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bones
Jan 9, 2005, 6:13 AM
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Has anyone used one of these yet? I was checking it out in the shop and the springs on it seemed awfully weak. Just wondering how well they work in actual use.
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vegastradguy
Jan 9, 2005, 6:19 AM
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works fine. i used it on Ragged Edges a couple weeks ago. big, though. too big to go into the std. placement i used to use the #5 on, so i had to place it about 3' higher where it would fit better.
its actually more stable and easier to handle than the old #5. better trigger and easier pull.
anyway, i'll have it in josh next week, you can mess around with it then, if you like.
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james_climber
Jan 9, 2005, 6:24 AM
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post a photo of it
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vegastradguy
Jan 9, 2005, 6:33 AM
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Mountain Gear
its the one in the center. click the photo to make it bigger.
course, the photo doesnt do it justice. the cam, from tip to tip, is almost 8" across, which translates to a usable max of about 7".
the thing is obscenely large. i also own the old #5 camalot, and the new #6 has about 1/2" more available range than the old #5. (but, alas, the WC #6 is still bigger by a tiny bit...but not much.)
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james_climber
Jan 9, 2005, 6:43 AM
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It must be large yes , once a friend of mine told me that i should have a dumpky to carry this
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vegastradguy
Jan 9, 2005, 6:48 AM
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if you carry the #4, #5, or #6, get a stick and retract the lobes and slide the stick in at the bottom, keeping the cam in the lowest profile possible. otherwise, it'll just catch on everything and annoy the crap out of you....
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jpdreamer
Jan 9, 2005, 9:21 AM
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In reply to: if you carry the #4, #5, or #6, get a stick and retract the lobes and slide the stick in at the bottom, keeping the cam in the lowest profile possible.
The #5 camalot has the unique distinction of being used on every climb I've racked it for. This is primarily because if I'm gonna bring something that damn big up with me, I'm sure as hell going to use it somewhere!
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lucas_timmer
Jan 9, 2005, 12:27 PM
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That thing weights half a kilo...
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chossmonkey
Jan 9, 2005, 3:51 PM
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In reply to: That thing weights half a kilo...
Amazingly the #6 is noticeably lighter than the old #5.
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rockrat_co
Jan 16, 2005, 3:24 AM
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I played with the new camalots for like an hour tonight. The #6 C4 is insane.. it is wider than my head fully expanded, and I have a large head (so i've been told). I can definately find placements for it on sandstone climbs tho.
Later,
Rockrat_co
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thatdude
Feb 2, 2005, 10:55 PM
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Be mindful of the cam rotating laterally (i.e. about the cable) and the lobe being weighted normal to the axel.
We had one that shifted while being weighted.
The force onto the lobes was not quite perpendicular to the axel and with the back and forth play in the lobes it shifted.
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