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Mikemcee
Social climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 2, 2013 - 10:39am PT
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From everything I've read (Hudon, Taco, etc), Totem cams seem like a great option for tricky aid placements but...nobody seems to have them. Both e-tailers that come up in searches show them backordered and none of my local shops (or what's left of them) seem to have them.
Anyone have any idea where to get them?
To add, not looking for the Totem Basic, alien style, I'm looking for the Totems.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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http://www.totemcams.com/catalogue/index.php?id=1
Buy from Totem directly or Email Totem and see if any retailers have recently received a shipment and go there. Good luck.
Whoh, I see that they're $80 now. Had 6 of them out yesterday and when my partner commented on how nice they were, I said for $420 they'd better be":-) Should have used $480 in there.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Next Adventure in Portland, Oregon carries them. Once you use them for a day you get pretty attached to them. FAR superior to the other cams out there, they lock so well in questionable placements and dont walk either. I have a set and will be buying more to replace my BD and Metolius cams.
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Mikemcee
Social climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 2, 2013 - 11:39am PT
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Thanks guys.
I've looked at the Totem website but it's awful. Can't tell if they have them, don't have them, or really even how to buy them. Oh well. Hopefully a local shop or someone like Backcountry decides to carry them.
And Studly, your comments are why I want them..that and some of the pictures Hudon's had of them in action. Definitely look like they stick where others would pop.
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Mikemcee
Social climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 2, 2013 - 10:08pm PT
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Anyone in the nighttime crowd have a thought? Hudon?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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I think Plaidman works with them.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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They will be available eventually but right now I think they are suffering from their own success and can't keep up with demand.
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Mikemcee
Social climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 2, 2013 - 11:30pm PT
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Thanks Mark, Sunkist pod placement was ridiculous. Thanks for sharing that.
Splater, the MP post is referring to the alien style Totems which are cool but not what I'm after. Thanks though...seems like they are definitely in catch up to demand mode. Nice to see a climbing company with problems like that.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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I will check with our U.S. sales reps. on who has them in stock. NextAdventure.net here in Portland Oregon and Pagan In Moab UT. I will get the list. I think BackCountr
is one of our retailers. We now have a few online retailers.
Plaid
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Back Country Gear is a Totem Online retailer
I am working on the comnplete
list of our US retail locations.
Plaid
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alina
Trad climber
CA
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i think prolitegear in montana has them?
i know i they have the basic/offset basics
they are a good shop
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Yes Prolite is also a Totem Cams retailer.
Both Totem Cams and Basic Cams.
They have an online store and their shop in
Boseman MT has great customer service.
Love those guys.
Plaid
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drapnea
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Jan 10, 2014 - 07:00pm PT
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bump.
need a set of totems. Sell me your used ones!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Jan 11, 2014 - 12:35am PT
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need a set of totems. Sell me your used ones!
buahahahaa
troll
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jan 11, 2014 - 12:47am PT
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I've had mine for 2 years and use them constantly and they wear like iron.
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Jan 11, 2014 - 12:54am PT
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Yo, Plaid, if you can enlighten us any about when these might be available again, people would buy you a beer just for that. And a whole case if you can connect them with a set. I think it's been close on a year that the Totem web site hasn't had any way to order them, or even any info. I know, if I were them I'd be out climbing too and not making gear for other people.. but even at Fish, say, they tell you how long you're going to be SOL and when they say you'll have it, you do.
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labrat
Trad climber
Auburn, CA
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Jan 17, 2014 - 07:13pm PT
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mongrel
Where is my beer?
(edit) I found you one short of a full set so I expect most of a case....
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PeterC
Trad climber
CA
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Jan 17, 2014 - 08:17pm PT
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So I've also seen pics of them sticking in sketchy placements and heard people raving about them, but what differences in their design lead to more solid placements?
Thanks,
Peter
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MisterE
climber
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Jan 17, 2014 - 08:38pm PT
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Peter, The cam lobes are elongated, for one thing. They seem to snap into placements solidly, and in a different way than other cams. Also, the stems are large and comfortable, making for ease of use. The wire stem/trigger set-up is beefy, flexible and lightweight.
Additionally, they place in flares and weird placements better than any other cam I have used. With the smaller cams, the stem is bulky and the cam lobes small - they fit into the rack well without making it seem larger because of this.
Erik
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overwatch
climber
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Jan 17, 2014 - 09:36pm PT
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totally agree they are the state of the art design in my opinion. wish I had more than just 2
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jan 17, 2014 - 10:12pm PT
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Here are a few videos to look at Peter
http://www.youtube.com/user/mapeze/videos
The cables go from lobe to lobe and one set of lobes act fairly independent of the other set of lobes, In flaring placements they are the bomb. Love my Totems.
I sold one of my sets to Ben Doyle not cause I really wanted to, but I thought he should have em. Now I am down a set. I still have triples of the smaller sizes though. And I got the Blue/green offset Basics. SWEEEET!
Plaid
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PeterC
Trad climber
CA
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Jan 18, 2014 - 12:16am PT
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Cool, thanks MisterE and Plaidman! I think this video in particular explains why they're so awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrn_CUEkE20 . It seems like they have a different cam angle which works better in bombay placements, they have extremely floppy stems so you avoid levering out and keep the force on the cam head, and they have ~independent left and right pairs of lobes so they work well in flares and even in shallow placements where you only get 2 lobes in. And some other stuff I didn't understand. But in any case I'm sold... now if I could just find a set... and find the $ for a set... hmmm.
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cali kat
climber
CA
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Jan 19, 2014 - 08:08pm PT
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The Gear Co-Op in SoCal has them, although selection appears limited at the time. Also online at http://www.gearcoop.com/
I'd give them a call to see when they'll get more sizes.
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Rexi
climber
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Mar 23, 2018 - 11:51am PT
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A little follow up on this thread. Any shops in the us with the Totems now? I was going to order a full set from backcountry but only have two sizes. I´ve also been looking online and selection seems to be very limited. I Will be in the US for a short stop in april and was thinking about trying to get them then if I can find them anywhere.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Mar 23, 2018 - 04:43pm PT
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Planet Granite in Sunnyvale has full sets blue to red, but no small ones.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Mar 23, 2018 - 10:11pm PT
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^^ Adding different quantities to the shopping cart, it appears they have 10 black Totems in stock - more than anywhere in N America.
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Rexi
climber
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Mar 31, 2018 - 02:48am PT
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Thanks for the info!
I found a set in Planet granite. Looking forward to getting my hands on them :) also getting a set of BD ultralights so lots of new stuff coming my way :)
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