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The Best Climbing Cams
The Best Climbing Cams
Searching for the best climbing cams? We've bought and tested 24 models over the past 10 years...

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How to Choose the Best Climbing Cams - Click for details
How to Choose the Best Climbing Cams
Cams are essential equipment for modern traditional climbing. These highly engineered, sort of...

by Andy Wellman and Matt Bento

Black Diamond Camalot
Black Diamond Camalot
The Black Diamond C4 makes up the backbone of many a climber's rack. On any given October weekend...

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Black Diamond Camalot Z4
Black Diamond Camalot Z4
The much anticipated Black Diamond Camalot Z4 were released in the spring of 2020 with quite a lot...

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Totem Cam
Totem Cam
Totem Cams are our favorite cams for aid climbing because of their ability to engage only two...

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Wild Country Friend
Wild Country Friend
The Wild Country Friends takes old single axle, thumb loopless design, and updates this classic to...

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DMM Dragon Cam
DMM Dragon Cam
Hailing from North Wales, the DMM Dragon Cam is a solid piece of precision equipment. Our testers'...

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Wild Country Zero Friends
Wild Country Zero Friends
The Wild Country Zero Friends have been newly redesigned and re-released in 2020, and are one of...

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Fixe Hardware Alien Revolution
Fixe Hardware Alien Revolution
When we reviewed them in 2018, the Fixe Hardware Alien Revolutions offered everything we loved...

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Black Diamond Camalot Ultralight
Black Diamond Camalot Ultralight
Black Diamond Camalot Ultralights have everything our testers love about the Camalot C4s at 75% of...

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DMM Dragonfly
DMM Dragonfly
We think the DMM Dragonfly cams are some of the best small camming devices you can buy, especially...

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Metolius Ultralight Master Cam
Metolius Ultralight Master Cam
The Metolius Ultralight Master Cam is lighter than the originals, adds two larger hand sizes, and...

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Omega Pacific Link Cam
Omega Pacific Link Cam
Omega Pacific is no longer a company as of Spring 2020. The Omega Pacific Link Cams are possibly...

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Black Diamond Camalot X4
Black Diamond Camalot X4
Black Diamond X4s are an excellent complement to the Black Diamond C4s, offering more flexibility...

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CCH Alien
CCH Alien
Aliens use to be hands down my favorite cam for big walls and climbs where you have tight and...

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Black Diamond Camalot C3
Black Diamond Camalot C3
Black Diamond discontinued the Camalot C3. With an extremely narrow head, this Black Diamond cam...

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Metolius Master Cam
Metolius Master Cam
The Metolius Master Cam is not only one the best small camming devices for the money, it is one of...

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Metolius Super Cam
Metolius Super Cam
The Metolius Super Cam was initially a favorite for us, but the more we used them their...

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Metolius Ultralight TCU
Metolius Ultralight TCU
The Metolius Ultralight TCU is is the lightest camming device we tested. It has a time-tested...

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Metolius Ultralight Powercam
Metolius Ultralight Powercam
Ultralight Powercams are Metolius' response to climbers' constant and ubiquitous call for lighter...

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CAMP Tricam
CAMP Tricam
The CAMP Tricam offers protection in shallow pocketed placements. Occasionally that happens in...

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Rock Empire Robot Cam
Rock Empire Robot Cam
The Rock Empire Robot Cam has been discontinued. Please take a look at our Editors' Choice...

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Black Diamond Camalot X4 Offset
Black Diamond Camalot X4 Offset
This is the offset version of the Black Diamond Camalot X4, which is our top-rated tiny cam. It's...

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Metolius Ultralight Offset Master Cam
Metolius Ultralight Offset Master Cam
This is the offset version of our Best Buy winner, Metolius Master Cam. It wins our Top Pick award...

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CCH Hybrid Alien
CCH Hybrid Alien
The CCH Hybrid Alien used to be the best cam for pin scars, especially in Yosemite and Zion. Now...

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Wild Country Technical Friend
Wild Country Technical Friend
New Wild Country Friend Cam The Technical Friend has been replaced by the new Double-Axle Friend...

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CAMP Dyneema Tricam
CAMP Dyneema Tricam
The CAMP Dyneema Tricam is different than the regular nylon CAMP Tricam in four ways: - they use...

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