I've had aliens for years, first just the green and yellow and now I've added the blue and black. I've also doubled up my small cams by adding Metolius TCU's. I've fallen on my green and yellow before, the yellow taking a 12' one or so. I trust these units because they're "battle tested," and I probably wounldn't trust the newer cams mostly due to the size. I'm willing to fall, but once they were 1-2' below my feet I'd be looking to back them up.
I trust the strength of the Metolius, but I find that they walk much more than the Alien's do. So while I trust that they'll hold a fall, I'm also more worried that they'll change their orientation as I climb above them. A friend of mine decked when a blue Metolius pulled, but I this was due more to placement and operator errot than cam failure.
jedi mike says:
I've had aliens for years, first just the green and yellow and now I've added the blue and black. I've also doubled up my small cams by adding Metolius TCU's. I've fallen on my green and yellow before, the yellow taking a 12' one or so. I trust these units because they're "battle tested," and I probably wounldn't trust the newer cams mostly due to the size. I'm willing to fall, but once they were 1-2' below my feet I'd be looking to back them up.
I trust the strength of the Metolius, but I find that they walk much more than the Alien's do. So while I trust that they'll hold a fall, I'm also more worried that they'll change their orientation as I climb above them. A friend of mine decked when a blue Metolius pulled, but I this was due more to placement and operator errot than cam failure.