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The Master Cam finding a home in some sandstone a little small

Summary: The Master Cam finding a home in some sandstone a little small for the crack but hey it s yellow Photo C Cauble The second issue seems to be with the trigger assembly This issue seems to be composed of two issues the actual assembly of the trigger and the width of the assembly that might compromise a placement of one of the smaller units After placing the Blue Master cam in several shallow and deep placements I can safely say that the trigger assembly width is simply not an issue at all thanks to the extension spring that Metolius wrapped around the cable pushing the trigger assembly down the stem another three quarters of an inch or so I of course must reserve comment on the two smallest Master Cams as they are not available as of yet As to the trigger assembly I can see the concern the unit doesn t bend horizontally as well as it does vertically The trigger assembly is a sheath design though so it bends easier than a U stem but it is definitely not as flexible as the Alien in this regard However it does bend so it s not like the unit won t work and if you re planning on climbing something with lots of horizontals I d suggest using one of those other really nice cams that Metolius makes that work great in horizontal placements The first comment is that they can be difficult to clean if the cam is bent at all while in the crack I did my best to replicate this outside placing it in tight corners cleaning it from tight corners and I have to say that I couldn t replicate it I did notice that if the cam is bent severely pulling the trigger is impossible but if the cam is bent so severely that this happens the placement is probably not ideal and I d look for something else This may be a limitation of the cam but it s a small one in my opinion The Master Cam finding a home in some sandstone a little small for the crack but hey it s yellow Photo C Cauble The second issue seems to be with the trigger assembly This issue seems to be composed of two issues the actual assembly of the trigger and the width of the assembly that might compromise a placement of one of the smaller units After placing the Blue Master cam in several shallow and deep placements I can safely say that the trigger assembly width is simply not an issue at all thanks to the extension spring that Metolius wrapped around the cable pushing the trigger assembly down the stem another three quarters of an inch or so I of course must reserve comment on the two smallest Master Cams as they are not available as of yet As to the trigger assembly I can see the concern the unit doesn t bend horizontally as well as it does vertically The trigger assembly is a sheath design though so it bends easier than a U stem but it is definitely not as flexible as the Alien in this regard However it does bend so it s not like the unit won t work and if you re planning on climbing something with lots of horizontals I d suggest using one of those other really nice cams that Metolius makes that work great in horizontal placements The first comment is that they can be difficult to clean if the cam is bent at all while in the crack I did my best to replicate this outside placing it in tight corners cleaning it from tight corners and I have to say that I couldn t replicate it I did notice that if the cam is bent severely pulling the trigger is impossible but if the cam is bent so severely that this happens the placement is probably not ideal and I d look for something else This may be a limitation of the cam but it s a small one in my opinion

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