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PIEPS

The best documentation here is on the used unit

What they cover here

An airbag pack, a transceiver sold used, and a carbon probe.

Where their listings pull ahead

The used transceiver is the best-documented listing on its shelf: 457 kHz to EN 300718, a 60 m range, a 50 m search strip and a weight. It is sold second-hand and has no price in any of the six stores, which is the awkward part — the page that tells you most is the one you cannot buy.

The probe is the lightest on its shelf by a wide margin at 120 g, and the listing publishes that weight.

Where they slip

The airbag pack, at the top of its shelf, is described by a code with a broken pipe character in it.

Which shelves carry PIEPS

Every PIEPS reference written up here

  • PIEPS Carbon 240 Race avalanche probe

    PIEPS Carbon 240 Race

    The lightest probe here by a wide margin, and the listing publishes its weight and a list of sports.

    Deployed length
    240 cm, from the model name
    Material
    Carbon, from the model name
    Packed length
    Not published
    Tensioning
    Not published
    Depth markings
    Not published
    Case included
    Not published
    Weight
    120 g
    Amazon reference
    B0BP859LM2 (one reference across 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    9120029060258
    • 120 g — 69 g lighter than the next lightest probe on this shelf, and 179 g lighter than the heaviest
    • Carbon, which is stiffer than aluminium for the same weight and transmits a strike more clearly
    • Two bullet points, and the other one is a list of four activities

    Best for: A ski mountaineer counting grams, who already knows how a race probe assembles

    ≈ €82
    Check price on Amazon

The live figure beside a product went and asked the shop for it the moment this page opened; any amount written into the text has not moved since the sentence was drafted, and it is the first of the two that counts.