Big Bros
These puppies are big! For fist crack and offwidth aficionados, Bigbros™ rule. The expanding tube chock design is stable, lightweight, easy to use and strong. Because of their stable nature when they're placed correctly they're almost impossible to dislodge when you're grunting by them, and they make a nice smooth rope guide at the lip of a roof. Their expansion range is phenomenal—a #4 BigBro™ has greater range than an entire set of traditional cams! Trango has supersized the original four
to a gold #5 Range 1ft-1.5ft (287-467mm) and 20 oz or mass 567 gm
• size range: 81mm–305mm
• strength: 15kN
• price: #0.5-$64.95
#1-$66.95
#2-$71.95
#3-$74.95
#4-$76.95
#5-$79.95
BigBro Instructions
Martin Cash - Jan 27, 2004 6:08 pm - Voted 1/5
Untitled ReviewEven if you have nice uniform cracks (like Indian Creek), you will discover another bad trait about Big Bros. They take much more time and energy than an SLCD to place. While this might be OK on easy routes with good stances, it sucks if you're desperately hanging on to a stiff offwidth.
When I first bought my #2 Big Bro, I really liked it. I placed it on a few easy routes, and felt confident about it, but I have finally seen the light.
Not recommended.