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Looking for a easy slide cam

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grant N · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 1

So I am looking to add some cams to my rack of C4s. I was given on old TCU DMM that seems like it fits perfectly between the C4 .5 & .75. I love the size and want to find more cams to fill in between C4 sizes.

BUT WAIT!!!!!!

I love the smooth action of the C4 where you only need to pull down on the triggers. I cannot stand the force you have to pull down on the trigger and up on the stem that metolious cams and it seems X4s require.

I have found that a lot of gearshops have C4s, X4s, master cams, but do not have totems, fixe aliens, or other variety.

Can anyone recommend a cam company/style that is what I am describing?

take TAKE · · Tempe, AZ · Joined Dec 2013 · Points: 186

Just to get clear, you're hoping to find single stem cams that can be pushed into cracks without needing to pull the triggers, that fit between the sizes of Camalots? Maybe wild country

Gunkiemike · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2009 · Points: 3,492

You'd love Link Cams. Just shove 'em in there.

djh860 · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2014 · Points: 110

The original totems are not what you want. They are excellent but are not what you have described.

Kangaru Rat · · Under a Rock · Joined May 2008 · Points: 0

You're looking at it wrong - use some finesse to place your cams! It works better for jamming too. Is that also how you have sex?

grant N · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 1

Clarified what I was trying to say with just shoving them in without pulling the trigger.

Jeff G · · Colorado · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 1,098
grant N wrote:Clarified what I was trying to say with just shoving them in without pulling the trigger.
why?
grant N · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 1

When talking about how you didn't have to push and pull on a C4 I mentioned it workerd the other way as well. With a C4 you could just push the cam from the bottom of the loop without even putting the triggers and the lobes would contract. when I said this people thought that was how I was placing cams. Rather than point I was trying to make of not needing to apply pressure in both directions like a master cam or x4.

I thought deleting that and rephrasing it from the original post would not lead to the same conclusion of any others that read and posted later.

Caz Drach · · C'Wood, UT · Joined Jun 2013 · Points: 310

picked up a set of Totem basics...loving them and they seem to cover a little more of the gap then the C4 / X4s

grant N · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 1
D-Roc wrote:picked up a set of Totem basics...loving them and they seem to cover a little more of the gap then the C4 / X4s
Thanks for that info D-Roc.
Ted Pinson · · Chicago, IL · Joined Jul 2014 · Points: 252

Yeah, Totem Basics are all the rage right now. A little hard to find (just ordered one from Rock and Snow), but many consider them to be the best small cams on the market. They fill in gaps pretty well with the low C4/X4 range but don't go SUPER small (0.1 X4/00 MC) yet.

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