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What's the best camming unit currently on the market?

DMM Prowire
1
7%
Black Diamond Camalot
9
60%
Wild Country Friends
1
7%
Trango Maxcams
0
No votes
Omega Pacific Link
0
No votes
C.A.M.P. Flexcam
0
No votes
Metolius TCU
4
27%
 
Total votes : 15

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Postby Graham » Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:05 pm

Just currious as to peoples preferences
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Postby The Mitt » Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:13 pm

I don't think I can fully explain why I like C4's so much more but, they trigger so well. and the lobes are so beefy they just look and feel like they will hold in anything.

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Postby granite_grrl » Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:37 pm

Ummm, no options for multiple faves. I love the Metolious TCUs, and then I have a few Metolious 4 cam units (up to the green), then I love BD for larger cams (#1 or #2 and up).
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Postby martha » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:30 am

Metolious TCU's for the small sizes, BD camalots for the big sizes and the Aliens are good to for wherever the TCU's don't fit.

my favorite sizes are blue and yellow TCU and #1 BD C4 :D
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Postby mathieu » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:52 am

What, no Wild Country Forged friends, like WTF mate.
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Postby Fred » Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:47 am

what's a forged friend?
I want to go to hell... there's probably lots of rock to climb there.
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Postby Graham » Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:10 pm

[What, no Wild Country Forged friends, like WTF mate./quote]

Do you mean those stright bar beasts that like to snape if placed in horizontal cracks?
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Postby Graham » Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:10 pm

Still haven't quite figured out how to quote yet
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Postby mathieu » Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:08 pm

Actually people who climb in area's where all their pro is in horizontal (ie. gunks) use modified forged friends. They say they last longer than flexible cams cause the flexible cams end up being bent and stay bent.

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And I traded two of those for one 0.5 camelot, I still think I came out on top. :wink: right Martha?
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Postby martha » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:59 pm

mathieu wrote:
And I traded two of those for one 0.5 camelot, I still think I came out on top. :wink: right Martha?


Sorry Mat, I think the winner of that game was me.
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Postby The Mitt » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:01 pm

Ah the perfect trade when both people walk away happy.

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Postby Graham » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:11 pm

Hmmm. I've never seen that done before. Clever idea though, seems as if it would work.
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Postby Ulysse » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:42 pm

CCH alien up to red. They are the best in the small cams regardless of the recent recall. BD camelot from .5 and up.
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Postby The Teth » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:14 pm

Well, my Robot Cams from Rock Empire did not even make the list, although they might have faired better if it was a poll of value for the money, as they are less expensive than most (if not all) of the ones listed. I have grown to like my Robot Cams. I do have a Wild Country Friend which I quite like, but I have encountered instanced such as placement at the back of a deep flaring crack where I could not operate the trigger on the Wild Country and had to use a Robot Came instead. That being said, I am voting for the Wild Country because I want to see the poll results (can’t see until you vote) and I have not used any of the others listed.

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Postby Graham » Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:10 pm

Just wondering if anyone has tried out those Omega Pacific Link cams, they look rather strange to me, a few too many moving parts I guess. Just curious if anyone has any opinions on them.

http://www.omegapac.com/op_products_linkcams.html
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Postby The Teth » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:02 pm

OK, I get the concept. Three Cams in one. Cool! Once the first cam is pulled beyond a certain point it becomes essentially just part of the cable system linking the second cam to the trigger. It looks like a really good idea. I am curious though about how well it works in cracks which correspond in width to the transition zones between cam segments? If it works it could be quite a technological breakthrough. A one size fits all cam. I would want to keep an eye on those hinges for signs of ware though.

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Postby Scooter » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:17 pm

those cams have been on the market for 2 maybe 3 years now
have never seen a review done on them
i wonder how much the weigh
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Postby The Mitt » Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:12 am

From what I have read on rc.com. they are pretty good but heavy and have alot of moving parts. Most people are going with the TRANGO's for max coverage. I will stay with Bd's though.

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