| CAMP USA Tri-Cams
4.5 out of 5 based on 47 user reviews.
Cred: 40569 | | Review by marks on Mar. 31, 2007 |
| These babies slide right into horizontal cracks where only cams can normally protect at a fraction of the weight or the cost. They can also protect pockets. I recommend the smallest sizes. |
| They are not appropriate for every where. Talk to your local climbers to see if these guys are appropriate. People tend to either love tricams are never use them. |
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Cred: 507 | | Brilliant. Lightweight, easy to place, and able to find a home in the most unlikely places. The little tri-cams are the most under-rated piece of climbing kit going around. |
| The big tr-cams are heavy and not as secure when placed. |
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Cred: 4460 | | These beat SLCD (cams) in vertical cracks and pockets due to the completely flexible sling as apposed to semi-flexible stem of a cam. Plus weight and price shaving compared to cams. Smallest sizes are the most useful, I use pink on almost ever route in eldo. |
| The must be set carefully or the could giggle loose |
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Cred: 1096 | | Awesome in horizontals and pockets.
Unique in that they are passive and active. They have there uses but not for every route out there. I save them for specific routes |
| Take some fiddling with and don't always place the fastest. |
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Cred: 1306 | | Review by MikePB on Feb. 27, 2011 |
| A must have for New England Climbing. If you are climbing Whitehorse they are required. Fits were other will not. I would only get the smaller sizes. |
| Not as fast placement as cams. Tags wear off in about 2 seconds. |
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Cred: 1250 | | i recently bought the 1-4 set of these and it cost me what it would for a single SLCD! these things are also lightweight. |
| not as strong in the passive placement. for example, the # .5 is 11KN in active placement and 6KN in passive placement. |
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Cred: 262 | | There is nothing like placing a solid tricam into a placement that otherwise might be unprotectable. These babies exude confidence and I don't ever leave them behind. |
| Learn how to place them while your feet are still on the ground. Placing them actively requires an understanding of how they work. |
| Nothing can be considered a good alternative to these wonderful pieces of pro. |
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Cred: 24 | | Review by galong on Dec. 30, 2010 |
| I live in southern Thailand and thus climb limestone almost exclusively. These are about the best gear possible for this rock. They stick well and fit well. They're light and definitely affordable. I have several of each of the smaller sizes as small cracks and pockets dominate limestone. |
| Sometimes they can get stuck in weird positions and be difficult to clean, but this could happen to any pro. |
| Certain types of nuts work well in limestone too. I wouldn't call them an alternative, but I would call them an addition. Lowe Ballz and Ball Nuts are a nice alternative, but a lot more pricey. |
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Cred: 594 | | They work in lots of awkward spots where its hard to make a good cam placement. |
| They are tricky to place, especially if you've only got one hand free. |
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Cred: 815 | | I've recently become a believer. They're cheap, light, don't take up much rack space, and fit where nits and cams don't. Get the .5 and 1. |
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Cred: 484 | | Rock solid and useful, haven't placed them much but do like them. |
| One of them is pink, that's the worst thing I can say. |
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Cred: 663 | | Super Versatile, Get Pinks for Gunks! |
| Tricky for First Timers, Odd Webbing for a Couple Years There... |
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Cred: 2509 | | any time any where (mostly). They fit in so many placements and cover such a wide range with little weight and much less expensive than cams. What else protects in pockets? |
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Cred: 23 | | Review by Ammmy on Apr. 05, 2008 |
| Fit places were it seems like nothing else can. great for horizontals. can be placed passive or active. Fairly cheap. |
| Make sure the person following you knows how to clean tricams, haha |
| cant wait for the two new sizes! |
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Cred: 32 | | They do their job and find their way to my gear loops pretty often. My first ever trad fall was on a black tri-cam in a dubious placement, and I've been a big fan ever since. |
| You have to make sure they settle well when placing them in the camming mode. |
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Cred: 30 | | Wouldn't dream of leaving the ground without them. Incredibly versatile. |
| Just need to make sure that you're really comfortable with your tri-cam placements...you may occasionally need to build an opposing placement to keep the piece cammed but they usually set right into the rock and hold forever, then pop right out without any trouble when you want to clean them. |
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Cred: 289 | | Great for horizontal cracks, such as the eyebrows at looking glass rock, NC. Strong, oldschool, and cool. |
| Not as versatile as a cam, but works better sometimes, so many times they get left home. |
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Cred: 2643 | | Tricky little creations. I know a guy who takes a couple of these caving with him in case he wants to go check out a lead. |
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Cred: 844 | | Great piece of gear to have. I love these little guys and they sure beat carrying around a bunch of cow bells or extra cams to augment a rack without adding a ton of weight. |
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Cred: 14 | | bomber feel when placed correctly. fit in places other camming devices fail. no moving parts to break or worry about. |
| not as easy to use as a cam at first but with practice they become easier. |
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Cred: 29 | | Awesome piece of gear. Really need to know how to use it before you get high up on the wall. |
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Cred: 454 | | both active and passive, very versatile |
| be wary of learning how to place them |
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Cred: 601 | | super versatile. Can come in handy to protect pockets when cracks aren't available. |
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Cred: 5 | | Great for use at the Gunks, where there is a bunch of horizontals that take these up easily. Easy to place once you know how to. |
| May be tricky for your follower to remove if inexperienced. |
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Cred: 274 | | One of the greatest inventions for Trad climbing |
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Cred: 30 | | Once placed, solid protection. I love them. |
| Hard to clean, can be hard to place. |
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Cred: 52 | | takes more skill to place effectivly |
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Cred: 464 | | for some placements .. there are no alternatives |
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Cred: 557 | | Haven't placed gear yet, but the boy likes them and it's nice to have doubles on trips |
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Cred: 31 | | when nothing else fits these babys do |
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Cred: 24 | | Easy to get solid placement in horizontal cracks |
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Cred: 68 | | Good versatility of placements, light weight, cost effective |
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Cred: 10 | | Fit some placements where slcd will not work. Great for horizontal cracks. |
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Cred: 62 | | cheap, easy to use, indispensible on some climbs |
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Cred: 99 | | Takes lots of practice to place quickly. |
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Cred: 46 | | Haven't got much use out of them |
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Cred: 169 | | great for the gunks, light |
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