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learnintoclimb
Jul 23, 2001, 9:07 PM
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What are your guys opinions about the best cams on the market.
Black Diamond Camalot
Wild Country Friends
DMM 4CU'S
Metolius 4CU'S
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ericontherocks
Jul 28, 2001, 4:03 PM
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I carry the camalots from the 4 down to the .5 then from there i have the aliens. to me this work the best.
Unless you want to carry 30 cams then i think that bd has the best cams out there, but they do weight more then most.
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blindslap
Jun 16, 2002, 4:49 AM
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DMM all the way!
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apollodorus
Jun 16, 2002, 5:01 AM
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Camalots, with the double axle, have a better range per piece, but are expensive. Robots are the best deal for the single-axle cams right now. The larger robots walk into cracks, so they are better in the smaller sizes. For the really small stuff, the aliens rule.
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bmgard
Jun 16, 2002, 6:53 AM
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Camalots all the way. Or at least .75 and up. Smaller then that I like a double ("U") stem so that i can get it in with one finger.
Although the Trango Flex cams are great too. For the money.
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joemor
Jun 16, 2002, 9:36 AM
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i third the vote for camalots!!!!1
tried and true!!!!
joe
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punk
Jun 16, 2002, 1:58 PM
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Actually I think a selection of all while the BD going up to #2 and the DMM for the bigger sizes and the WC for the biggest and the Matolius as a doublers set
Or at least the minimum of Camelot’s and Friends combo
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cathal
Jun 16, 2002, 3:59 PM
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I use WC's off-set friends, Are they a substitute for the regular friends? Or should my rack include some regular ones as well?
So far i've had no problems with the off-set friends.
[ This Message was edited by: cathal on 2002-06-16 09:43 ]
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sparky
Jun 16, 2002, 11:51 PM
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Friends, plain and simple
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bmgard
Jun 17, 2002, 8:44 AM
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Cathal- You use only offset friends? No normal cams? Sounds wierd but if it works. I always think of offset friends as a specialty peice but I don't now the area where you climb so they may work. Ask around your area and find out what other people use. I'd suspect that they use mostly normal cams but i could be wrong.
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mreardon
Jun 17, 2002, 11:06 PM
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I have tried a ton of different things in the past, but now my rack consists of aliens (smallest to .5, red ones) and BD Cams from .75 (green) to 5". I use Kong 7" for the extra wide cracks when I'm in the mood to grunt primal.
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radistrad
Jun 26, 2002, 2:28 PM
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Love those Camalots and Ailens.
By far my favorite pieces are the Ailens, then Camalots!
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