Version A
Version B
Version C
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I acquired my Speleoshoppe from Inner Mountain Outfitters at the 1995 NSS Convention.
My Speleoshoppe box is 76 mm. long, 126 mm. wide, 73 mm. high, and weighs 305 g. It is a double channel chest box consisting of an aluminum back plate, an extruded aluminum channel, and two rollers mounted on a common bolt through the channel. Two bolts with wing nuts hold the channel against the back plate, where it fits into two shallow milled grooves. The back plate has 54 mm. tall vertical slots for attaching the box to a chest harness.
The front of the box is stamped with the Speleoshoppe logo, a bat inside an ellipse, aligned horizontally.
The Speleoshoppe box is similar to the BlueWater box. The bolt heads are recessed into the back plate, so they do not dig into one’s chest. The rollers have a slight dual taper to help keep the rope centered, but I don't find the taper is to be enough to be completely effective. The turned grooves are not deep enough to have any significant effect. The corners of the box are rounded, and the aluminum parts of the box are anodized.
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I acquired my Speleoshoppe, Version B box from John Woods in 2014.
Version B is 76 mm. long, 127 mm. wide, 74 mm. high, and weighs 309 g. The back plate has 54 mm. tall vertical slots for attaching the box to a chest harness.
The front of the box is stamped with the Speleoshoppe logo, a bat inside an ellipse, aligned vertically.
Unlike Version A, Version B is not anodized.
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I acquired this Speleoshoppe box from the NSS Consignment Sales/John Schwenk at the 2025 NSS Convention. My Speleoshoppe, .
Version C is 76 mm. wide, 127 mm. high, 73 mm. thick, and weighs 297 g. The back plate has 52 mm. tall vertical slots for attaching the box to a chest harness.
The front of the box is stamped with the Speleoshoppe logo, a bat inside an ellipse, aligned horizontally.
This version has cylindrical rollers rather than dual-tapered ones..
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