Best place to buy climbing gear??

[scottythepinetree]

Have heard people bashing Honey Brothers before, and was literally in the middle of writing an extended post in their defence. I had the advanced reply page, the honey bros page and jonsies page all open in seperate windows. And so I began making a list of prices from each site for comparison. Was expecting to find both sites price matched. Things seemed ok at first, treemotion, Hitchclimber, and a couple of the more popular items were exact on both sites. The Edelrid Treemagic harness was even a bit cheaper on HB (about a fiver). But when you start looking at karabiners and all the extra little bits (pulleys etc.) they are more expensive on every item that I checked. Sometimes by quite large amounts when taken as a percentage of the cost of the item itself.

 

Bit sorry I deleted the list, before changing my whole post as in hindsight it would have made interesting reading. But if you do know what gear you want and are going to order online, I'd make a list of what you want and cross check your list on each site to get the best deal. Would definitely recommend trying before you buy. As I live in Ireland I have always had to let my workmates go first and then decide on the best gear for me:sneaky2:

[Samuel]

Fr Jones and Son would be my first choice

 

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[Nick B]

I find Global sales very good & also Buxtons have a lot of stock and will let you hang about in a harness

[dave28]

Honey Bros- been around forever and still good to deal with .Did a great job at the APF. Just keep an eye on prices though.

[Jonesie]

Thanks for all the positives:001_smile:

 

There will be a lot of new things going on the site over the next few months.

 

Remember it's only £50 + for free delivery and we are going to run that right through 2011.

 

Cheers and Happy New Year

 

Justin.

[scottythepinetree]

Thanks for all the positives:001_smile:

 

There will be a lot of new things going on the site over the next few months.

 

Remember it's only £50 + for free delivery and we are going to run that right through 2011.

 

Cheers and Happy New Year

 

Justin.

 

Used to get all my gear from Honey Bros for the reasons I stated in my post above. Think those days are well and truly over. Can't fault their service and think they have a slightly better selection of climbing ropes but the difference in price between you and them on some of the less expensive extras (odds and ends) will really add up. Defo be giving you a bell next time I'm ordering a bit of kit.

[Taupotreeman]

I, unfortunately, can only deal with companies that will freight to NZ and so far I have had no issues with Honeybros. In fact they have been very helpful. I've found all the stuff I have ordered(boots, harness, ropes etc) have been priced evenly with other outfits and so far it takes longer for the stuff to get from Auckland to my place than it does to come from the UK to Auckland so no complaints there. Have also had stuff from George carr and sons who were good but some other outfits have never bothered to get back to me when I've sent emails asking for advice on equipment. Strangely enough the most helpful of all online arb suppliers was Wesspur in the US. Quick to answer any email questions, thoroughly helpful and at one stage, when the pound was strong against the kiwi, were outragously cheap. Just waiting now for Jonesie to start freighting overseas.

[arbogrunt]

I would say the best place to buy climbing gear, harnesses in particular, would be the place you can visit personally and get yourself on rope, in a harness. If you buy without a try, you'll spend the whole day long in a harness that is uncomfortable. If your going to spend most of your working day in one, find one that doesn't squash your family jewels!

[Jonesie]

Just waiting now for Jonesie to start freighting overseas.

 

We are sorting it at the moment, within a couple of months you will be able to order from anywhere.