![]() Fairly similar to what happens with conventional skin glue, but a bit different. They cleaned up and stuck to my skis, but what seemed to happen is if fairly cold the snow cleaned off well, but if temperatures were around freezing and any water was present, it was harder to get the skins to stick. When it comes to glide, mohair rules.ĭuring testing of Gecko skins, I deliberately coated them with snow by kicking them around, then belted the snow off. With today’s wider planks, one simply doesn’t need to haul rugs on his feet with the glide of steel wool. Thing is, because of its glide, mohair is the latest greatest thing in skin technology, even though it’s been around for at least 40 years. The test skins I have here have no raveling on the edges after trimming, and plush that’s holding up as well as any other mohair skin I’ve used (though we do need to realize that no mohair, which is goat hair, will last like synthetic). We’ll, I’m here to tell you that any concerns about Gecko skin durability should be put aside. The adhesive appeared to work, but a few years of hit and miss with their skin textiles put a damper on what was otherwise a viable alternative to conventional stickum. In an aha moment, he thought, “I wonder how that stuff would work on climbing skins?” Development ensued. Really something to behold if you've ever had to deal with something like a dog sleeping on your regular glue skins.īrief history: A few years ago, the Gecko developer, a ski tourer, noticed that the sticky cell phone tray on his car dashboard. In fact, by light scrubbing with soap and a brush, I removed 100 percent of the garage floor junk and took the skin back to perfect condition. You could perhaps clean some of such contamination from a conventional skin by washing it, but the Gecko comes out from a wash amazingly clean. ![]() Like dropping your conventional skin in a pile of stove ashes. I ground this skin down on my garage floor till the stickum had absolutely positively no stick. In my opinion, the coolest thing about Gecko skins is how easily and completely you can remove contamination. I mean, hygiene? I have enough trouble remembering to brush my teeth twice a day, let alone handling climbing skins with heart surgeon techniques. We’ve made the stuff work, though doing so has engendered phrases such as “climbing skin hygiene.” Yeah, we’ve all gotten used to climbing skin glue that was probably invented during WWII to secure uniform badges. Original review: User friendly climbing skins? That’s like claiming a tire rotation system for your truck you can do in your kitchen. ![]() Our advice is to shop for and use conventional skins such as the Black Diamond, G3, Pomoca, Coltex and Dynafit brands. Now that we’re seeing this happening, we are withdrawing our recommendation for Gecko climbing skins until further notice. They solve one problem (durability), then another problem crops up. Trying to review these things continues to be difficult. Both pairs of skins are leaving unacceptable residue on our ski bases every time we remove them, and mine or showing large patches of missing adhesive. I don’t want her to get stuck/ hurt :)) also dont say anything about my nails or there will be a cricket in your bed.Update, April 8 2012: Lisa and I are both using Gecko skins here in Europe, and we have quite a few use cycles on both pair by now (Lisa easily over 40 days). These are important for shedding and egg laying! You can buy some online or in pet shops but I did a DIY because it was fun and my gecko is too big for the ones I have already for my other geckos. Place your humid hides in the “middle” between the cold and hot side of your enclosure. I added moss inside and flipped it upside down so she can go inside! I used a black one so it would be dark in there so she feels secure. Then I smoothed out the rough edges so my gecko won’t get injured. ![]() I rinsed it then I cut a semicircle into the “top” (open) side. This is an old planter pot from the garden.
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