How to properly maintain your hardness tester

You often hear of Shore A and D hardness scales… but are these the only ones? Unfortunately, no. In fact, they are much more than you imagine, here they are: A, B, C, D, DO, E, AO, O, OO, OOO, OOO -S, M and AM. There’s a reason for all this variety, though. You should know, in fact, that Shore hardness test scales refer to a specific hardness range: usually D scale is ...

To find it out, we brought our Shore D to the highest hut in Europe: the “Capanna Regina Margherita” on “Monte Rosa”, in Italy. Its 4556 meters of altitude and the - 15ºC make it a rigid environment with unusual physical and atmospheric conditions. That’s perfect, actually, for testing the reproducibility and reliability of Shore results. That’s why we’ve decided t...

Our Shore has to overcome another challenge: the Livigno Sky marathon. If you are wondering what is it imagine to be in the centre of Livigno surrounded by bars, restaurants and shopping venues. One step away from breath-taking views, climbs, snowfields and wild nature. This is the alpine scenario of Livigno, which has become the point of reference for sky runners prec...