Test drive Totem Cam's

I wrote up a review of the Totem Cams: pullharder.org/2010/09/05/t…

It took me many hours to complete the review, so I'm just linking to it instead of reposting and reformatting.

Josh

Sorry to revive this thread but... I will like to get an update on the durability of these cams in a long term point of view. (If possible...)

bobmirko wrote:Sorry to revive this thread but... I will like to get an update on the durability of these cams in a long term point of view. (If possible...)

This is just my experience but I've had my Totems since probably March or early April. From March to July i used them 2-3 times a week, August to now maybe once every week or two. I've used them on quite a few C1 aid pitches and free pitches. So far the thing everyone has been afraid of, the load bearing wires, are holding up fine. There isn't much exposure of the load bearing wires, and the part of the wires that are exposed are nowhere near being in contact with anything (usually). They've been wearing down almost equivalently to the wire on a stopper. The lobes are wearing down just slightly faster than a camalot, but camalots are pretty durable so that's saying a lot. And then the webbing is, well, webbing. It wears down as expected. Overall I think it's WAY more durable than people thought it would be.

Thanks for the reply. This is great info to have.