3) are single axle designs like Aliens and Master Cams. Upon closer examination, I found that the smaller three X4 sizes (.1. The steel is polished, the units are really shiny, beautiful-looking in fact. That goes for the entire range, from smallest to biggest. The trigger mechanism is smooth, not too light and not heavy. The first impression is that they are really well made, like all BD products. The new Black Diamond X4s: There are 6 cams in the range.1/Red. Fixe agreed with me – when they started making Aliens again, they only started making them up to the red size (which is a. As a result, in the past I have only used the smaller size Aliens or Master Cams, opting for the BD C4s or DMM Dragon cams for larger sizes. The units don’t sit very nicely any more – they tend to get quite square and almost feel like they could topple over. Also, the narrow cam head width, a major advantage for small placements – becomes almost a liability with larger sizes. For both of those cams, the trigger wire action is too stiff. Many people never liked the larger Aliens or Master Cams. The MasterCam is priced very well at R585, this makes it the small cam market leader in SA at this point in time. Nonetheless MasterCams were a major step forward and the well-respected Chris McNamara gave it the SuperTopo Editors choice as the best small cam on the market. The cam works great in vertical cracks (like Yosemite), but not so well in horizontal cracks (like we have in Cape Town). Its one drawback is that the trigger sleeve is a bit inflexible. The MasterCam was similar to the Alien design, with some improvements. Then, a few years ago, Metolius came out with the new MasterCam design. In the USA the company’s cams were at one time outselling BD, but over the years the company’s TCUs, PowerCams and SuperCams were all eclipsed by products from BD and other companies. Metolius cams have never been a big deal in South Africa. According to Black Diamond the X4 will not replace the C3. I personally never liked them due to their unusual trigger mechanism, a flat and rigid plastic enclosure that is not very inflexible, especially in vertical cracks. The head width is significantly smaller than other 4-lobe cams. This is a 3-lobe cam design, hence the name C3, designed to fit narrower pockets.
There is Black Diamond’s own C3 Camalot, now a few years old. TechRock is a Spanish company that own a few brands, such as Roca, Faders and Fixe, and so the CCH Aliens were reborn as Fixe Aliens. Then in September 2011 TechRock purchased the Alien name, design, patent and manufacturing tools. Then the owner Dave Waggener died, and so did the product, at least for a while. There was an infamous recall some years’ ago, after some shoddy workmanship was discovered. The company or the product has had lots of issues though. Many people swear by them, with an almost cult-like following. Let’s take a look at the cams currently available in SA:Īliens had been the defacto standard for small cams for a long time. From left to right: BD X4, Metolius Master Cam, Fixe Alien, BD C3, Metolius TCU, Wild Country Zero. That’s a far cry from a few years ago when small cams were rather scarce. Graphics: DirectX 9.The market for small cams is rather crowded, with many good products out there.Memory: 1 GB System RAM (XP)/ 2 GB System RAM (Vista).Processor: 3.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor.
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