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streakingtradclimber
May 7, 2004, 3:32 AM
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Have Nuts and hexs a few cams so do you think i should get a couple tricams also. What are the highlights of tricams anyways.
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daisuke
May 7, 2004, 4:26 AM
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Tricams are awesome pieces of pro when you use them right and will usually fit where nothing else will so they make your rack more versatile. they're very nice for flaring shallow cracks where cams usually won't go in. you can also use them as passive pieces kinda like nuts.
they are harder to remove than cams, especially when fallen on but are well worth it. the smaller sizes (pink, red, brown and blue) are the most useful. you need a nut tool to get them out most of the time if you set them right, but just like nuts they can come out when you pull up on them
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andypro
May 7, 2004, 4:45 AM
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Absolutely. Tricams are among the best (in my opinion), most versatile pieces of pro available. I've got doubles of the first six, and use them regularly. Then again, I also use my hexes regularly :shock: :twisted:
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reno
May 7, 2004, 4:58 AM
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Lots of threads on Tri-Cams. Search the forums, and you'll find a myriad of info and opinions.
Short version: Some love 'em, some hate 'em.
I love 'em.
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kyclimber
May 7, 2004, 6:46 AM
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Some of the best stuff I've found for protecting tiny pockets. Like all trad gear, though, make sure you know how to place them correctly.
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ykwak
May 7, 2004, 9:18 AM
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Awesome gear, Just EXTREMELY OVER PRICED!
But, if money is of no concern, get em!!!
Just having to say one more time...extmremely over priced...
If I told you how much they were wholesale....noone would ever buy them again!!!
Just kidding...
Before you get tricams...take a peek at rock empire robot cams...Very Good Gear for a very good price.
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reno
May 7, 2004, 12:21 PM
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In reply to: Awesome gear, Just EXTREMELY OVER PRICED!
Not really...
Each Tri-Cam is good for two placements... passive and active. So you get, in essence, two pieces of gear for the price of one.
That, and they're about $15 each (more for bigger sizes, of course.)
A few years ago, gearexpress.com had a set of 6 for around 80 dollars. Hard to get 6 Friends, Camalots, or even Rock Empire cams for that price.
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paulraphael
May 7, 2004, 4:00 PM
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like any gear, how useful it is depends somewhat on where you climb.
i never had tricams on my rack until i started climbing at the gunks.
they're practically required equipment there. places with horizontal cracks and pockets seem custom made for them.
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ottoman
May 8, 2004, 3:07 AM
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I have doubles on the first three of them and 1 of the 4's...and they get used almost every trad climb....get em...learn how to use them.....they may just help you when ya need them the most!!
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sgorman
May 12, 2004, 1:20 AM
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i trad climbed for the first time sunday...f***ing awesome is all I have to say. About the tricams, they are very easy to place and personally I trust them alot, though I've never fallen on one. They stick right in with a tug or two. I only have the smallest two (pink and red), which I think alot of people get, and they're great. I don't think I would like the bigger ones as much...
sam
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