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Review 3 out of 5 stars

Review by: stick233, 2004-03-04


sure they are lightweight, but cams are so much easier to place. they are BOMBER when you get a good placement, but i rarely take them with me.

Review 5 out of 5 stars

Review by: taino, 2004-02-16


I have the non-wired (slung) BD hexes, and prefer them to the wired version (less drag transmitted to the hex). Not as quick as a cam, but properly set they're bomber. Yeah, you sound like you're carrying cowbells - big deal. They'll always have a place on my rack.

Review 4 out of 5 stars

Review by: scubasnyder, 2004-02-08


I find these hexes very useful in many cracks, the only drawback is sounding like a cow when walking, but I think they are one of the most useful things to use where i climb

Review 3 out of 5 stars

Review by: don_pablo, 2003-11-19


These guys are just too cool. They have held me time and time again when I bite off more than I can chew.

Review 4 out of 5 stars

Review by: luke, 2003-04-04


First, I use slung hexes, and only in larger sizes, so all my comments here are for those only. I have had my hexes for 9 years.
Hexes generate a lot of conflicting opinions. I often hear people saying that cams are easier and faster or that they dont get many placements with hexes. Maybe it depends where you climb - I feel hexes are a lot less good in parallel-sided cracks for example - but if you climb routes where the cracks open and close a lot the hexes have their shining moments. They are not as versatile as cams, but a lot of pitches I have climbed have a good hex placement somewhere, More importantly, a bomber hex is so amazingly bomber that it gives a feeling of confidence no cam can inspire. Face it - if that baby is wedged in there and has a 4000 pound spectra cord on it, you are looking at the definition of bomber pro. I regularly place hexes that I consider more solid than two equalized cams in ideal placements. And a hex doesnt weigh or cost like two cams. I strongly recommend these to beginners and experienced folk alike. Get them in hand-crack sizes because the small extra time spent placing them (like the time taken for a nut rather than a cam) is easiest off a good hand jam. If you climb on well featured rock and practice placing them they will amply reward you.

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