Anyone still re-sling cams over 10 years old?
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As the title states does anyone still re-sling cams over 10 years old? |
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Halljt3 wrote:As the title states does anyone still re-sling cams over 10 years old? I've got an 1998 old Metolius TCU that barely even has scratches in the lobes, and was wondering if any company is still willing to re-sling this old of a cam, or if i'd just be better off re-slinging myself.Wired Bliss for sure. |
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Or Metolius. They do a bang up job for dirt cheap. Plus, they made the cam. |
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Ragged Mountain in New Hampshire. |
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I just sent a basically new tcu from 99 to metolius. They cleaned, oiled, reslung the cam for a super reasonable price. |
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Yates, and Runoutcustoms (Luke Malatesta) in Moab did a few years ago. |
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I just had 5 Camalots reslung by Wired Bliss. They were all about 20 yrs old but in good condition. |
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Metolius is even less expensive at $3 per resling..... |
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Does wired bliss, clean, lubricate and do maintenance on them like metolius? Met only works on their own products. |
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Wired Biss cleaned and inspected my cams. No repairs were needed but they do repair cams there |
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I'm wondering - anyone have any reason not to just use a short strip of thin webbing (1/2"?), tie in a loop with a water knot and call it good? You'd have to make sure the tails were long enough and it might look kinda jankety, but it would cost about a buck. Might not be as official as one reslung from the manufacturer, but I see no reason not to trust this any less than a 20 year old cam... |
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Bliss...a water knot really should be 11/16" web, but works fine |
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Ryan Dirks wrote:I'm wondering - anyone have any reason not to just use a short strip of thin webbing (1/2"?), tie in a loop with a water knot and call it good?My first Rigid Stem Friends didn't come with webbing. So, yes, it's been done before. We tied our own with 1" webbing. But, I'd use something thicker than 1/2" Also, see the warning here about thumbloops: blackdiamondequipment.com/e… |
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Send it to Metolius. They do their own cams cheap and polish them up so they look brand new. I had some done about two years ago and I was pretty impressed with the results. |
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As Tommyvsmith said, Ragged Mountain Equipment in Intervale, NH, does a great job. I got my 30-year-old Friends reslung there a year ago. Here's their website. |
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My partner sent back a set of TCU's to metolious, They were quite worn and needed new slings. |
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It states clearly on the metolius website on the page regarding reslings that they will render your cams useless if they deam them past their usable life span/worn out. Obviously a safety issue and liability. |
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Metolius did a great job when i sent in 10 cams after a hiatus. Clean, polished, lubed, reslung, full tracking of shipment. Black Diamond at the same price just reslung and shipped stuff back without tracking info. I've been told Ragged Mountain in NH does a good too. |
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Mountain Tools reslung some old Camalots and added slings to some hooks. Good workmanship, reasonable price, and good turn-around time. |