ARVA

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Ich durfte das Set, bestehend aus dem ARVA EVO5, der 240 SKITRIP-Sonde und der SKITRIP-Schaufel diese Saison, im Zeitraum von November bis Februar, in den Tiroler Alpen testen. Hierbei ist es beim Freeriden und Splitboarden genutzt worden sowie in einem LVS-Workshop auf den Prüfstand gestellt worden.

Thanks to its modular design, the Arva Airbag Ride 18 Switch promises to be the ideal solution for all types of freeriding: its modular design ensures compactness when travelling in the ski area, while additional attachments enable expansion for tours of all kinds. With a focus on functionality and high safety standards, the avalanche backpack from Arva is designed to be a versatile and reliable companion for freeriding.

The avalanche transceiver has been at the heart of the French brand ARVA, which has specialised in winter safety equipment for over 30 years. The NEO BT PRO is the new high-performance avalanche transceiver and boasts a wealth of functions and a very large search strip width for successful and fast avalanche rescue.

The Arva Tour 32 Switch backpack is briefly and succinctly described by the manufacturer with the attributes "Large capacity. Low weight". In the test, the backpack was able to prove these characteristics and also score highly in terms of carrying comfort.

PowderGuide partner company Arva presents a modular online tool to brush up on some avalanche basics. No online offer can replace courses in the snow, but if someone wants to read up a bit, this program developed in cooperation with the French avalanche research institute ANENA (Association Nationale pour l'Étude de la Neige et des Avalanches) is a good idea.

BCA and ARVA will each be launching a new avalanche transceiver next season, although these are more likely to be overhauled versions of familiar models than fundamentally new inventions. The various airbag systems remain unchanged and are merely packaged in new colors. The only completely new feature appears to be a microwave scanner that records "snow profiles".

The Arva Reactor Ultralight 25L is, as the name suggests, the lightweight model in the now tried and tested Reactor series and, in addition to its low weight, impresses above all with its high carrying comfort and individual customisation options.

With the new Evo 5, the safety specialists from Arva in France are launching a new avalanche transceiver on the market for the current season that packs all the essential features into an extremely small and lightweight housing.

On paper, the ARVA R24 promises everything you would expect from an avalanche backpack: Safety, light weight, carrying comfort and enough storage space for a day tour including a snack (Znüni = Schwyzerdütsch for a snack after breakfast and before lunch). Of course, it must also be possible to attach the snowboard or skis and there should also be room for an ice axe.

The Arva NEO+ is a further development of the NEO series with even better performance. Thanks to a new hardware basis and optimisation of the software, the search strip width has been increased to 70 m.

Part 2 of the ISPO Report 2016: Pieps and Arva present new avalanche transceivers at ISPO, while the other manufacturers stick to their existing models. When it comes to airbags, various manufacturers are in a fierce race for the lightest system. Arcteryx and Arva are presenting airbag backpacks for the first time. Ortovox is now also using its own system.