The harness is designed so that the belt can fold, which, with a short torso, made my gear loops constantly fold up unless I had a full rack of draws on. It also sat on my ribs, which caused bruising after long settign days. Overall, it's quite comfortable for sport climbing, but thats about the limit of its capabilities. I switched to the petzl sama, and have not regretted it once.
An Almost Perfect Harness
This is one of my favorite harnesses. It's comfortable, and the leg loop buckles are really nice for ice climbing, as are the ice clipper slots. I do wish it had a fifth gear loop like the new one, as that's really the only thing that sets it above the sama. That being said, it is a great harness, and my go to ice and trad harness.
A Great Sport Harness
I switched to this harness after the BD solution redesign, and it's definitely one of my best decisions yet. This thing is so comfortable, I've hung in it for 8 hour days setting, and it really only started to hurt during the last few hours. The gear loops are great, and I can carry my full rack on it if I rack carefully. This is what sets it far above the solution, whose gear loops can only hold about 7 or 8 carabiners. I would recommend this harness to anyone, basically
The Best Nut Tool
This thing is the best nut tool on the market. It always gets out the nuts or cams, and I've never lost a cam with this. The carabiner at the top is also a great perk, as well as the tether that it comes with. I've definitely come close to dropping it before, and was saved by the tether. I can't think of any downsides to this tool, it's just a must have to have on your harness.
A classic
These are just a classic at this point. They're always my go-to cam, and I basically always trust these to hold a fall. They feel good in your hand, they place well, and they look good. Only downside is that you have to load all for lobes, unlike a totem, but unless you climb primarily aid, that's not really a problem. Hands down, a great classic that I would advise anyone to use.
A good 3-lobe unit
These cams are, imo, overhyped. However, they are a great little cam, though not worthy over the extreme hype online right now. They have great friction on the rock, and the thin head is very nice. They're not super flexible, so I would probably choose a mastercam over a c3 in tricky placement, but for placements that require a 3-lobe device, these are my go to. I trust them to catch basically any fall, and they're quite durable.