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New Metolius Supercams

throwback

7-Feb-2008
4:04:10 PM

Anyone seen these new cams yet? I'm guessing probably not unless you've seen em at a trade show or something. Sounds like they have only just been released and not in all sizes yet. I don't even know if they have an Aus distributor?

http://www.ukclimbing.com/gear/news.php?id=811

http://www.metoliusclimbing.com/supercam.htm

They have an asymetrical design (different size cam lobes on each side) that gives them a bigger range for the same number of parts as 'standard' cams. Other claims are better stability, greater holding power. Plus a traffic light system that shows if you've got the right size cam for a given placement. Worth a look I reckon.

nmonteith

7-Feb-2008
4:08:51 PM

i thought these had been in oz for a little while? We reviewed them in the latest CRUX. I think Mountain Designs are the stockists...

muki

7-Feb-2008
4:20:14 PM

these have been at the mountain shop for ages, they look OK, maybe a bit clunky.

throwback

7-Feb-2008
4:34:45 PM

Ah ha! Must be re-issuing the press release cos nobody's buying them!

rightarmbad

7-Feb-2008
5:52:46 PM

Now if they would make em in a single stem, I'd buy em

wyt91t

8-Feb-2008
2:10:26 AM

Add a little BD logo and i would buy them too.

wallwombat

8-Feb-2008
8:04:47 AM

On 8/02/2008 wyt91t wrote:
>Add a little BD logo and i would buy them too.

You know wytiee , sometimes I still think you're trolling when you post on these climbing forums but sadly it's not true. : (

But you are still the only climber, I know of, who has written a trip report on going to the gym and that is pure gold!

Macciza

8-Feb-2008
8:34:25 AM

On 8/02/2008 wyt91t wrote:
>Add a little BD logo and i would buy them too.

Or maybe a Ukranian certificate of conformity . . .

wallwombat

8-Feb-2008
8:53:55 AM

On 8/02/2008 Macciza wrote:
>Or maybe a Ukranian certificate of conformity . . .

Easy, big fella!

My little friends from Kiev haven't failed me yet ("_ )

Macciza

8-Feb-2008
9:55:14 AM

On 8/02/2008 wallwombat wrote:
>Easy, big fella!
>
>My little friends from Kiev haven't failed me yet ("_ )

Hey I'm all for the old Eastern Bloc - mine are about 15 years old now and still going strong . . .
I just don't necessarily trust the Western Capitalist Pigs so the BD label just didn't cut it . . .

devlin66

8-Feb-2008
10:33:54 AM

On 8/02/2008 wallwombat wrote:
>But you are still the only climber, I know of, who has written a trip
>report on going to the gym and that is pure gold!

Please link as I can't find it anywhere in the forums. Cheers.

Post edit as well. Ahhh! Crag X. Sank you Gwasshoppar!

IdratherbeclimbingM9

8-Feb-2008
10:39:21 AM

I did a bit of searching and couldn't find it either, though I do remember reading something similar to what ww describes.

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Post edit;
Thanks shawkshaw.

HM33

8-Feb-2008
10:43:26 AM

trip report is HERE

alrob

8-Feb-2008
3:01:35 PM

http://metoliusclimbing.com/master_cam.htm

Metolius version of the Aliens and C3's

ado_m

8-Feb-2008
3:51:31 PM

They just look plain ugly.

muki

8-Feb-2008
5:28:17 PM

They look good, but at 12mm for the smallest one they don't really compete with either C3 or Aliens.
I would think that they are fairly light too, as there isn't a lot to them, and pretty narrow as well.
I would like to trial these before spending the cash (those prices are US$), but as I said they look sound.

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