Black Diamond Camalot Z4 reviews and deals for sale

First impressions and comparisons

Interesting and promising design- big improvements made over previous BD cams. Much lighter and narrower head width than X4s. In fact, the .4 Z4 is the same weight as the Ultralight .4 with a much smaller head width (see photo), cheaper price, and it’s rated 1kn more- basically rendering the UL .4 obsolete. The head width and expansion range is basically the same as the .8… read more (yellow) Totem, although the Totem likely has it beat in effective expansion range but is also 20 grams heavier. Interestingly the Z4 has a slightly different lobe shape (more squared at the back) than previous BD cams. Another difference is the distance from trigger to head is slightly longer than previous BD cams (it’s about the same as a Totem) allowing for a little more reach for those hard to get to placements. All things considered, a well thought out design that seemed to try to incorporate some of the Totem advantages (mainly head width) with the time tested BD design and with a couple new innovations thrown in.