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Sorry, you confused me when you said "I have already decided to build my own boards and have ordered material for 5 boards to experiment with" and you didn't specify what kind of "gear" you wanted to buy.

I thought you had decided to build your own boards prior to contacting the manufacturers and had hoped to buy the "gear" needed to assemble your boards. Why try to buy a splitboard AFTER deciding to make your own?

No worries, I should have said "material" in place of "gear", which is more appropriate.

I think there is a general confusion. It went like this:

I wanted to buy a custom splitboard.

The companies I called needed on average 10 days and at least one follow up to get a first reply.

This frustrated me becauase building a personalized board is going to require good comunication, so it lead me to decide to build my own.

I want to try a few solid boards first because it will let me get a better idea of the stiffness different materials will give, and because I see it as being slightly easier to get right.

I am still waiting on the materials, and have picked up two splitboards already, but one will go to a friend and the other is on its way to me now.

In all probability I will still get a custom board built one day, but at least then I will know exactly what I want in a board.

Credit where it's due, I had the pleasure of dealing with Bryce from Karakoram. A first message must have been lost in cyberspace, but after that it was instant feedback, great communications and great people to deal with.

I gotta give a huge shout out to Backcountry Access. I cross threaded the battery cover pin and broke-off the female part on my Tracker II. I sent them an email which was returned almost immediately by Kyle at BCA and he told me very graciously to send it in. Within a day or two after them receiving it, they shipped it back free of charge! I thought I was gonna have to come up with another $300 bucks but ended up with a less than $3 shipping charge. STOKED!! Thanks Kyle and BCA!