Ortovox Beast
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The Ortovox Beast is a lightweight, compact shovel with a telescopic handle at a great price. The sturdy aluminium blade is married to a stiff T-shaped handle to give excellent digging performance even in set-hard avalanche debris. The telescopic handle ensures that this shovel will fit into almost any ski-pack comfortably.

The Beast is ideal for a huge range of users - whether you're digging kickers in the sidecountry or want a super-reliable companion on long tours this is the shovel for you.

Ortovox Beast Features:

  • Sturdy folded aluminium blade
  • Compact telescoping handle
  • T shaped grip, ideal for use with gloves.
Weight:
710g
Folded length:
43cm
Extended length:
86cm
Blade dimensions:
26 x 21 x 5cm

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Ortovox Beast

Ortovox Beast

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Average Customer Review: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 2 Reviews

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4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 Ortovox Beast Review

Reviewer: Lorne Cameron, Chamonix   (8-3-2012)

Great value shovel. Never had to use it in a real scenario but has been excellent in avi drills. Quick to assemble, nice long handle and much larger & stronger blade than others of the same price, which is very important for moving large amounts of snow - check your bag dimensions before buying though. Not a huge fan of the T-grip; a D-grip like Ortovox's Kodiak model is more user friendly I think.

4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 Ortovox Beast Review

Reviewer: Terry Walker, Woodley   (7-10-2011)

Bought this as part of a deal with transceiver and probe. I have found no faults in its use at all. Easy to put together, always clips in, even when covered in snow and ice. Nice colours too.

Positives:

  • Strong, I dug pits, blocks, kickers and my car out all last season, and haven't damaged it at all.
  • Shoulders on the shovel for foot stamp, this can be vital when getting through solid snow to a victim.
  • It's big too, so can therefore shift big snow fast, if your victim is 1m under then you will probably have to move 2 tonnes of snow. Hence very important.

Negatives:

  • Doesn't fit easily and nicely into a bag
  • Doesn't fit a probe in the handle
  • Not the lightest (but strong and large, so better in my opinion)

A great buy.

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