What useless gear did you by?

adeadhead wrote: My Omega pacific link cam. I'd happily trade with some of you people talking shit about tricams. 

Oh, come on. They're great for ballast if you ever need to weigh down a tent in heavy winds.

Hans Martin wrote: A PAS

more like a faux pas amirite

adeadhead wrote: My Omega pacific link cam. I'd happily trade with some of you people talking shit about tricams. 

I'm down for that trade! My plan:

1. Trade tricam for link cam.
2. Sell link cam in consignment shop.
3. Use consignment money to buy more tricams.

None of the gear I have purchased is useless.  I just have not had a chance to use some yet ... time may change that.

David Kerkeslager wrote: I love using the DMM Rhino with any ATC-style device. Feel free to send it to me.

Lol it is a perfectly fine pear shaped biner and works great with an atc.... It is just annoying with a gri gri.   

As for the spirits, I used to do the back 1/4 thing  but have had them unscrew while using one for guide mode doing that.   It was kind of the final straw.  They just machined the tolerances too light which is a bummer as I love them otherwise.

This is a funny thread, especially considering most people here probably own “climbing pants” which they probably spent more on than any piece of gear and they’re also more useless than any piece. If you have gear and don’t understand how/where/when to use it properly, your obviously going to think it’s a waste of money. Tricam evos are one of the easiest pieces to place, not only that but their range exceeds equivalently sized cams and nuts. Hexes are my favorite, I use hand size BD hexentrics more than I use my C4’s.  Ballnutz are stronger than equivalent sized cams, but require actual technique to place. I have found the Dmm rhino to cross load on lots of devices, so don’t use it for them, it works great with a Tube style ATC. OP Links are also specialty pieces that require actual technique to place, you can’t just plug them in and expect them to hold. No gear I’ve bought is useless, but the gear I’ve bought that I’ve used the least are belay gloves and I only use them when It’s cold.

3" bong.

climbing friend,

most useless: PAS, deadly ATC (or other similar non braking assisted device of tube-tacular style), hexes (so big so shiny so loud so cheap! they did remind me when i was noob many years passing of the great cows roaming the fields by my home near Hammerfall and I could not resist them, however promptly rid myself of their useless presence. the cows they were eaten by the peoples, whose meat eating it is sadly attempting simultaneously destroy the earth and torture the animals while giving themselves heart disease from the meats and the cheeses and also the dreaded limp wang, the arteriosclerosis effects appearing first in this area blood flow restricting, half-erection at most maintaining)

also current research by the Aleks Zebastian Academy of Bold Flash Sciences it is showing strong evidence supporting direct correlation between high noob levels and high amounts of unnecessary gear remaining on the harness, although no causation has yet been proven by the sciencetistas

Climbing friend,
How will you get down from your epic multipitch adventure in which you haul up fat American tourists with one hand while climbing 12c with the other?

Josh Landis wrote: This is a funny thread, especially considering most people here probably own “climbing pants” which they probably spent more on than any piece of gear and they’re also more useless than any piece. If you have gear and don’t understand how/where/when to use it properly, your obviously going to think it’s a waste of money. Tricam evos are one of the easiest pieces to place, not only that but their range exceeds equivalently sized cams and nuts. Hexes are my favorite, I use hand size BD hexentrics more than I use my C4’s.  Ballnutz are stronger than equivalent sized cams, but require actual technique to place. I have found the Dmm rhino to cross load on lots of devices, so don’t use it for them, it works great with a Tube style ATC. OP Links are also specialty pieces that require actual technique to place, you can’t just plug them in and expect them to hold. No gear I’ve bought is useless, but the gear I’ve bought that I’ve used the least are belay gloves and I only use them when It’s cold.

I’ve owned my Pranas for something like 5 years and they are still in perfect shape.  Has easily paid for itself if you consider how many normal pairs of pants I would have trashed and replaced during that time.  Totally worth it IMO.

Josh Landis wrote: This is a funny thread, especially considering most people here probably own “climbing pants” which they probably spent more on than any piece of gear and they’re also more useless than any piece. If you have gear and don’t understand how/where/when to use it properly, your obviously going to think it’s a waste of money. Tricam evos are one of the easiest pieces to place, not only that but their range exceeds equivalently sized cams and nuts. Hexes are my favorite, I use hand size BD hexentrics more than I use my C4’s.  Ballnutz are stronger than equivalent sized cams, but require actual technique to place. I have found the Dmm rhino to cross load on lots of devices, so don’t use it for them, it works great with a Tube style ATC. OP Links are also specialty pieces that require actual technique to place, you can’t just plug them in and expect them to hold. No gear I’ve bought is useless, but the gear I’ve bought that I’ve used the least are belay gloves and I only use them when It’s cold.

My wife probably hates me for it but I wear my Prana pants more than any other pair I own. If I got the same kind of use out of all my "climbing" gear I'd be golden.

djh860 wrote: Wow so many things. Bd c4 size 5 and 6  full set splitter cams  weird wired tri cams from Eastern Europe camp yo yo belay device

You tryna sell that #5 and #6? Cause I'm looking to buy...

Peter J wrote:

You tryna sell that #5 and #6? Cause I'm looking to buy...

Make a reasonable offer

I guess this is a logical direction to take the thread...

Its not like Prana pants are specifically used for climbing, in fact Prana markets their pants as hiking pants, just that the synthetic materials make them ideal for climbing.  If you have a two hour approach hike, would you wear a pair of cotton jeans or synthetic hiking pants? 

Last year there was a kickstarter for climbing specific pants; those are a waste of money.

Josh Landis wrote: Hexes are my favorite, I use hand size BD hexentrics more than I use my C4’s

jg fox wrote: Its not like Prana pants are specifically used for climbing, in fact Prana markets their pants as hiking pants, just that the synthetic materials make them ideal for climbing.  If you have a two hour approach hike, would you wear a pair of cotton jeans or synthetic hiking pants?

Last year there was a kickstarter for climbing specific pants; those are a waste of money.

Yeah, those definitely are, especially if they're expecting people to pay over $100 for them.

cragmantoo wrote:

They do let you edit it. It is great.

jg fox wrote: Its not like Prana pants are specifically used for climbing, in fact Prana markets their pants as hiking pants, just that the synthetic materials make them ideal for climbing.  If you have a two hour approach hike, would you wear a pair of cotton jeans or synthetic hiking pants?

Last year there was a kickstarter for climbing specific pants; those are a waste of money.

Mammut already makes pants and shorts with a built-in harness. Great for pretend free-soloing, as long as you pair it with an invisible rope.

https://us.mammut.com/p/2110-01191-5733/realization-pants-men/

Has anyone seen my stapler...