LOVE THEM!!! I can't say enough good things, but I'll start with the one down side. Like everyone else said, they are a bit wide so pin scars are not gonna happen.

One thing nobody said is that they work in outward flairing cracks too. I place one in a huge flair on a wall, bounced it and moved on it. They are great!

One realy great thing is if your aiding come easy C1 splitter crack, you only need one cam per aider and you can walk them leaving your other cams as pro.

You don't even need to look at the cam when you place it. Pop it in, give it a wiggle, wank on it, and move. No F'ing around with it.


Oh and it works as an offset too.

These cams are my new favorite.
Just back from 2 weeks in Yosemite and the piece of mind in having two yellow and one red link cam was worth every penny. They seemed to go in on every climb and were definitely the pieces I saved for crux moves.
They are the greatest, buy a pair!

Pros: amazing range, great for alpine (deep cracks, enormous range of sizes -- a few of these, a half dozen nuts, slings, and that's your alpine rack!)

Cons: a little hefty, shallow placements are problematic on the small end of the size range. Unnecessarily hefty if you know exactly what you'll need on a lead. Minimal size difference btw the two.

Overall I am very happy with mine. I did not pay full price for them, but I probably would, now that I know how useful they are. My partners who have used mine have also said they're going to buy a couple. That's the best recommendation of all.

I've now had a chance to really put Link Cams to the test. I climb a lot at Frog Buttress in SE Queensland. This world class crack destination is one of the ultimate proving grounds for cams. The two sizes of Link Cams available were placed in many different types of cracks. Where they shone excellently were on those non parallel sided cracks with a lot of non conformity within the crack. The rougher the crack the better as the links tended to fold around the roughness like a chain. This made the cams stick even better. Of course even on very smooth sided cracks the cams stuck no problem at all. The ease of placement made Link Cams rather easy to use, just grab the cam plug it in and set and forget. The spring tension was perfect as the cams definitely gave me the impression of solidity and robustness in all placements. Yes the axle width is far greater than say an Alien so placing them in pin scars and pods is out but for most cracks the Link Cams are awesome. I am very happy with my Link Cams and they will categorically be a permanent addition to my crack rack for Frog Buttress. They are also cool to share around your friends to try out. Without exception they all thought they were excellent pieces. Go buy em.

Very recently got this cam (#2) from tradrack.com at $60 when they ran a special on them about 3 months ago (backordered big time). Tried it out for the first time this weekend and the range/placement options are very impressive. The #2 Link cam definitely has the range of .75-2 Camalots with a width profile that is 1/4 wider than a #2 Camalot. The extra width is definitely the only downside of this cam which needs to be addressed in future design iterations. What sets this cam apart from the other mondo expando cams (Super/Maxcam) is that it protects inwardly flaring cracks VERY well. Have you have ever had a placement where a smaller cam fits but if it walks into the crack it becomes useless and a larger cam cannot get by the inital "lip" to protect the wider part in the back? Well this baby folds up like an accordian to clear the "lip" and then expands to fit the flared part of the crack perfectly resulting in the most bomber placements I have ever seen. Definitely worth getting one to supplement your rack and also a real conversation piece....