Montbell Traction
Montbell's new traction offerings are just rebadged Chainsens from Snowline. Earlier this month, Montbell announced their new traction (chain spikes) lineup, including their aptly-named and outdoor-focused Chain Spike. They listed the country of origin as Korea which immediately made me suspicious since Snowline, who make the Chainsen line of traction devices (and, I believe, were the original manufacturers of Kahtoola's Microspikes), are headquartered in Korea. I used my meager image compositing skills to put together this side-by-side comparison: Snowline Chainsen Pro left, Montbell Chain Spike right Snowline makes a number of Chainsen models, however, it appears that the Montbell offering [...]