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The Alpine
Big Wall climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 12, 2012 - 12:12pm PT
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jul 12, 2012 - 12:13pm PT
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They have pretty beads on them.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Jul 12, 2012 - 12:24pm PT
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Oh boy...so much want
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Amicus
Ice climber
Bernal Flats, CA
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Jul 12, 2012 - 12:55pm PT
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Like.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Jul 12, 2012 - 12:59pm PT
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Someone please check how they work for pin scars.
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kev
climber
A pile of dirt.
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Jul 12, 2012 - 01:32pm PT
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I wonder what they're using as material for the lobes. One of the kick ass things about aliens are the soft lobe metal which really bites the rock well.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Jul 12, 2012 - 01:34pm PT
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Chinese-made POS.
I'll stick with the real thing.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jul 12, 2012 - 03:10pm PT
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Yeah it's too bad BD is a Chinese company.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Jul 12, 2012 - 03:12pm PT
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Chinese. Sh#t,
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Jul 12, 2012 - 03:25pm PT
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You're really gonna ask that question, huh?
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Jul 12, 2012 - 03:27pm PT
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I'm just sayin....i never question them. I sure someone posted a picture of one bent when they took a 70 foot fall... But hey I'm open, inform me!
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jul 12, 2012 - 03:27pm PT
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I don't like BD moving to China. I do my best not to buy their products.
Prefer to spend on American companies that hire American climbers and workers.. Then if not possible I'll buy from companies in countries that pay their employees well.
I doubly hate buying from expat companies that move to make a buck and in doin so say.. f*#k America.
Call me stupid if ya like.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Jul 12, 2012 - 03:28pm PT
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Prefer to spend on American companies that hire American climbers and workers.. Then if not possible I'll buy from companies in countries that treat pay their employees well.
That i respect. I just don't think that the actual product is crap
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tornado
climber
lawrence kansas
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Jul 12, 2012 - 03:29pm PT
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You can buy metolius master cams that are made in the U.S.A. by climbers or you can buy Chinese stuff made in a factory where the people making it could give a rat's ass about climbing.
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MoonGoon
climber
canadistan
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Jul 12, 2012 - 03:49pm PT
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Looks like a carbon copy of Metolius Master Cams. All the way down to the thumb loop and kevlar trigger thread.
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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Jul 12, 2012 - 03:57pm PT
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Looks like a carbon copy of Metolius Master Cams. All the way down to the thumb loop and kevlar trigger thread.
It also looks like they are using a dyneema sling too, I remember reading somewhere that they thought the cable pinched skinny slings too much and they would only use nylon slings on their cams.
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fsck
climber
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Jul 12, 2012 - 03:58pm PT
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You can buy metolius master cams that are made in the U.S.A. by climbers or you can buy Chinese stuff made in a factory where the people making it could give a rat's ass about climbing.
iso9000
i worked in manufacturing at BD when camalots were being "american made" at the factory in salt lake and i guarantee you not one of the workers on the camalot line was a climber or gave one single f*#k about climbing.
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Adamame
climber
Santa Cruz
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Jul 12, 2012 - 04:02pm PT
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BD should just use the factory in China that already makes those Petzl knockoffs. More experienced workers at that one.
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