Yes, I did give it a 5! hehe. These were among the first pices of pro I ever got, and I still use them to this day. They're light, and you can sling them yourself as long or short as you want. The multitude of placements these things will eat up makes them well worth the "cowbelling" so many dislike. Carry 2 cams, or carry 7 hexes for the same weight? If I need to save weight, I'll take the hexes any day. I've never really bought into the "curved hex" gimick, and love the simplicity and straight forwardness of the flat sides.

I couldn't begin to say how good these cams are. Almost as light as a forged friend (maybe lighter, I havn't weighed them) but flexible, and the construction is bomber. The entire thing is made of metal, no saving weight with plastic bits all over. You could freeze things things in majorly sub-zero weather and not have to worry about anything breaking. The trigger bar is pre-drilled for recovery cord should the trigger get too deep, and at 14kn active and 10 passive across the board, they're solid as can be. The color coding makes it easy to grab what your going for without fiddling, and the extendable sling gives you options of skipping a QD or shorter sling if needed. These cams are the ultimate "go light, go fast" alpine cam as far as I'm concerned.

Excellent biner in my opinion. The gate is smooth and snappy (as a wire should be), they're light, and well coated. I probably shaved a half pound at least (maybe closer to a pound) off my rack just by putting these on my pieces instead of my old bentgates and D's. I would give them a 5, except for the fact that they're not as strong as the "expensive" brands with the gate open, and they're not exactly big (I'm just spoiled by my omegalite 4.0 and five-oh wiregates though! They are a full sized biner.) At only 4.75 a piece (even less when bought in bulk) you cant go wrong with these guys. Buy em by the truckload and really lighten your load.

Comfortable, light(ish) and runner strength. The multiloops makes organization easier and the loops stay nice and stiff for a long time. I've had mine for 6 years or so and the racking part of it is still great. I have the older model though that had the leather underneath the padding (against your skin). It was Uber comfy for a while, then the leather started wearing and breaking apart. Perhaps it was fixed on the newer ones. It's still usable, and the foam is still cushy, but I gave it a three because of that cursed leather (is it even real leather? I dont know).

Took me a while to finally figure it out. When it did click, I cant say anyhting less than spectacular. This thing is no grigri, and does not work like an ATC at all, despite what some have said. I would give it a 5 but for the multitude of ways to incorrectly use it. But, used properly, it does everything very very well. It doens't lock automatically like a grigri, but will lock itself off as long as youve got the brake end of the rope properly secured in your hand(s) If there is enough weight on the rope after it locks up, you can let go with your brake hand, but only for a very short time (to, say, tie it off). it the belay losens the least little bit while its locked off, it will completely release. Better to not let go at all if you can avoid it.