
Raidlight Responsiv 10L review: a dial closure and more pole options than anyone needs
The vest that got the fit mechanism right, and then kept going.
Trail and ultra · since 2011
Ultramarathon news, interviews, gear and argument.
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Vests, belts, poles, shoes, and one elliptical bicycle.
Running gear is reviewed on a launch cycle and forgotten on the same one. Most of what is here has been revised, renamed or discontinued since.
It stays up because people still own this equipment and still race in it, and because a good review is mostly a record of what mattered at the time — how much a pack carried, whether the bottles stayed in, whether the velcro held. Those questions outlasted every product they were asked about.
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The vest that got the fit mechanism right, and then kept going.
One of the two best waistbelts on the market at the time, by the review's own reckoning.
The rare piece of gear that does the one thing every competitor claims and fails to do.
The machine everyone points at on the bike path, tested properly rather than for an hour.

A sceptic's conversion, and the practical business of learning to run with poles.
For runners who dislike bladders and handhelds, and don't want the weight on their front.
The vest that sits between one handheld and a full hydration pack.
The question everyone asked about the launch, answered by someone who could actually test it.

Not every run needs a vest. Six belts, ranked by the things that ruin a run.
The trade-off every light trail shoe makes, and a rare case of it going the right way.