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#75 Re: Which knee pad?
August 23, 2018, 12:28:15 pm
Seems like they’re all sold out of larger versions at Foundry

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#76 Re: Which knee pad?
August 23, 2018, 12:36:01 pm
Best to have an arsenal... slip-ons for wearing really low (when the straps on Sends can be annoying) and onsights, then the bigger Sends for most hard (but not super low) knees IMO. I've never bothered with a thin Send on the basis that I have my slip-ons for thin ones; mini (2 strap) Sends I don't think stay put as well but that may depend on leg size/shape

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#77 Re: Which knee pad?
August 23, 2018, 12:55:16 pm
You’re a kinky fucker.

Quite. To summarize: big is best when things get hard. Don't forget that shaved always wins, and if in doubt, you can never use too much duct-tape to hold the bugger down...

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#78 Re: Which knee pad?
August 23, 2018, 09:58:37 pm
So I told my gf, who climbs a bit, that I was getting a knee pad and she just said "isn't that cheating"  :lol:

If she knew what Mecca was she would probably have said 8B...

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#79 Re: Which knee pad?
August 24, 2021, 11:53:11 am
Thinking of emailing decathlon and suggesting they start making kneepads 

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#80 Re: Which knee pad?
August 30, 2021, 10:30:17 pm
Anyone tried out these Spanish pads? https://blakpad.com/ look pretty decent. Trying to decide whether it's worth faffing around with trying to sort out postage (they only offer postage to Spain on their website).

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#81 Re: Which knee pad?
August 30, 2021, 10:41:24 pm
Anyone tried out these Spanish pads? https://blakpad.com/ look pretty decent. Trying to decide whether it's worth faffing around with trying to sort out postage (they only offer postage to Spain on their website).

I tried one on in a shop in Chulilla, I found it very uncomfortable due to the single super wide strap - seemed like it would be good if you had very cylindrical thighs maybe, but I found if the velcro was in the right place to fasten and I wanted it tight enough not to slip it would felt like one edge of the strap really flipping dug in. Shame, as I'm a big fan of the shape being recessed at the back of the knee!

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#82 Re: Which knee pad?
August 30, 2021, 10:51:39 pm
From my initial use: They feel horrible to wear initially but 'bed in'. Feel like they'll fall down too but actually stick better than anything else on many knees - the rubber is great. More painful than a send but works better from where I've compared side by side...

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#83 Re: Which knee pad?
August 31, 2021, 01:02:30 am
Given that the UKB Rule Book has defined knee pads as legal specialist equipment, it makes sense to get the best ones on the market...

https://www.highspots.com/c/knee-pads-instock.html

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#84 Re: Which knee pad?
August 31, 2021, 08:49:33 am
From my initial use: They feel horrible to wear initially but 'bed in'. Feel like they'll fall down too but actually stick better than anything else on many knees - the rubber is great. More painful than a send but works better from where I've compared side by side...

I have a blakpad and I agree with all points above. Important to note that they have a side as well and if you put them on the wrong side (metal bar on the inside) they are very uncomfortable. For technical knee bars on very slick limestone they are worse than send for me. They come in different sizes and I could only get the smallest to stick. The rubber is clearly better than on send.

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#85 Re: Which knee pad?
August 31, 2021, 11:36:10 am
Interesting reviews, thanks everyone. Sounds like the fit is a pain, especially as it seems you have to have a left and a right. Not sure I want to spend 160 euros!

jwi, if it's not too personal a question, roughly what size and shape are your legs?

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#86 Re: Which knee pad?
August 31, 2021, 11:58:19 am
I have really skinny legs. I look like a shorebird.

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#87 Re: Which knee pad?
November 06, 2021, 07:00:41 pm
Anyone used a red chilli kneerock pad? At £35 it's half the price of the cheapest send pad.

I've never used a knee pad to date but have decided it's time to invest as there's a few boulders I'd like to try that need them.

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#88 Re: Which knee pad?
November 06, 2021, 11:13:38 pm
Anyone used a red chilli kneerock pad? At £35 it's half the price of the cheapest send pad.

I've never used a knee pad to date but have decided it's time to invest as there's a few boulders I'd like to try that need them.


I've had one to test for the last year or so and frankly whilst it works ok the Send pads are much better, especially with the newer internal grip pattern. The red chili one is softer so in theory should be better for techy moderate stuff but practically slips a fair bit more meaning you can't milk the marginal knees like you want. Only my n=1 but I wouldn't personally buy one.

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#89 Re: Which knee pad?
November 07, 2021, 01:22:13 pm
From my initial use: They feel horrible to wear initially but 'bed in'. Feel like they'll fall down too but actually stick better than anything else on many knees - the rubber is great. More painful than a send but works better from where I've compared side by side...

I have a blakpad and I agree with all points above. Important to note that they have a side as well and if you put them on the wrong side (metal bar on the inside) they are very uncomfortable. For technical knee bars on very slick limestone they are worse than send for me. They come in different sizes and I could only get the smallest to stick. The rubber is clearly better than on send.

I feel that I should update my initial somewhat luke-warm review of the BlakPad. I bought one left-sided to evaluate, because only noobs have too few kneepads, and initially preferred my old send large knee pad. After the BlakPad seated in on the knee I started to use it exclusively and ordered a right-sided as well. All three send knee pads (one small and two large) are now in storage together with the 5.10 kneepad and other assorted abandoned brands.

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#90 Re: Which knee pad?
November 07, 2021, 01:52:17 pm
Thanks Mischahy. It's good to read some unbiased first hand experience.

JWI  - sounds like you have a send for sale  ;)

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#91 Re: Which knee pad?
November 07, 2021, 02:07:46 pm
Thanks for the update jwi, that's definitely peaked my interest. It sounds like the rubber is the biggest improvement over the send? How easy is it to get the blakpad sitting low on your knee, for those kneebars where it feels like you're basically using the kneecap? One thing I like with the big send pads is that you can leave the bottom strap undone and let it hang right over your knee.

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#92 Re: Which knee pad?
November 07, 2021, 02:12:46 pm
The BlakPad is clearly superior to Send for kneebars set next to the knee cap. Like La Sportiva Laspo they have a tongue that hang outs over the kneecap. See photos here https://blakpad.com/

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#93 Re: Which knee pad?
November 07, 2021, 05:18:20 pm
Also have become my default pair, though my wife is less keen on them. Perhaps more leg shape dependent than the send?

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#94 Re: Which knee pad?
November 07, 2021, 06:39:12 pm

JWI  - sounds like you have a send for sale  ;)

Only a noob has too few knee pads ;)

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#95 Re: Which knee pad?
November 07, 2021, 07:18:28 pm
Also have become my default pair, though my wife is less keen on them. Perhaps more leg shape dependent than the send?

I can imagine. I know from bitter experience that listening to people with pipe cleaner legs about what works is pointless. I’d love to find a pad that doesn’t slip down for those of us with more of a “chicken drumstick” shape…

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#96 Re: Which knee pad?
November 07, 2021, 08:18:41 pm
Also have become my default pair, though my wife is less keen on them. Perhaps more leg shape dependent than the send?

I can imagine. I know from bitter experience that listening to people with pipe cleaner legs about what works is pointless. I’d love to find a pad that doesn’t slip down for those of us with more of a “chicken drumstick” shape…

My better half has fully functioning legs with muscles and stuff and she has also switched to BlakPad. She is 25 cm shorter than me and use size medium, I have them in the small size.

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#97 Re: Which knee pad?
November 07, 2021, 08:31:25 pm
I've a pair of Blakpads too and get on with them. As with all of these tools it worth having a few options. A bit like heels on shoes, sometimes pays to try a few different ones.
I understand this can get costly and especially so if you throw Blakpads into the mix.
I'd just go with a send pad (two strap one) as they seem easy to get hold of.
I think the red chilli ones are not in the uk yet, I might be wrong though

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#98 Re: Which knee pad?
November 07, 2021, 08:45:57 pm
 For most people a send pad is perfectly adequate. They also last forever unless you lose it or are constantly knee barring, which most people don't.

By my fag packet calcs it sounds like jwi has spent upwards of 400 euros on kneepads!! Christ knows what Barrows has...

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#99 Re: Which knee pad?
November 07, 2021, 08:58:26 pm
I think the red chilli ones are not in the uk yet, I might be wrong though

Saw they've got them in stock at outside at the mo https://www.outside.co.uk/red-chili-kneerock-knee-pad.html

 

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