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The two vests CLEARLY present alternative routes to the same solution.Pumped that Klim introduced an avy vest. I've been talking with the design team for several years begging for this. Or at least an optional and much larger front armored panel for the Aspect 16L avy bag. I used to ride the BCA MTN Pro avy vest, but switched to the Klim Aspect 16L because I wanted to use the Alpride supercapacitor tech. My wife still wears a BCA Mtn Pro vest due to should injury that is aggrevated by backpack straps. I also much prefer vests because they combine 3 things into one: Armor, avy bag, and transceiver holder.
Last year, BCA introduced the Alpride supercapacitor system into a couple of their backpacks and so I'd reached out and requested they put that in their MTN Pro vest with a reply of "tune in next year". Well BCA now has a revamped MTN PRO avy vest with the Alpride system. Will be great to compare the Klim and the BCA avy vests back to back and decide which one I'll switch to this year. We'll also get one for my wife. So far, based in images on website, the Klim vest looks better. It does look like the BCA provides more front armor coverage (dips lower in the front). I mostly snowbike anymore, but it will be great to try on both and see coverage, fit, mobility, etc.
Thanks for posting initial look, Dave. Looking forward to the full review really opening it up. Only concern so far is Klim reducing the storage from the Klim Aspect 16L down to 14L. I only put the basics in my Aspect 16L, but it's already very tight so losing 2L will make it even tighter.
Norona is a paid Ski-doo guy, so I suppose he just puts everything in his Ski-Doo forum!!Just realized this was in the ski-doo section. @christopher or other mod, might it be best moved to the appropriate section? Avy section vs Skidoo section? And title of thread made more searchable since Dave's post and video was about the "2024 Klim Atlas 14L avy vest and avy backpack", so perhaps change thread title to that? Thanks.
@Norona any more hands on for a full video review? Thanks.
That was a SUPER comment!Thanks for the video, Dave. Video just shows everything so much better than still photos.
Will mention that you didn't show the zippered, radio-body storage compartment at the top of the pack.
I'll also noted that you say, in this and your previous videos from previous years, that the Alpride system uses Capacitors. They use Supercapacitors (also called Ultracapacitors). Capacitor is not shorthand for Supercapacitor because Capacitors and Supercapacitors are very different. Recommend that you change over to using the correct term which is Supercapacitor which is also what Alpride and Klim both use in their literature, tags and on their website. ...Besides, you say "super" in this video a couple dozen times (except in from of the word "capacitor") so should be an easy transition for you. Ha. (I know I can rib you because you can take it).
Thanks again for the video.