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SLCDs: Which ones and why? 7-Dec-2005 At 10:36:51 PM Andrew_M

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I've got the old style camalots and apart from the weight issue they are great. Good expansion, really well built and rugged. They've held a few falls placed both vertically and over edges in horizontal placements without drama and without any real damage. I also picked up some metolius cams from a mate who had bought them cheap in Canada but then didn't like them. Although they don't seem to be really bad or unsafe, they're not great. The trigger bar system is fiddly, particularly in deep placements, and the limited expansion range is a pain. They are a lot lighter than the (old) camalots though: the three metolius cams that I've got cover about the same expansion range as two camalots, but together weigh almost exactly the same as the corresponding 2 BD jobbies. The new trimmed down C4s should get around this problem, though of course at a price...$