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

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.

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.

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.

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.

tcu's are way more durable than the zeros

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.