Best spikes for small people ?

[jarborist]

Any views , particularly from small people please. Thanks.

[JackR]

I am 5 foot 8 and I have the distel geckos and they work great

[JaySmith]

I am 5 foot 8 and I have the distel geckos and they work great

Same, I’m only 5ft 7 and I’ve had the carbon geckos for about 10yrs and they fit like a dream with no foot or leg pain even for longer periods of time

[maybelateron]

I am 5ft 5 or 6 (shrinking with age!). I have had the Distel Geckos for 3-4 years. Ultra comfortable, no foot or leg pain with a prolonged climb. I find they gaff out more easily than my old steel Buckingham ones, so on some trees i have to make a conscious effort to drive they in hard.

[Steve Bullman]

8 minutes ago, maybelateron said:

I am 5ft 5 or 6 (shrinking with age!). I have had the Distel Geckos for 3-4 years. Ultra comfortable, no foot or leg pain with a prolonged climb. I find they gaff out more easily than my old steel Buckingham ones, so on some trees i have to make a conscious effort to drive they in hard.

You don’t have those stupid eagle claw gaffs do you?

[maybelateron]

3 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

You don’t have those stupid eagle claw gaffs do you?

I'm not sure what eagle claw gaffs look like/are. Mine are the standard short gaffs they came with. We also use a pair of pretty new Panther ally spikes, velcro top and bottom - the long gaffs on those are like eagle claws, ideal for Poplar, mature Oak bark and Ivy covered trees, but not much else.

Edited February 6, 2022 by maybelateron

[Steve Bullman]

The ones I’m referring jut out at an angle then bend. Horrible things 

[jarborist]

Thanks. Will look at the distal geckos then !