Omega Pacific Link Cam review - Too Much Cam

I review the Omega Pacific Link Cam. Like I said in my video, it's more a gimmick that a revolutionary design, it's much heavier than it's competitors, and the practical range is not that much better than it's dual axle Black Diamond Camalot competitor. I like the green size, (the red and yellow are way too heavy). Recommendation: buy more "traditional" cams.
www.omegapac.com

[@secretsquiral420]

I am not one to usually comment on you tube but this review is so bad I am forced to. You cannot review a cam in a 1cm vice for a start. You speak about not trusting the inner lobes but if you had ever placed one into a deep crack you would see that it sets itself so that all six are in contact, making it so solid. In fact the more you cam them out the better they are. They are expensive and a bit heavy but who cares, they back up your rack with a range that makes you feel better. If your climbing with two full sets and four link cams then you have almost three of any cam size. I love these cams because I've relied on them in hard spots. I've fallen wickedly on them and they have held and in any unknown climb they are a savior. From a real trad climber I say. You should keep clipping bolts. Thumbs down to you

[@BurtTMacklin-fbi]

you should do a few drop tests on the link cams and test till destruction.

[@chrislyonsod]

You aren't sciencing correctly.

[@Hiker1792]

I completely see your point about people maxing them out and losing them in cracks. Not to mention how deep the crack has to be to get it in that far. nice review

[@thoughtthrottle.]

Those inner lobes are made of steel which is way less grippy on rock than aluminum

[@franticphilgaming]

This is the type of person that does a 20ft runout on a 000 BD ^^

[@AnonymousOtters]

I like how he measures all of the ranges.... when THEY ARE LISTED IN THE BROCHURE. Just saying... Plus you can buy almost two camalots for the price of a link cam.... which is twice as many pieces you can set...

[@AbbeyRoad69147]

I have a green. I think it's awesome -- might even buy two. It's awesome is that you can keep it on your harness *all* *the* *time*, -- even when sport climbing -- and in an emergency you have one piece of gear that you will pretty likely to be able to place somewhere. Your point about the useful range for typical placement is correct. But let's talk about the situation when the BD you need is 50 ft in the past. You sure would make good use of the ENTIRE range of the piece you HAVE

[@draxxes1]

For crying out loud, you're taking 5 minutes explaining something that takes 1 minute. 90% useless chatter 10% personal opinion/feelings. Testing safety equipment base on "feelings" instead of scientific facts. Maybe if the title was, "Person opinions and my feelings" you'd get less flack.

[@samcheneyus]

I find that the link cam is a particularly useful anchor piece. I wouldn't build a whole rack out of them but they can be clutch at the end of a long pitch.

[@z1522]

Outdated review, but a vise jaw is worthless for this demo; one needs an extended tapering crack to really test actual practical range of cams, both min/max, slipping limits, over compressing/stickage, etc. Concerns re: strength are warranted, but actual range provides a real benefit as ass-saving additions w/o the bulk of 4-5 more big pieces. The Links do NOT contact just the last small cam in compression; because they extend, they need a deeper crack, but the pressure is still partially on the middle cam. Overcompression can result in most cams getting lost; the orig. Friends were famous for this, as the ears of the lobes could touch the opposite wall, preventing any further compression. Modern ones have stops to prevent this, but if the trigger bottoms out, the effect is similar, but for the teasing with a skinny nut tool or such.

[@NDAILEY9]

I've seen a few link cams over camed and stuck forever

[@sheeshasunday]

what exactly are you trying to do dude. this is muy confusing.

[@bjornreppe6247]

This KZbin demonstration is totally irrelevant. I have used all four sizes of link cams on all of my climbs in the real world the last 6 years. My conclusion is that these are undoubtedly my best cams - the ones I wouldn't climb without. Their advantage is obviously the wide range of cracks they can be placed into. They do have some disadvantages also: They are not very robust and placements should probably not deviate much from the direction of a possible fall. They are easy to get permanently stuck, but getting them stuck is easy to avoid when one is aware of this problem. They are a bit expensive and a little heavier than most standard cams covering the same max size crack. However, they are truly a revolutionary cam. Buy them.

[@stopmonkey47452]

On the high end you say the BD can handle 4.15cm and the OP only 3.9. That's a difference of 2.5 mm and that's implied to be a huge difference. On the small end the BD does 2mm bigger (or worse) than the OP and its negligible. So your range from too big of a different to too small of a difference is half a millimeter? Really? Next review please! (As in by someone else)

[@good_youtube_handle]

Great review! Thanks for making this.

[@bobbypatton4903]

Dude, you sound gripped standing on level ground. WTF do you mean "tipped out" who even taught you to trad climb?

[@aliencactus1052]

Testing in a vise n a garage?, c'mon!

[@mattradcliffe9279]

I feel sorry for anyone that follows this guy up a pitch. With the logic he is demonstrating in this video, I wouldn’t trust him to hang a picture frame on the wall; let alone trad gear.

[@Pepew86]

that's by far the worst review ever made. are you even a climber? the way your handling cams makes you go up a 5.5.. on a top rope.. why even bothering bringing any cams?

[@chrislyonsod]

You aren't sciencing correctly.