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maculated
Feb 9, 2009, 3:33 AM
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I'll think about it. Thanks for asking. :) It would be great to see you and many others again now that I'm fixed! It's a tough timing thing - I'll have been in Texas for a week for a meeting for this board I'm on.
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caughtinside
Feb 9, 2009, 3:34 AM
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what angry and malcolm said.
I´m a plug and go guy.
Wham bam thank you cam!
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adatesman
Feb 9, 2009, 3:42 AM
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maldaly
Feb 9, 2009, 4:06 AM
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it was 65° and sunny here last thursday so come on out!
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tradrenn
Feb 9, 2009, 9:00 AM
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sungam wrote: tradrenn wrote: maculated wrote: So why is it that everyone loves my Max Cam, but no one wants to get them? Marketing? Fear? What? Maybe because stem is too soft/wobbly. That's my reason for not wanting them. Wait, the mastercams or the maxcams?
Max Cams.
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Lazlo
Feb 9, 2009, 3:19 PM
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tradrenn wrote: sungam wrote: tradrenn wrote: maculated wrote: So why is it that everyone loves my Max Cam, but no one wants to get them? Marketing? Fear? What? Maybe because stem is too soft/wobbly. That's my reason for not wanting them. Wait, the mastercams or the maxcams? Max Cams.
I agree.
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climbinginchico
Feb 9, 2009, 3:29 PM
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I have a full set and like them. They are definitely a specialty piece however. I don't take them up all that often because I carry my C4's and then the link cams as doubles. If the rock is really funky and irregular I will take them as they really shine in funky placements where other cams can be loaded strangely. But due to the offset stem they load properly and are bomber.
I've never had a problem using them, and found them rather useful in jtree. I always extend the double sling on the cam and normally extend the runner I clip to the cam if the route wanders at all. They are also a very solid piece for anchoring, which is what I use them for most often. I also don't find the stem too floppy. Yes it's softer than a C4 or link cam but definitely not nearly as floppy as my aliens.
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adatesman
Feb 9, 2009, 3:51 PM
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sungam
Feb 9, 2009, 7:40 PM
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tradrenn wrote: sungam wrote: tradrenn wrote: maculated wrote: So why is it that everyone loves my Max Cam, but no one wants to get them? Marketing? Fear? What? Maybe because stem is too soft/wobbly. That's my reason for not wanting them. Wait, the mastercams or the maxcams? Max Cams.
I'll have to chuck that out.
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mtnkid85
Feb 9, 2009, 7:43 PM
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Ive climbed on the .5,1,2,3 for ~1.5 years now and have used them as my workhorse cams. I wouldnt call them a specialty piece either. Ive always slung them fairly long, and prefer them in there smaller side of there range. Ive seen them do the one sided tip out before, but only on pieces where the rope has pushed them around going up a bulge when your higher on the route. Ive also recently found myself reaching for a different piece if I know Im going to have to make a scary pumped blind placement.
All in all im starting to have mixed emotions about them, they are as bomber as anything in the smaller side of there range, but can be a little scarry out towards the upper end of there sizing. I love the thumb loops, extendable slings and the general build of them. I dont know that Ill buy any more but Ill keep the ones I have.
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maculated
Feb 9, 2009, 7:44 PM
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They are a touch floppier, but not any more than the Aliens. I used to hate those until I got used to them.
Max cam is FABULOUS in J Tree. Absolutely.
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adatesman
Feb 9, 2009, 8:11 PM
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Valarc
Feb 9, 2009, 8:37 PM
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Thanks for the video - that makes perfect sense now, and is not at all what I was picturing in my head. Very interesting.
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billcoe_
Feb 9, 2009, 8:40 PM
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I think if I predominantly climbed at JTree or someplace that had sick huecos or horizontals, the Maxcams would be the go to #1 choice for me. For parallel sided cracks not so much although they'll work fine if you use them on the lower end range as Angry and Malcom say. Comparing notes with my partner in Red Rocks when I first got the MaxCams, both of us would reach for the #2 MaxCam over the Camalot in that size.
It's a well built piece that has a place in my world for sure.
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mtnkid85
Feb 10, 2009, 8:48 PM
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Alright this is a little off topic and some of you may have seen this too. But the second page of this thread over in the trad section is one of the larger reasons I prefer my Trango gear to many other manufacturers.
Linky:http://www.rockclimbing.com/...d;page=unread#unread
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