The reason I ask is because I always want to have full faith in my gear, and the mastercam hate kinda shocked me. another point? what does the grade matter? if a sketchy run-out 5.6 with funky thin pro is wicked hard for someone, wouldn't it be the same situation? do cracks fundamentally change at a certain grade?Īnyway, hope I can get a better less emotionally charged answer. Granted I don't lead 5.12 and I haven't broken one (which would shake my faith in them, as blowing a couple placements on a C3), but I feel like I've climbed enough, and had to make some pretty creative placements from 'marginal stances'. I alway concidered a C3 a 'specialty piece'. I'll concede that I know there are placements that C3s excell because they are narrower, but the vast majority of my placements on smaller sizes don't require a super narrow head. I do not feel as secure with a C3 because they are so damn stiff and the heads are way smaller and sliperier than mastercams. Waaay less flexible, and I've had them blow placements. To me, mastercams are way more flexible - thus way more secure.

'Mikey, Sol, or Blake - So since the three of you all are not on the mastercam bandwagon, can you please specificy detail why? Also, if you like TCUs, aren't they pretty much identical to mastercams in their sizing? If that's the case, what do like more about tcus. I'm re-posting my question in a new thread since the folks in the know are probably (and rightfully) not reading the thread I posted it in originally.

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