Cam Sling Fit
A heads up, on what fits what.
There are many options for your cam slings, choosing the right option is quite important!
Ultimately, the choice is yours, but in the interest of safety, here is some info for you to think about -
Cams come in many different styles. When it comes to the sling attachment part, there are two main ways: a solid eye and a wider wire eye.
This part of the cam may go by many names, such as thumb loop, press, eye, termination, or hole on the end. Here is a simple look at the difference between some of these cam holes and the way the different slings fit or not.
At first glance it may look as if any sling may fit any cam, but no!
If perhaps you were thinking 'Ahh a reinforced sling sounds strong, ill order that one' but you have a small metal eye on your cams then problems will follow.
While technically its possible to do that, the reinforcement part is both useless to your need and will get in te way of your thumb to opem the cam. (This is a common misunderstanding hence it being mentioned first) The 2nd green sling above shows a reinforced eye on a tight metal eye, the reinforcement is to stop the webbing being severed in the case of a big enough fall that distorts the wire eye.
Here is a link to a great bit of info from Black Diamond on the subject -
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To idiot proof the phottos maybe add a check mark and a red x in the corner/ I think I have understood but that would idiot proof it for me an above average idiot.