Our lightweight, stainless steel monopoint crampon for serious ice and mixed climbing, the Stinger features an asymmetrical design and an easily replaceable frontpoint.
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Overall rating: 4.825 / 5 from 40 reviews.
Review topics: ["fit","performance","looks","crampons","durability","ice","point","boots","footwork","climbing","platform","placements","tool","penetration"].
"I wear these with long flex bar and size 52 nepals. They replace my g14s. I remember feeling like the g14s were ice Velcro but the secondaries gradually wore down over the years. I wish I noticed sooner. It took some time to fit these to my boot, swapping the toe bails was a pain due to the geometry of the bail and front of the crampon and so the bails transition from flat to round. So why still five stars? They are LOCKED to my boot. So secure! Climb amazing! Keep your toe up when you kick/place and the mono plus two secondaries makes a very stable and secure platform. Buy them. … what’s this I hear about replacement front points being hard to find?…. lets go BD."
"Che dire. . . . Super wow 🤩🤩🤩"
"You don't need another review telling you how great these Stingers are for steep ice. What you do need to know is that these Stingers are great for alpine climbing for places like Mt Baker or Mount Rainer, they were great on the North Ridge of Baker - but they were just as good on Edmonds Glacier and other "cow" paths on Rainer. They might be a few ounces of over kill on these alpine routes but they are almost a one size fits all for alpine climbing and ice climbing."
"I got those to replace some 20 years Rambo and ho wow. They are light, fit well on my old and huge boot and my foot work feel stronger in a variety of ice"
"These are perfect for my needs, pack down small and fit on my touring boots nicely. So happy I don't have to borrow ill-fitting crampons from others anymore!"
"Easy to fit to any boot. Durable. Good for technical ice and mixed. Single front point with no fuss."
"Like it"
"I used those crampons in Patagonia, Peru are really goods"
"Been ice climbing with these in ouray and lake city, Colorado. Using them with 2023 scarpa phantom techs - easy mount dismount, no heal pinching."
"I’ve borrowed these crampons from friends in the past as well as other crampons and I have liked these the most so I finally pulled the trigger. Super easy to adjust, mono point is the way to go for me and pretty durable. Can’t wait to get these out on some more ice!"
