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Worst/Least used piece of gear you own
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What’s your least used or most disliked piece of gear you own? The piece that sits in your closet that never sees the day of light. The piece you absolutely have no use for or is just god awful. The one that every time you put on your harness to spice things up, you wonder what the f$&k you were thinking. That piece you’d never recommend. The blight of your rack, but some reason you hold onto. |
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yellow link cam comes to mind |
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Probably the Mammut Smart. Its not that its a bad piece of equipment, it works well and as advertised, I just kinda forget about it. |
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Rope-X. Seriously though, maybe the largest classic BD Stopper. A like-sized ULMC weighs about the same. I would've answered a reslung SMC Camlock that my trad mentor gifted me ten years ago, but I bear it no malice. |
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My double rack of C3s |
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“…the one that every time you put on your harness…” I’m reminded literally every time I put on my harness of the piece of equipment I hate the most because it is the harness itself. Well, more precisely, the waist buckle on the harness—the actual harness is fine. But that damn waist buckle! It’s one of those you have to double back and it’s a pain in the ass to get it tight then get the end re-inserted back through the buckle. I hate it. I won’t buy another harness that requires you to double back the webbing in the buckle. |
Daniel Joder wrote: You’ll be disappointed to know that the quick buckles creep loose. Stick with a double back, it stays put. |
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Gear sling. Bought it and NEVER use it |
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The BD #11 (big purp) and #10 hexes. I bought them for cheap, second hand for use in large water grooves in NC granite. They just sit in my gear bin though because I don’t want to drag them 3+ miles through rhododendron thickets to actually use them. |
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BD ATC Pilot belay device…. Always end up going with a regular ATC or grigri |
Daniel Joder wrote: Do people really fully unthread their harness buckles? I've never quite understood this complaint. |
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Offset BD 0.3/0.4 X4. Every other offset and oddball cam gets used a few times a year, but that one just never fits anything. |
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I've luckily done a pretty good job at buying good gear, but if I had to name a piece, it'd probably be the shorty black diamond quick draws. The carabiners on them are small enough that it makes it a pain to clip or unclip it from anything and its so short that it doesn't really do anything for rope drag. |
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The metolius mini carabiners. Horrible if you have a hand larger than a 10 year old. |
Climb On wrote: Ditto, I’ve received a couple as gifts and I can’t imagine using them for anything serious. Instantly relegated to shoe clipping duty for me |
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micro z4 cams |
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Gear sling. Used it once and hated it. For a while, when I didn't have much, it was an OK way to organize gear. Now it just sits at the bottom of the bin. |
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Big ol’ green tricam. I think I’ve placed it once |
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Many years ago a regular partner would try to hand me his set of Ball Nuts at multipitch changeovers. I’d refuse, saying I’d be less scared of the runout than I would relying on one of those things. He’d bust my chops, promising to “teach me to use them one day.” A couple years later he was working a route and hanging 12 feet off the ground on his only piece, a ball nut. Apparently he shifted the piece as he sussed out the route with his feet pushing hard against the face. The piece popped, he flew backwards in dramatic fashion and knocked the wind out of himself when he landed flat on his back. He quit climbing and offered me his entire set of Ball Nuts. I hate them. |
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Z4 0.2 cam. Has the worst action. You have to pull so darn hard to retract it. |
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The largest two or three BD nuts - I stopped taking them with me entirely. I've found plenty of placements for the largest DMM offset nut though. I think I've used my #6 only once or twice, but there isn't a ton of side climbing around me. |
