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Metolius Appreciation thread
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I don't own a huge amount of metolius gear. A full run of tcus... a nut tool, a hangboard. But every interaction I've had with this company has exceeded my expectations. Their gear is all high quality, Their cam resling service is the best, hands down. Cleaned and polished , lubed and reslung for $3... I wish they would do all my gear. I recently had a 0tcu with some issues... the little plastic spacers (o-rings?) between the lobes and cables somehow turned to goop. Maybe the lube I used is the culprit... I admitted that could be it, but they didn't care, and they repaired it free of charge. It's an 11 year old cam. I had some further discussion about other products and feedback with them, and got a suprise box of swag in the mail. I'll be reviewing some of their Bravo carabiners soon. |
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I've had similar experiences, they are the best. I have become a full-on Metolius hype boy when asked about their products, cams especially. |
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I love me some UL Mastercams |
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Best customer service of any company Ive ever delt with. Reslung 12 cams for 3$ ea. ($36) compared to BD $8 ($96) , washes your cams in a sonic bath returning your babies to you all sexy. Additionally, I had a cam with a nylon trigger cable that got cut and since they couldnt replace it they sent me a brand new cam.. FNcraycray. |
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I love UL powercams. They are so light and hold so well and are so durable. There are some cams that are objectively better, but these still give me the most confidence, almost like a sinker nut. Also great customer service. |
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+2 thumbs up! For similar reasons mentioned above. |
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I greatly prefer TCU to the new ultralight master cam, they are a hard cam to place when you are at all pumped. TCUs are work horses, really good in blue-orange size. They are also virtually the same weight as the master cam. Prefer the discontinued C3 or original master cam for the size below blue, and dragons for bigger sizes. |
Jon Rhoderick wrote: I greatly prefer TCU to the new ultralight master cam, they are a hard cam to place when you are at all pumped. TCUs are work horses, really good in blue-orange size. They are also virtually the same weight as the master cam. Prefer the discontinued C3 or original master cam for the size below blue, and dragons for bigger sizes. Just out of curiosity: Do you activate the triggers by compressing them with your fingers and the tip/end of your thumb or the meat of your thumb? Since there is no thumb loop on the new UL Mastercams, I do the latter and have never had a problem placing when pumped. |
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I've had a similar experience with Metolious. I sent back some gummed up, janky TCUs and they came back looking new. |
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Bump for this thread, and for the burgers at the Camp Sherman store! |
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there's nothing quite like sinking their bomber cam lobes in a bomber crack. i prefer them over the bd X4's in the finger sizes. The black ultralight mastercam #5, which i have as a double to the bd .75, is possibly my overall favorite cam... the range finder and the sticky cam lobes have strong bite and set just so. |
Danny wrote: does anyone here wear any of their harnesses, and have any opinions to share there? i need to get a new harness to looking at metolius offerings... I have the Safetec Deluxe. I've been pretty happy with it. One of the (not structural) straps that connects the leg loop to the waist band started fraying fairly quickly after I got it, but I just taped it up and kept climbing. |
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I broke the cam stops on my zero Master Cam and Metolius replaced the lobes, cleaned/lubed the cam and replaced the sling at no charge. They are great to work with. mountainproject.com/forum/t… |
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The first cam I ever owned was a yellow mastercam bootied off chapel pond slab in the Adirondacks. I sent it to metolius for inspection and they reslung and cleaned it for no charge. I love the small mastercams. Great company great gear! |
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All I gotta say is... Mastercams #3 (orange?) and below are my favorite cams ever. |
Peter T wrote: The first cam I ever owned was a yellow mastercam bootied off chapel pond slab in the Adirondacks. I sent it to metolius for inspection and they reslung and cleaned it for no charge. I love the small mastercams. Great company great gear! Sounds like a magical experience. Great climb AND great booty! |
Nathaniel Dray wrote: All I gotta say is... Mastercams #3 (orange?) and below are my favorite cams ever. Oh, but the red (#4) and black (#5) are so good too! |
Danny wrote: there's nothing quite like sinking their bomber cam lobes in a bomber crack. i prefer them over the bd X4's in the finger sizes. The black ultralight mastercam #5, which i have as a double to the bd .75, is possibly my overall favorite cam... the range finder and the sticky cam lobes have strong bite and set just so. I've made several converts out of people because of the red mastercam, it seems like it would just be useless because of the size overlap with the green BD, but it's narrowness makes it so good all the time. |
Clarke Conant wrote: Bump for this thread, and for the burgers at the Camp Sherman store! what about parilla after a long smith day? |
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The really great thing about Metolius is that when you call over there, or send something over there, it doesn’t get lost into a giant bureaucracy of a company. Whoever answers the phone or is dealing with your gear is going to be a climber who understands your problem and can deal with it, or can get you really quickly to a person who can deal with it. |
Danny wrote: Totally solid harnesses. Not minimalist by any means, but total confidence inspiring workhorses. Best gear loops ever. |
