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What’s up with totem sizes

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Matt Relph · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2021 · Points: 0

I was looking at the sizes on totems website and they seem so off. They are saying the blue totem is .65! No way that things as big as my .3

Bryan · · Minneapolis, MN · Joined Apr 2015 · Points: 482

Blue totem is the same as a 0.3, yellow is 0.4, purple is 0.5, green is 0.75, red is 1. Black is a little smaller than a red c3 I think.

Matt Relph · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2021 · Points: 0

Thanks Bryan yeah I’m not sure what their website was on about. Wack. 

Igor Chained · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2016 · Points: 110

I'd say same size as C4 with a greater range.

They are bomber! You can definitely feel a difference when your piece doesn't move when you yank on it.

Matt Relph · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2021 · Points: 0

Yeah! I have the blue and orange i love them! Got the orange for $40 :). This post wasn’t so much for the sizes i could always just size them to my friends just confused about why the website says .5 for blue and so on! 

Nate A · · SW WA · Joined Aug 2018 · Points: 0

It’s because BD cams have no relation to reality in their sizes. A blue totem is generally the same size as a blue c4, around .65 inches, despite being referred to as a .3. The totem sizes are not well known but they are a better label in reference to their size.

Also look at cam-parison.com

It has a lot of info. 

Matt Z · · Bozeman, MT · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 179

The BD sizing does not transfer directly to actual measurements. The .5 BD does not fit a .5” crack. On the flip side, the stated Totem sizing is closer to actual crack measure.

Igor Chained · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2016 · Points: 110

I guess it's a Spanish thing

The only way to experience a totem is when you place it and get those warm feelings from that placement.

Delaney Bray-Stone · · Kimberley, BC · Joined Aug 2018 · Points: 122

Cam-parison.com

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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