slightly more than the company’s popular Ultralight TCU mini cams. Master Cams come in a range of eight color-coded sizes, from 00 to #6, covering widths from. But I have found the dots to be hard to see in most real-world placements. The larger Master Cams have the company’s “Range Finder” system, which is a series of colored dots on the side of the cam wings that are supposed to help you determine if the cam is the right size for the placement. Kevlar cord, instead of cable wire, is employed on the trigger mechanism (The advantage of the Kevlar design, other than a slight weight saving, is that it eliminates the bent-trigger-wire problem common to some cam designs after hard use). Metolius says this problem has been fixed by a slight redesign and some additional manufacturing steps. A retailer I talked to said that a few climbers reported problems with the Kevlar cord pulling out on first-generation Master Cams. I had one concern: The trigger mechanism uses Kevlar cord instead of cable wire. The proof is in the falling, too: Master Cams held all the lead falls I took onto them this season. They seem to fit in tight placements about as well as Aliens and are easy to remove. Plus, they carry CE and UIAA certification, which are baseline safety standards climbers have come to expect.Īfter a season of using Master Cams while climbing at Tahquitz in southern California, Yosemite’s Tuolumne Meadows, Red Rocks in Nevada and other crags, I’m an enthusiastic fan. The new shark fin tooth pattern gives optimized bite in soft rock.Metolius Climbing (has come out with a line of flexible single-stem cams called Master Cams that have a similar design to Aliens but appear a bit beefier. When compared to other brands, the weight savings can be much more.
If you carry a double set of cams, the weight savings is the same as a twelve ounce canned beverage of your choice. The new Ultralight Master Cams are twenty percent lighter than the originals. The Master Cam is a flexible, single-stem unit with an optimized cam angle for increased holding power.
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