three cams or four?

[mountainmandoug]

I am in the process of building a rack and trying to keep it light. I recently ordered #5-#8 Metolious Ultra-Light Power cams. These cover from about 1.1-2.9 in. I suspect at some point I'll end up buying a couple of smaller cams and I'm wondering weather it would be better to get 3cam units or four in the sizes from about .5-1 inch. What do people think?

[kevbone]

Go four.....go four.....when it comes to bigger cams.....tri is scary.

[Dannible]

I'd say 3 for anything from orange down (not sure what the sizes are). I have tcus and 4s in a few sizes and when I only bring one of each I bring the tcus because they work in so many places that the fours don't. I have taken 3 falls on tcus, including a size 0 that walked itself passive, and all have held.

[catbirdseat]

What Dannible said, exactly.

[RuMR]

hexes all the way...they do double duty as cowbells and windchimes also...

[catbirdseat]

Need I say, you can use knots. They do it in Germany.