Re slinging old BD cams with powercord

Good Idea?

if you look on BD's site it discusses why their method of slinging (that little extra fold thingy on the C4's) is stronger than using just a webbing/cordage loop. i send mine in to get reslung by them but i mean, powercord will work fine...

I have no problem with THIS

not a good idea

read this:
blackdiamondequipment.com/e…

my take home point:
1)just send it to BD for a re-sling

Do you guys even read the link you keep posting from?

What generation "old" camalot is it? That will determine the answer.

just like the one in that picture

JohnnyG wrote:not a good idea read this: blackdiamondequipment.com/e… my take home point: 1)just send it to BD for a re-sling

This doesn't make sense to me. It seems like the bartack/knot would be just as likely to jam into the thumb stud with a single loop of cord/sling as with a doubled loop. Right? I mean, either way, the sling is free to rotate and could end up with the knot at the stud. As long as you are conscientious of where the knot is when you extend, it seems like it would be fine to me. BD's just on that resling hustle.

Kody Spencer wrote:just like the one in that picture

Then you have your answer. Go with what John Wilder and Gunkiemike said.
That old style Camalot might even take 1" tubular webbing. That's what the old rigid stem Friends were slung with.

The new style Camalots with the thumb loop should be re-slung by BD, imo.

sanz wrote: This doesn't make sense to me. It seems like the bartack/knot would be just as likely to jam into the thumb stud with a single loop of cord/sling as with a doubled loop. Right? I mean, either way, the sling is free to rotate and could end up with the knot at the stud. As long as you are conscientious of where the knot is when you extend, it seems like it would be fine to me. BD's just on that resling hustle.

Well, if you double loop it, then you have to have enough play in the sling for doubling to work, which means a large enough loop for the sling to side. Then, you risk having the bartack jamming up in there,which is not ideal. They actually use very small, separate loops on the DMM Dragons just so they can keep the doubled sling. The sling loop on an old-style Camalot is too big for the problem to be avoided.