Cams - BD vs Wild Country Tech Friends

Post by **Andrew** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:18 pm

The two or three largest sizes in the WC Zeros are awesome.

Post by **Sketch** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:09 pm

I've had both BD cams and Wild Country cams for about 10 years now. I've had to replace the trigger wires on a few BD cams at 4 or 5 times but the triggers on my WC's are still going strong.

Post by **dhoyne** » Fri May 19, 2006 12:11 pm

If I had to do it all again, I'd get Metolius TCUs (double on the yellow, red, and orange sizes, one of the blue and gray) for small stuff, a set of nuts, a set of tri-cams up to 3, and Camalots for the rest.

Post by **ReluctantHoosier** » Fri May 19, 2006 12:27 pm

I went with the Camalots (.5 through 4 with doubles on 1, 2, 3) to supplement nuts, tri-cams, and hexes. Real happy so far but definitely need some small cams. Leaning towards some WC Zeros.

Post by **lordjim_2001** » Fri May 19, 2006 12:39 pm

FYI, WC is coming out with a longer stemed version of the Zeros. I think that they are around but you might have to hunt a little harder for them.

Post by **hearn** » Fri May 19, 2006 1:19 pm

tcu's are way more durable than the zeros

Post by **Bashie** » Fri May 19, 2006 8:28 pm

Don't forget about the forged friends. This is really the most bang for the buck. $28 at pagan gear. Yeah, tech friends may be better for #1 and smaller, where the stem can get jammed, but for 1.5 and up, this isn't really an issue. If I had it to do over, I would get #1, #2 camalots, perhaps doubles, then a set of forged friends 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4. Cut the sling off of the end, and tie on a loop of spectra 5.5 mm cord in the little hole near the cams. BD camalot juniors are really junk(in terms of durability) compared to this forged friend setup - WC forged lasts forever- just change the spectra every 10 years. And this tied-off friend system is the best to prevent "walking". The BD #5 camalot rocks for big cracks.