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Guides 46

Short answers to questions people actually ask.

• Can You Bring a Knife on a Plane?
• Can You Use a Climbing Rope for Tree Work?
• Climbing Helmet vs Work Helmet: What the Standards Actually Test
• Do EPIRBs and PLBs Require a Subscription?
• Do Marine Flares Expire, and How Do You Dispose of Them?
• Do You Need a Carbon Monoxide Detector on a Boat?
• Do You Need a Chartplotter If You Have a Phone?
• Do You Need a Pure Sine Wave Inverter?
• Do You Need a Rescue Plan for Working at Height?
• Do You Need AIS on a Boat, and What's the Difference Between Receive and Transmit?
• Do You Need Radar on a Small Boat?
• Do You Still Need a Compass If You Have GPS?
• Foam or Inflatable Life Jacket — Which Should You Buy?
• Friction Hitch or Mechanical Device? What Each One Depends On
• Headlamp or Handheld Flashlight — Which Should You Buy?
• How an Avalanche Beacon Works (and What the Range Number Means)
• How Do You Wash a Climbing or Rescue Rope?
• How Many Lumens Do You Actually Need in a Headlamp?
• How Many Solar Panels Do You Need to Charge a Battery?
• Is a Tree Climbing Saddle the Same as a Fall Arrest Harness?
• Serrated or Plain Edge — Which Should You Buy?
• Should a Headlamp Use Rechargeable or Disposable Batteries?
• Should You Buy a Handheld or a Fixed-Mount Marine VHF?
• SRT vs DdRT: What Changed, and What the New Names Mean
• Static or Dynamic Rope — Which Do You Need?
• What Actually Makes Binoculars Expensive?
• What Angle Should You Sharpen a Knife To?
• What Chainsaw Trouser Class Numbers Actually Mean
• What Do 8x42 and 10x42 Mean on Binoculars?
• What Do IP Ratings Mean on a Flashlight or Headlamp?
• What Do Knife Steel Names Actually Mean?
• What Do the Numbers on a Carabiner Mean?
• What Does a 5,000 lb Anchor Point Actually Mean?
• What Does MBS Mean on a Rope?
• What Is a Leading-Edge SRL, and When Do You Need One?
• What Is a Via Ferrata Set — and Why Does It Expire?
• What Is DSC on a Marine VHF, and Why Does an MMSI Matter?
• What Is the Difference Between an MPPT and a PWM Charge Controller?
• What Is the Difference Between LiFePO4 and Lithium-Ion Batteries?
• What Rope Diameter Do You Actually Need?
• What Size Portable Power Station Do You Actually Need?
• When Does a Fall-Protection Harness Need to Be Retired?
• When Should You Retire a Rope?
• Why Doesn't a Boat Compass Point North?
• Will a Stainless Steel Knife Rust?
• Will These Crampons Fit My Boots? B0–B3 and C1–C3 Explained

Journal 17

The long versions, with the working shown.

• Carbon monoxide on boats: why half the victims were outdoors, and what a detector can't doAug 14, 2026
• Your flares expire in 42 months. Almost nobody can tell you what to do with the old onesAug 14, 2026
• The only life jacket with an expiry date: inflatable PFDs, and who tells you when they failAug 14, 2026
• Recall or advisory? How to read a safety company by what it publishesAug 14, 2026
• Who actually owns your gear companies, and why it shows up in the productAug 14, 2026
• Is your headlamp legal in a hazardous area? Zone 0, Division 1, and three lights that qualifyAug 13, 2026
• Which descender is rated for two people? ISC's D4, and the version that removes the safety featureAug 13, 2026
• What is a leading-edge SRL? The 0.005 inch answer, and FallTech's EdgeCoreAug 13, 2026
• Does rope lose strength when it's wet? Yes — and the honest number depends what you're measuringAug 13, 2026
• Five flagships, one number eachAug 7, 2026
• The CMC MPD, and the argument it startedAug 3, 2026
• Edelrid's Bulletproof, and the failure mode nobody inspects forAug 3, 2026
• Rock Exotica's Omni-Block, and why sheave size is a rope decisionAug 3, 2026
• The Petzl ASAP is not one product, and buying it as one is the mistakeAug 3, 2026
• Teufelberger's treeMOTION, and the standard it isn't rated forAug 3, 2026
• Rope rescue, rope access, fall protection: three jobs, one pile of gearAug 2, 2026
• Why we're building AllEquipped backwardsAug 2, 2026

Topics 12

• Gear 15
• Standards 10
• Inspection 7
• Rope Access 7
• Fall Protection 6
• Technical Rescue 6
• Marine Safety 3
• Notes 3
• Arborist & Tree Care 1
• Confined Space 1
• Lighting 1
• Rigging Hardware 1

Brands 131

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