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Originally Posted by JohN Dee  What is the difference?
My pads slip over the top of the hook, they have a steel plate inserted in them, then you put them around the wire piece and pull them back to the required tightness. What makes the caddies better? |
You will find those pads ...
Dig in your shin, perhaps you have inserted a piece of foam or carpet like many.
The shank or shaft of the climbers will try to twist the pad assy toward the back of your calf.
The velcro gets grubby and sticks less as time passes. You will find yourself fixing this up in the tree as time passes
The back of the pad bunches up or is twisted and gets uncomfortable.
The entry angle of the spur isn't quite natural and you'll have to be consciously spiking in.
They cost twice as much as caddies.
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Caddie pads are a cast alloy block that simply has no give in it, they're rigid and nothing can move or twist ... rock solid every time.
The inside of the pad is soft foam and very comfortable. You will not feel the steel cutting across your shin bone, when climbing the flat part of your climbers that sits in your arch wont roll over to the edge as the pads keep the shaft of that climber at the side of your leg not behind the calf muscle.
Climb with caddies and you'll never look back. I gave my cinching velcro's away to Brother Colin almost straight after I tried the caddies ... no comparison.
