Totem Watch thread 2018

Ok, you loons...stop posting when full priced totems are for sale in the Great deals thread.  Even blacks.  Here’s a thread for you...go nuts.  Err, cams.

Is this where we banter about the best online deals of 2018?

What’s a Totem Watch? Does it have a heart monitor? Can I sinc it with my Totem cams? Does sincing require full set of Totems? Most importantly, is it compatible with MP?

Fehim Hasecic wrote: What’s a Totem Watch? Does it have a heart monitor? Can I sinc it with my Totem cams? Does sincing require full set of Totems? Most importantly, is it compatible with MP?

I was hoping it would log all vertical gains...

I actually bought two black totems and a purple from Backcountry Gear a couple weeks ago for $89 each. But they've since gone up. 

sport climber here, can you explain why totems are so sought after?

Gerson R wrote: sport climber here, can you explain why totems are so sought after?

They're like bolts, but like, way better.

Gerson R wrote: sport climber here, can you explain why totems are so sought after?

A totem is a special object which has been modified to have a specific, unique quality that only the bearer of the object is familiar with. If the bearer is in their own reality or dream, their totem will have the correct weight, balance, etc., but if they are in someone else's dream, it will have properties assigned to it by the dreamer, who isn't familiar with the totem, and it will feel wrong to the bearer of the totem who is familiar with it. This allows the bearer to test if they are in their own reality or dream, or in a dream created by someone else.

Currently backcountrygear seems to be the only US dealer with totems in stock. I bite my teeth and got two blacks minutes before they were all gone.

https://www.backcountrygear.com/totem-cam-1.html?sku=TOT4T10000-BLUE-0.65&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&adpos=1o1&scid=scplpTOT4T10000-BLUE-0.65&sc_intid=TOT4T10000-BLUE-0.65&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3KzdBRDWARIsAIJ8TMSU8Sw9UU5H6HuzvKR22uIgyJq7Ur27Ds7dsLb4wS8zCabU5IFVdwcaAu_SEALw_wcB

So it seems backcountrygear is marking totems up from msrp now? Or did the msrp go up again?

rock and snow has a few reds and oranges online for 89.95

David Kerkeslager wrote:

A totem is a special object which has been modified to have a specific, unique quality that only the bearer of the object is familiar with. If the bearer is in their own reality or dream, their totem will have the correct weight, balance, etc., but if they are in someone else's dream, it will have properties assigned to it by the dreamer, who isn't familiar with the totem, and it will feel wrong to the bearer of the totem who is familiar with it. This allows the bearer to test if they are in their own reality or dream, or in a dream created by someone else.

This actually explains a lot.  I must always be in someone else's dream, because every time I use one I think, what's the big f@#$ing deal?

Gerson R wrote: sport climber here, can you explain why totems are so sought after?

People want what they can’t have. 

Gerson R wrote: sport climber here, can you explain why totems are so sought after?

Hard to explain without a long post unless you understand cam placement, but put simply the design allows then to be placed in a wider range of crack configurations with a larger margin of error.   They can replace offset cams (cams with 1 side larger than the other for flared cracks) for many people as they can be placed with the lobes unequal.  Aid climbers like them as they can be used for body weight on 1 lobe which means they can fit in tiny spots.

Waiting for any posts about sales

Matt Castelli wrote: Waiting for any posts about sales

You have to look in the Great Online Deals of 2018 thread for those.

Gerson R wrote: sport climber here, can you explain why totems are so sought after?

Nick B wrote:

Aid climbers like them as they can be used for body weight on 1 lobe which means they can fit in tiny spots.

Can you explain this? 

Kevin Mokracek wrote:

Can you explain this? 

I believe he means 2-lobe (i.e. 1 set of lobes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbMSl2BCxpk

Matt B wrote:

I believe he means 2-lobe (i.e. 1 set of lobes)

See Here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbMSl2BCxpk

Oh, I am very familiar with two lobe placements.  Didn’t know if he was.  

Kevin Mokracek wrote:

Oh, I am very familiar with two lobe placements.  Didn’t know if he was.  

Don't be that guy.