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 TomCastellani 28 Aug 2016
Some cams came up on Craigslist recently, the guy says they're brand new Wild Country Friends but I haven't seen this colour-coded trigger design before. Google hasn't been much help either.

Anyone care to verify?
https://s22.postimg.org/ml1fv5idt/friends5.jpg

Cheers,
Tom
 Alpenglow 28 Aug 2016
In reply to TomCastellani:

They don't look like WC Friends to me or any other well known cam design.

Buy at your peril!
 deacondeacon 28 Aug 2016
In reply to TomCastellani:
Theres no way they're wild country.
I wouldn't touch them with yours.
Post edited at 22:58
 JIMBO 28 Aug 2016
In reply to TomCastellani:

Look like Kong cams?... similar stem to their 'slit fit' range
 deacondeacon 28 Aug 2016
In reply to JIMBO:

From memory Kong cams have a Kong logo where that amateurish number is.
OP TomCastellani 28 Aug 2016
In reply to Alpenglow:

Yeah, the more I looked at them the dodgier they seemed. He had a set of 10 and is down to 5 so I'd decided against anyway but was still intrigued.
 Wsdconst 28 Aug 2016
In reply to TomCastellani:
They look like the crappy Chinese ones I've seen on eBay, I'd leave them alone if they are.
They sell them in a set of ten too.
Post edited at 23:39
In reply to TomCastellani:

There's no sling on them for one thing.
 humptydumpty 31 Aug 2016
In reply to TomCastellani:

What kind of flooring is that in the pic?
 Dell 31 Aug 2016
In reply to humptydumpty:

Acid etched concrete? Or could be a laminate benchtop?
 jon 31 Aug 2016
In reply to TomCastellani:

He doesn't seem to know what he's talking about if he says they're Wild Country, and that's enough to raise a doubt. They're either Kong Slit Fix Flex or a copy of them. I have one on my desk in front of me (size 0) and as Deacon says, it has a Kong logo on it... It also has a doubled sling on it.
 humptydumpty 31 Aug 2016
In reply to Dell:
Interesting - I thought it might be some kind of marble, or the inside of a massive sea-shell. Either way it looks like a potential slip hazard, so some form of protection is probably advisable.
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 Mr. Lee 31 Aug 2016
In reply to TomCastellani:

These look well dodgy. Particularly when the tapes are missing. Numbers 4 and 5 appear to be virtually be the same colour. Where's the CE marking and rating?
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