In reply to alasdair19:
> (In reply to CurlyStevo) its funny isn't it how personal it is, ...vertige, dads old terror, grey and now one Orange viper, quarks and brief goes on a few more.
Agreed, very personal, for lots of reasons - arm length, strength, grip, hand size, what you used before etc etc.
Though having used Vertiges for years, and having climbed at least several pitches of steep ice with them, Pulsars, Quasars, Vipers, Cobras (old), Cobras (new), Predators and a few others, I can say with some certainty that Vertiges would not be my pick of that lot!
On the other hand, original Vipers felt better in the hand from the word go than any tool I've ever tried.
I reckon UKC should arrange for TobyA to do a gear review where he climbs the same pitch of ice with three or four different vintage tools - Terrordactyls, Vertiges, Pulsars and Nomics. Photos or it didn't happen - video even better. Toby?