Ryan from United States, OK Public Profile

Been sport climbing for a while. I remember when tubers and atc's first came out. i remember the first gri-gri. Jul is by far my favorite. so light! I just climb with it clipped to my harness. so simple, no convoluted magical ritual and hours of practice to belay your partner on lead, just take or pay out slack as needed. no worries of short roping and always a softer catch. I can use it for multi-pitch or sport. mostly sport. two methods of rappelling depending on ones needs during descent. this actually made belaying fun again! i liked my first one so much i bought another just in case i loose one. there so light and small as compared to the grigri brick and half the cost. i figured why not, just in case i misplace or drop one. as for me being belayed by someone using a Jul, i make no distinction as regards to peace of mind between the Jul, gri-gri, or the Revo. if i'm leading i'd prefer to be belayed by either the Jul or Revo. the Jul is a fraction of the cost and more versatile than the Revo (which i also love). so if i had to just pick one it honestly would be the Jul.

Sport Climber here. Been using Evolv for climbing for many years with very good results. Especially with regards to durability. I'm getting my wife into class 3 and 4 hiking as a means to spend for time with her (and in a not so subtle attempt to get her into formal climbing). She love these! They even made her excited to start getting into the real outdoors. These aren't like the old school waffle stompers she was expecting. There well made, light, the style matches her fashion style and the durable yet sticky rubber is great for her confidence/security when making sketchy moves on more exposed hikes. One of the best parts about these shoes was they we're true to fit. We nailed it first go, with running shoe size. A really nice change when you're used to trying to size climbing shoes. She's really glad I jumped on these and bought a pair. Now it's my turn!!