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are non forged tri-cams inappropriate?

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mcp · · tallahassee · Joined Dec 2012 · Points: 5

i've been advised that non forged tri-cams are inappropriate for s.e. climbing? thanks for any input.

Khoi · · Vancouver, BC · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 45

Huh?

Khoi · · Vancouver, BC · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 45

Do you mean Tricams or spring-loaded camming devices?

wivanoff · · Northeast, USA · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 674

Likely the Tri-Cams that are larger than 3.5
Instead of being forgings, they are assemblies of riveted heavy gauge sheet metal.

"Inappropriate" probably because of the size.

scott cooney · · La Casa Taco · Joined Feb 2011 · Points: 85

he's pretty much running the same thread here and looks like it started as a thread of him trying to buy some tri's for SE climbing and another poster told him anything bigger than a non forged tri is inappropriate, so he's trying to figure out what that means....

Brian Hudson · · Jasper, TN · Joined Dec 2010 · Points: 95

Of course they're inappropriate, naughty little buggers...sticking their pointy parts where they don't belong...they're basically the social pariahs of climbing gear. For some strange reason they always seem to end up racked on their own gear loop. Totally inappropriate.

mcp · · tallahassee · Joined Dec 2012 · Points: 5

size wise forge work better, got it ,thanks

Devin Fin · · DURANGO · Joined Jan 2010 · Points: 3,725

social pariahs +1

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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