What colour biner for offset cams?

Wondering how others color code their offset cams for racking?  I typically climb with bd cams and have a color matching neutrino for each which makes grabbing the right cam simple.  

Not sure what color biner to put on my offset cams to avoid confusion.  Curious what others do here...

Two biners per cam. One of each color makes the most sense (opposite and opposed of course).

I use silver/grey rack for offsets, but I stripe the top of the 'biner with the two offset sizes using cheap nail polish. It introduces a bit of upkeep, but it makes it very easy to see my sizes and options at a glance.

I just make sure I use an offset biner

Spray paint.

Doesn't matter.  But if you think it really really does, use the color there ISN'T on the sling.  That'll help keep it straight from the other cam of that color 

JeffL wrote: Doesn't matter.  But if you think it really really does, use the color there ISN'T on the sling.  That'll help keep it straight from the other cam of that color 

this works with metolius and totem basic (and makes most sense, IMO)... but not with BD, unfortunately. Alas, if you have BD, as others have said, not that big of a deal, unless you're climbing at such a high level that you need the right cam NOW!...and then, in that case, you can prob figure out which cam is which without even looking, so color is (mostly) moot.

Black racking biner.  Since I don't have a black totem it doesn't clash with anything else and it's clear that they're different than the rest.

I also go with black biners on the offsets. Works fine for me, however I rarely carry more than three of them at a time so they aren't a large part of my rack.

Petzl Ange L's are amazing, and really stand out color wise, or at least the dark grey ones. I wish they'd make those is racking colors, I'd only buy them.

I've found colored racking biners aren't really about helping me pick the correct cam, it's more about making it easy to put the cams back in the correct place to stay organized. For non-offsets I like two different brands of each size in the smaller sizes because they each may fit different placements a little better. e.g. a black totem and a blue metolius. When I put them away, because the brands are usually a little different in size, rather than having to compare them visually to see where they go, but then see one is a tiny bit bigger and think "maybe this is the next size up?" I know if they both have black biners they belong together.

I pefer to rack offsets seperately in their own group. That way if I see a placement that needs an offset it's easier to find the correct one. i.e. I look a the placement then look at my offsets and it's easy to see the correct size one, vs. if they're mixed in between regular cams. I use the biner color for the larger sized lobes. If you wanted to get fancy you could put a piece of tape or nail polish for the color of the smaller sized lobes on the top of the biner, that would identify them as offsets withouth having to look at the cam itself (so it would be a little quicker when re-racking). And if you had multiple sets of offsets it would be easier to keep them organized as I mention above.

Glowering wrote: I've found colored racking biners aren't really about helping me pick the correct cam, it's more about making it easy to put the cams back in the correct place to stay organized. 

+ 1.

Similarly for multipitch when passing gear around. It's pretty quick to know what's what, pick the size you want, etc.

The other use I find while climbing (even single pitches) is that when you get to a rest, easier section, it's easier to take stock of whatever you have left on your harness. Maybe some people are 100% reliable to do all this in their head, but I'm not. So one look at each side tells me in an instant what I have left, any doubles I can easily spare, missing sizes etc.

White 'biners for offsets, because white contains all the colors of the spectrum. But never after Labor Day... that would be a faux pas. 

Colour.... hmmmmm.  How many COLOUR'S are there to choose from?  the obvious answer is to use a quick link instead.  Eliminates confusion and prevents the cam from accidentally falling off your harness.  

orange

or black

I now have Miniwires on all of my cams and use pink for offsets.

Biner colour should be the blend of the two cam colours.

E.g.
Yellow/blue metolius offset = green.
Blue/silver BD offset = blue steel.

black, otherwise they will fail

I agree with the comment that the colored biners are for racking convenience and I agree that it's easier to take stock of remaining cams at a rest stance.  I use BD cams and BD offset cams.  I rack the offsets with the larger cam size color.  For example, I rack the green/purple BD offset with a green biner.  The idea being that a green/purple offset and .75 cam could potentially be used in the same sized placement.

Franck Vee wrote:

Similarly for multipitch when passing gear around. It's pretty quick to know what's what, pick the size you want, etc.

It's kind of like marking your gear with tape, nail polish, etc. it's really about making sorting out your gear and your partner's gear easier at the end of the day.

But then again sometimes there's a new biner that never got marked and at the end of the day your like "who's is this? I think it may be mine" and your partner thinks the same thing. LOL.