| Black Diamond Camalot C3
4 out of 5 based on 19 user reviews.
Cred: 40569 | | Review by marks on Mar. 31, 2007 |
| Black Diamond's response to the alien market. The narrow heads allow you to protect pin scars. Thumb catch is excellent for short clipping (aid climbing) and easy placements. |
| 70 dollars a piece this size hurts. |
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Cred: 888 | | Review by ErikW on Aug. 05, 2009 |
| Pin-scar slayer. Ok, not entirely, but it is the best small cam unit out there for everyday narrow placements. Action is smooth and predictable. BD quality control definitely confidence inspiring compared to CCH's problems. Doesn't have the over-camming trap of Mastercams (seen a lot of folks get those stuck). |
| Far too expensive. That said, I bought them.... wasn't comfortable anymore climbing on Aliens. Sometimes the rubber sleeve prevents cam from slotting at perfect angle for downward pulls (rare though). |
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Cred: 2509 | | really solid piece, flexible for various placements, took a fall on the #0 and held bomber. |
| super expensive, not as durable as other options.
my main complaint is that the trigger retracts the lobes about 95% of the way, this causes the cams to get stuck easily if they walk even the slightest bit. They can be very difficult to remove and frequently require a nut tool to move the cams that last 5% to get unstuck. |
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Cred: 881 | | -Very narrow head
-very flexible in horizontals.
-feel really secure
-cam pivots alot around middle lobe while it walks, great for booty'ing gear from people who aren't used to that yet... ;] |
| -not much individual cam manipulation.
-clog with dirt
-expensive |
| aliens and TCU's (and others, i just have experience with these two) |
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Cred: 4460 | | At first I loved these. Great strength for size, small head, and durable. I will keep and continue to use the 0,1 and 2 sizes. |
| After a good year of use I find that they walk a lot and the ridged design torques the cam during a fall. They are decent enough but Metolius has a better design for small cams |
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Cred: 218 | | Stupid narrow head width, best non offset cam for pin scars, durability |
| The trigger wires if they break are a pain to fix |
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Cred: 190 | | These clog with dirt easily, cost a ton, and are Not superior to Metolius |
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Cred: 1073 | | Totally bomber! Look really cool. Really easy to place. |
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Cred: 3 | | strong, small, fits pin scars |
| had a triger wire break on the red while aid climbing |
| tcus, or old aliens if you have them |
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Cred: 2 | | trigger wire on red one broke the second time i used it! and not even from falling on it!!! just somehow popped off i can't for the life of me fix the damn thing b/c of the way it was put together. and now that i look at its construction, i wonder how strong or durable it really is... |
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Cred: 52 | | thumb hole is amazing, easy to place. BD end of story |
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Cred: 6 | | pretty good and quite reassuring when you have a tiny crack that nothing else fits in |
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Cred: 21 | | narrow head with enough metal contact |
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Cred: 11 | | Good for small placements. |
| Flexible but could use improvement. |
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Cred: 10 | | Reliable and tough great holding strength and placements |
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Cred: 9 | | I feel great every time I place one |
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Cred: 99 | | Walk without extending placement. |
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