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Kevlar cord and cones that stop it jamming

LACD Avalanche Probe Express 2.0, 240

A Kevlar cord and cones on every segment — the only probe here that describes what makes assembly go wrong.

LACD Avalanche Probe Express 2.0 in blue and silver, 240 cm

LACD Avalanche Probe Express 2.0, 240

A Kevlar cord and cones on every segment — the only probe here that describes what makes assembly go wrong.

Deployed length
240 cm, in six segments
Material
Aluminium, on a hard-wearing Kevlar cord
Packed length
49 cm
Tensioning
Kevlar cord; small plastic cones on each segment stated to prevent snagging and jamming
Depth markings
Every 5 cm
Case included
Not published
Weight
Not published
Amazon reference
B00T3N21VG (one reference across 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4260109253097
  • Names the cord material — Kevlar — which no other probe here does
  • Plastic cones on each segment, stated to stop the sections catching during assembly
  • No weight published

Best for: Someone who has fought with a probe that jammed halfway

≈ €28
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Specifications

Deployed length
240 cm, in six segments
Material
Aluminium, on a hard-wearing Kevlar cord
Packed length
49 cm
Tensioning
Kevlar cord; small plastic cones on each segment stated to prevent snagging and jamming
Depth markings
Every 5 cm
Case included
Not published
Weight
Not published
Amazon reference
B00T3N21VG (one reference across 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4260109253097

The two details that matter

A Kevlar cord. The cord holds the segments in tension and turns six tubes into one pole. Nothing else on this shelf says what its cord is made of.

Plastic cones on each segment. Garantieren einen schnellen und präzisen Aufbau — ohne dabei zu verhaken oder zu verklemmen.

They are the answer to the failure the family page’s buying tip is about: a probe that takes fifteen seconds is one where the segments caught.

The numbers

  • 240 cm, six segments
  • Packed: 49 cm
  • Depth markings every 5 cm

What is missing

The weight — and on a probe sold against a 189 g and a 120 g competitor, that is the figure a tourer wants.

Where it sits

The listing places it plainly: a probe as a complement to the transceiver and the shovel. That is the right framing, and it matches the buying advice on the transceivers shelf of this site.

The price

27.95 in Germany. Britain, France, Italy and Spain list it and quoted nothing; the American store does not carry it.

Availability

One check, one figure — 28 € — at the German Amazon shop.

On the shelf, off the market: the British, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon shops carry the reference with no seller attached to it.

An empty answer from the American Amazon shop: the buy button there opens a search instead of a blank page.

Figures pulled from Keepa the day this page was last revised. Stock and prices move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 28 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

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