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SLCDs: Which ones and why? 6-Dec-2005 At 6:16:03 PM JamieF

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I've got a couple of oldish CAMP cams. I don't trust them any more or less than the BD and WC cams on my rack and my climbing partners rack. Their range is good and not much less than the BD in the sizes: about 20-32 and 26-41 mm (as measured by me so maybe a little out) compared to about 20-34 and 24-41 for BD 0.5 and 0.75. The springs are fairly stiff, so they sit nicely. The down side is that they are quite heavy, they require a little more effort than the BDs to retract and they have pin cam stops which I guess is the biggest downside. Not sure who actually made them, but they are branded CAMP and were made in Korea. I don't think you should completely write off the cheaper cams, at least in the smallish (ie bigger than micro) to medium sizes, particularly if your budget is limited. I reckon small (passive) tricams are worthwhile to complement the cams as well, particulary as they are so light, even if you only use them on belays where you have time to get them right.

Jamie

Edited: these cams have pin cam stops rather than none as I wrote earlier.