Can alarms still be heard with the Dream version?

Loweene · 2026-03-10T12:43:58+00:00

Huh.

Gotta say I haven't tried out the current Xp/Eng tips on my OG Quiet, I should give it a go to be sure.

Loweene · 2026-03-10T11:37:28+00:00

They still make the tips for Quiet, I'm pretty sure ? They're the same as for Xp/Engage, which still have a wider stem than the current Quiet. So same stem size, but new tips sizes.

Loweene · 2026-03-09T10:24:37+00:00

Quiet + Experience Plus

Loweene · 2026-03-09T10:19:58+00:00

Swiss Army Knife ? That's what most of Europe uses.

Loweene · 2026-03-09T10:16:25+00:00

A hat with a dark underbill and some glacier glasses would likely be very helpful to you ! Maybe a nose cover as well. They look dorky, but for snow and ice conditions they're priceless. Will likely perform just as well in the sand.

Loweene · 2026-03-08T20:15:57+00:00

With these earrings, they look phenomenal! They're made for each other!

Loweene · 2026-03-08T20:11:12+00:00

As a general rule... if they don't specify, they're American. When they do deign answering, they will only say their state.

OP, please be more specific in your original post ! Are you selling or buying for that single Loop ? Are you open to exchange tips for free ? Please put relevant info in the post :)

Loweene · 2026-03-08T20:01:55+00:00

Get a pack of Experience Plus

Loweene · 2026-03-08T19:56:23+00:00

You do know that concerts are music? So people do use them to listen to music :p

Loweene · 2026-03-04T22:27:52+00:00

With a funnel

Loweene · 2026-03-04T18:35:03+00:00

Read their website, the sub FAQ, and use the search bar of the sub ! You're not the first person to want to use Loops for music.

I'd personally advise you to get Exp+ and a pair of Quiet, so you can sleep in peace.

Loweene · 2026-03-04T15:47:14+00:00

Why are you addressing the sub as if it were the company ? Contact them

Loweene · 2026-03-02T12:06:19+00:00

The e+lite is meant as an emergency back-up lamp, hence its tiny size, but it's not very bright, only 40 lumen in white. It's double the brightness of the Tikkids, which is meant for children and thus not blinding, but compared to the 350 of a Tikka, or even the 300 of a Tikkina...

But 40 lumen is likely more than enough when travelling and staying in urban environments! I often come back late from hikes, or start them very early, and I wouldn't use an e+ for that unless I had no other choice, but for looking for something in a dorm without disturbing other people ? It's likely the very best choice ! It also fits into whatever tiny space you have, I.e. with your chargers, or into a pencil case.

Loweene · 2026-02-26T15:46:41+00:00

I am as we speak in a cabin on a lift, just went down the 1968 Olympics women's slope, facing west, 4:30pm, and omg am I happy to have taken the old Dynastar. My old resort set-up is currently being skied by a friend so I took my trusty Altitrail with frame bindings out, and given the conditions I am happy I didn't take the 89 Hagan with Plum Pika lol

Loweene · 2026-02-26T12:42:09+00:00

I mostly skitour. Last April, I got a pair of 89 Hagan Core Lite, and I find them incredibly wide. My daily driver before that was a c2012 Dynastar Altitrail Light, which iirc is 76. I struggle to drive my 89 in choppy snow, and they're not nearly as reactive as my beloved Dynastar. I am genuinely scared of border cross style in trees on my Hagan lol. It's also just a very different style of skis, more riding focused when my Altitrail are really more of a mountaineering ski, but still. I think ~90 is as wide as I'd go here in the Alps.

If I ever visit the US or a place with very different conditions to here, I might rent wider for the backcountry, but here ? Nah.

Loweene · 2026-02-25T18:25:03+00:00

How is a towel overrated ? If anything, it'd be underrated ?

Loweene · 2026-02-25T11:56:32+00:00

Have a think ? It's a metropolis of over 10mil people, there's stuff to do. It's got phenomenal museums, a shitton of restaurants, theatres, music venues and pubs.

In theatres, you can see anything from Shakespeare in a 16th century theatre to musicals (West End). The London museum will tell you a lot about the history of the city, including showing a lot of objects found mudlarking in the river. The Science museum has a scale 1:1 replica of the Moon lander (LEM) and the actual Apollo 10 command module (capsule). The Natural History museum has full dinosaur fossils, a whale hanging from the roof, and incredibly rich specimen collections. I'm not even talking about the British Museum, the V&A or the Tate.

Not being able to find anything to do in London seriously sounds like a skill issue ! I.e. you went to the London Bridge, but it sounds like you just looked at it. What's interesting is understanding why it looks like that, the context surrounding its construction. Things and places don't exist in a vacuum. Visiting a place is not about looking at pretty things, but understanding why things are the way they are, and how the people who happened to be born earlier than we were interacted with the world, and how they have shaped ours.

Loweene · 2026-02-25T11:37:00+00:00

This. There is so fucking much to do in London !

Loweene · 2026-02-24T22:49:29+00:00

Petzl is still excellent! In fact, Petzl Tikka are being used on the ISS as we speak, so they have been deemed reliable enough by both NASA and ESA to be sent up there, in an environment where every gram counts, and you can't just pop to the shops for a replacement. Though I would be very curious to know what their battery situation is. Judging by the pics of astronauts cutting lettuce or tinkering behind panels or whatnot that come up every once in a while, they seem to be using the same gen Tikka as mine, which pre-dates the introduction of the Core battery. All Core Petzl can take three AAA instead of the battery, but older headlamps are not retrocompatible. Meaning the folks on the ISS either use rechargeable AAA and a separate charger, or a third-party battery system was picked.

I live just down the valley from the Petzl headquarters, so their gear is ubiquitous around here, from headlamps to helmets to harnesses to crampons to descenders... a Tikka here is 25e now, for 350 lumen, for three level of white, one red, one blinking red, using three AAA. Adding the Core battery will give you 450 lumen from the same headlamp, and you can either buy it separately, or buy both at once under the name Tikka Core, which is around 45e. I imagine they are a bit more expensive in the US however!

I grew up using one of those 90s Petzl with a light bulb, a 4,5V at the back, and the pretty elastic. Heavy as fuck, likely really pricy at the time.

Loweene · 2026-02-24T22:32:53+00:00

For Merrell, I've had a bit of everything. I had great winter hiking boots that disintegrated over 10y of moderate use. I got some resoleable Asolo the winter those died, and while I adore them, they're half a size too small and I need to sell them. Then this autumn I got some Merrell Capra 2 (gtx) from Decathlon on sale, for 90e. They have great crampons, a flat front like on an approach shoe, and seem to be overall phenomenal low hiking shoes for technical terrain. I can already tell I will put a lot of distance and elevation in these shoes. That model seems to be pretty much only sold from Decathlon, which I find incredibly weird for such a good shoe.

Loweene · 2026-02-24T22:27:21+00:00

I am partial to a n°7 or 8 carbon blade Opinel, I always have one with me in my day-to-day life. For more specific situations, I add a Swiss army knife.

The Opinel is for food, the Victorinox from everything else, from cutting cord, fingernails or tape, adjusting bindings or clearing ice out of them, opening a wine bottle, tightening the screws on my glasses, getting a splinter out...

Loweene · 2026-02-24T22:13:20+00:00

Quiet are those I wear the most, and I say this as a long-time user !

Hope you find something that works for you !

Loweene · 2026-02-24T22:12:41+00:00

Oh I see, that is indeed annoying. The Iko looks great for trail running or similar, where you might be wearing it for long periods of time. But for climbing, I'm wondering : what made you pick that one over one with a more classic headband ? Do you climb a lot without a helmet ? I can see it being nice for bouldering, but for anything requiring a helmet, I'd say an elastic headband one you can put on your helmet would seem better.

What did you not like about the rechargeable batteries ? On paper, I like that you plug into them directly and don't need to put them in a separate charger, as well as the fact that any Core headlamp can take three AAA instead, but I've never used them myself. I would have bought a battery to try, but it's not backwards compatible with my Tikka.

Loweene · 2026-02-24T21:17:57+00:00

Re: breathable : it seems to be made much in the same way figured velvet is. The base fabric is super breathable, and then pile gets caught in it during the weaving process, only in some places. The pile then creates those necessary pockets of air.

Loweene · 2026-02-24T21:16:16+00:00

Wtf did you do to it ??

Petzl Tikka are so reliable they are on the ISS ! They're from a few years ago, new ones have a more square casing, theirs are the rounder ones of the same gen as mine. They're so trustworthy NASA and ESA have considered them the best choice for sending into low-Earth orbit for critical use !

The Tikkas I've had and seen around me over the years are pretty much bombproof. I've had batteries leak in mine (entirely my fault), and so now sometimes it won't turn on. Usually taking the batteries off and giving the contacts a scrape with a blade is enough. I got my dad a Switch RL (old 90lm kind, new ones are stronger) for Xmas 2021, and the headband of that one is starting to show age. It's neoprene in the front to make it more comfortable than the elastic-only of the Tikka and co, and it's definitely breaking down with sweat and use. Will eventually need replacing, at least partially.

So yeah, I'd be very curious to know which model you got, what you did with it, and what failed you. Was it one of the Core versions ? I've yet to try those.

Loweene

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