C3s Coming Back?

They better not be playing with us 

This might be a bad time to ask, but anyone want to buy my grey c3 for double MSRP?

Was just talking with my buddies about that lol. I picked up my 000 for $20 in like-new condition at the local gear consignment store. Need to sell them for $120 so I can buy a full set of the new ones (C5s?)

Camdon Kay wrote:

Was just talking with my buddies about that lol. I picked up my 000 for $20 in like-new condition at the local gear consignment store. Need to sell them for $120 so I can buy a full set of the new ones (C5s?)

5 lobe cams, for those extra beefy placements

More lobes = more bomber?

The word “found” in the post is odd. You think some intern found a dusty box in storage full of unsold C3s?

Here’s hoping there’s a new production run incoming. For BD it would be like printing straight cash.

Cron wrote:

The word “found” in the post is odd. You think some intern found a dusty box in storage full of unsold C3s?

Here’s hoping there’s a new production run incoming. For BD it would be like printing straight cash.

I worked a temp inventory job for BD. There was available stock showing on the spreadsheets for C3s. I always wondered if they were just around for testing or warranty but I seem to remember something like a few hundred in some of the sizes. I am sure the nylon and packaging will be replaced if that is the case. Who knows. 

Noooo….I planned to sell mine when pricing reached  $1339.99.  The slow creep of trad dad affluence was working for me until BD saw the success of the Bronco relaunch.  Corporate SOBs taking down the little guy. 

Rock and snow for the win 

OK I'll bite - what's so special about C3s?

cubist A wrote:

OK I'll bite - what's so special about C3s?

Nostalgia

Elliot White wrote:

Rock and snow for the win 

Suspicious…tag is not attached.  Let’s see the sling’s date.

Live Perched wrote:

Suspicious…tag is not attached.  Let’s see the sling’s date.

Boom 

Elliot White wrote:

Boom 

Boom…three years old brand new cam…love it.

Truth…laughed out loud.  

cubist A wrote:

OK I'll bite - what's so special about C3s?

I’ve had  Metolius TCU’s for nearly as long as there’s been TCU’s (30-ish years). I’ve not seen a real world difference between using them and C3’s.

TCU’s can nearly always be found on sale for around $50. If you really need a small 3 cam unit, I don’t know why you wouldn’t just get a Metolius?

Also, to be honest, since I’ve gotten the smallest sizes of ULMC’s (grey, purple, and blue) and the smallest offset ULMC’s, I haven’t found a reason to rack my TCU’s. The ULMC’s are actually narrower than the TCU’s.
I do love the larger (orange and red) TCU’s , though. Sometimes they fill roundish pockets like no other cam will…

BD posted on their Instagram they found a pile of new old stock C3s in storage...  they made a video of them being reslung.   Then they were released on the market.  They then posted an hour later that the website went down, and all the C3s sold in 1 hour.  

Alex Ghiggeri wrote:

BD posted on their Instagram they found a pile of new old stock C3s in storage...  they made a video of them being reslung.   Then they were released on the market.  They then posted an hour later that the website went down, and all the C3s sold in 1 hour.  

The Yellow C3 was the last available.  The small black is the most sought after and probably first to sell out.

When we bought our C3s in ‘15, they were recommended by the folks at Rock and Snow, but the strongest recommendation was for the Yellow which fits exceptionally well in pin scars.  The black was least recommended because of its lower strength rating.  

We still rack the Yellow, never bought the Black and the others sit in a drawer waiting for our return to Rogers Rock.

This C3s episode is the best thing to happen on MP for some time.  

Elliot White wrote:

Rock and snow for the win 

You just buy that new?

Alex Ghiggeri wrote:

BD posted on their Instagram they found a pile of new old stock C3s in storage... and all the C3s sold in 1 hour.  

I think grey-red was out in 5-6min, grey-yellow was out in 15ish. At least they did the “limit 1 set” rule…

Mitchell McAuslan wrote:

You just buy that new?

Ya

Live Perched wrote:

The Yellow C3 was the last available.  The small black is the most sought after and probably first to sell out.

When we bought our C3s in ‘15, they were recommended by the folks at Rock and Snow, but the strongest recommendation was for the Yellow which fits exceptionally well in pin scars.  The black was least recommended because of its lower strength rating.  

We still rack the Yellow, never bought the Black and the others sit in a drawer waiting for our return to Rogers Rock.

This C3s episode is the best thing to happen on MP for some time.  

I think you are having totem envy.  There never was a black C3.  yellow, red, green, purple, gray.