Most used tricam sizes

Garry R wrote: That's an unusual no.4 nutstory, never seen one like that. I have a no.5 and sometimes bring it, but my 4 with just one lightening hole feels like a clunker.

I suspect that it is a prototype.

Max R wrote:

Man, I would so NOT fall on that - there's (almost?) nothing anchoring the fulcrum/stinger/point. And it's undercammed.

Double pink red, then get a single black blue and purple, simple and easy.

Single set from pink through violet (0.5-2.5) are awesome for slab in the NE

Garry R wrote: I carry a set of the  Black, Pink, Red and Brown Evos on one oval but place the Pink more than the rest combined.

As to all the negging Tricams get...yes, they can be hard to clean, but the Evos are super easy to place one handed in camming mode, plus they have one more passive option than the regular ones. Why do they even make the old style?

It’s not a huge deal, but the pink evo is rated for 8kN in cam mode, while the regular pink is 9kN. Not like anyone is taking 9kN whippers regularly/ever, but it’s still an advantage, I guess, over the new design.

Hson P wrote:

It’s not a huge deal, but the pink evo is rated for 8kN in cam mode, while the regular pink is 9kN. Not like anyone is taking 9kN whippers regularly/ever, but it’s still an advantage, I guess, over the new design.

I don't understand what would account for that difference...

BTW Have you placed the Evos? Ten times easier to place and twice as easy to clean.

Garry R wrote:

I don't understand what would account for that difference...

BTW Have you placed the Evos? Ten times easier to place and twice as easy to clean.

No idea. It could just be a slight variation in the testing/reporting method. I’m guessing that both versions fail at the axle. I only have the Evo, but I’ve placed/cleaned plenty of the original kind, back when I climbed at the gunks. The original kind certainly looks beefier, but I can’t see why it would actually be stronger. Maybe it’s not.

Blue Collar Climbing wrote: Pink gets placed the most, but if I only carried one it would be the wee black.

Someone rang? 

nutstory wrote:

Tricam variation

And, unfortunately, I missed this fascinating #4...

Wow that true purple #2 and that #4.

Blue Collar Climbing wrote: Pink gets placed the most, but if I only carried one it would be the wee black.

Black evo is the new pink!

Garry R wrote:

I don't understand what would account for that difference...

BTW Have you placed the Evos? Ten times easier to place and twice as easy to clean.

The new standard ones are also stiff slings in smaller sizes, not just the evos

Mike wrote:

The new standard ones are also stuff slings in smaller sizes, not just the evos

The one advantage to the floppy sling is that the placement is less likely to dislodge. Now there's nothing to recommend the standard ones; is there?

Gunkiemike wrote:

Man, I would so NOT fall on that - there's (almost?) nothing anchoring the fulcrum/stinger/point. And it's undercammed.

Aid piece ;) Held great. Made a C3 pitch feel C1

Pink and black always seem to get used.  Next red.  Rarely brown.  I use the orange (5) and yellow (6) for anchors on quartzite frequently enough to keep them around.  But 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4: have gone out of my way to try to place them . . . and they still never seem to work.  The green one I have a special antipathy for . . . son of a bitch seems like it SHOULD fit so many places and never does.  #7 is too big for anything but I like it as museum piece . . . pull it out at cocktail parties.  The only one I don't own is the white.  I don't aid climb so it never seemed worth it.  I should probably get one just so I can say I have a full set.

For around $100 it would seem this thread would indicate the CAMP Evo  quad-pack of black to brown is probably not a bad investment.  Sink the pink or black one when you need it and get the tricasm and it is well worth the Benjamin!

Two more interesting questions for me in terms of sizing:

Has anyone "stacked" the larger sizes (5,6,7) effectively?

Who has had the cajones to place tricams when ICE climbing?  That just seems absolutely nuts to me, but apparently they work like gangbusters on ice in the right conditions.

If someone on here has stacked them while ice-climbing, do tell!  You win, I think!

Garry R wrote:

The one advantage to the floppy sling is that the placement is less likely to dislodge. Now there's nothing to recommend the standard ones; is there?

I like the wider fulcrum. I think it gives more stability is some placements. 

Mike wrote:

I like the wider fulcrum. I think it gives more stability is some placements. 

Fair nuff but I find the pointier fulcrum better for irregular rock like limestone. 

The wider fulcrum could account for the higher rating...

I've never stacked them or placed them against ice like in this ad (ya that looks nuts),  but I've used them a lot in mungy pockets and cracks that would have for sure spit out a cam.

Something else in their favour: the black, pink and red trio weigh the same as a BD .4. Given the choice, I know which I'd pick.

In probably place black the most followed by pink and red. 

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Those would be my top three placed in order. But... I. Love. Every. Single. One.