beginning trad rack
Beginning Trad Rack: What to Buy and What to Skip-2.0
December 1, 2020 fmg-adminGear Reviews Guides' Tech Tips Rock ClimbingA lot has changed since our original “Beginning Trad Rack: What to Buy and What to Skip” blog post in 2017. Black Diamond discontinued the much-loved C3 Camalots, updated the C4, discontinued the short-lived X4 line, and replaced it with a new line called the Z4, which is supposed to take advantage of the best features of the X4 but eliminate the floppiness so many people found difficult to deal with. Our guides have been putting these new cams through their paces since they were introduced earlier this year and have some updated recommendations for you based on their findings.
Standard Rack
Cams: BD Z4 0.2; doubles of C4 0.3-3
Nuts: BD Stopper set #4-13
Set of Tricam Evos, black through brown plus violet and blue regular tricams
Minimalist (cheapest) Rack
Cams: BD Z4 0.2 and C4 0.3-3
Nuts: BD Classic Stopper set (#5-11)
Set of Tricam Evos, black through brown
High-End Standard Rack
Cams: BD Z4 0.2, doubles; C4 doubles 0.3-3 plus a 4 and 5
Nuts: BD Stopper set #4-13
Tricam black-brown Evos plus violet and blue regular tricams
Rationale for These Choices
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