Ball nuts or ballnutz?

[shaoleung]

I'm looking at investing in some ball nuts for harder/thinner trad lines. I am comparing Trango's Ballnutz and Camp Ball Nuts. The only real difference is that the Camp #1 appears to be significantly stronger than the Trango #1.

 

What makes the Camp #1 so much stronger? I assume the standards for kN ratings are pretty standard, right?

[phillygoat]

As far as I know, they are made in the same factory. Trango lists the #1 as rated to 4.5kn. Camp doesn't list specific ratings, but the header suggests 8kn. Finally, Mountain Gear lists Ballnutz as: Strength (kN): 4.5 (1, blue); 4.5 (2, red); 8 (3, gold); 8 (4, green); 8 (5, purple).

 

For the definitive answer to all things Ball Nut/Ballnutz/Loweball ask Joe (JosephH) here.

[JosephH]

They are made by the same Korean company and are simply branded differently. These are reasonable, but anyone interested in ballnuts should set up a search on ebay for the superior Lowe/Byrne versions of which a couple are up now...

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=280332692333

 

[spotly]

Anything in particular that makes the Lowe/Bryne versions better? Since we're on the subject..I've used my a lot but have never fallen on one nor used one for aid. Are they very difficult to clean once weighted?

[JosephH]

Some discussion from a thread I did over on rc.com:

 

Careful consideration when putting your balls on the line...