Small Offset Nuts For Climbing Reddit DMM offset nuts and peenuts - I can’t even remember the last time I racked up with a regular nut set I love the Z4s a ton, especially in 0, Trying to master my gear placement though, Personally I barely even place nuts anymore and most of my climbing partners also don’t place nuts, I did a 3 day trad lead course and we went 2 cams+nut->2 small nuts for some rappels to illustrate how bomber they are for bailing, For more of our top climbing gear recommendations, check out the Best Climbing Nuts, With cams, most function about the same and it's more of a personal preference thing, at least until you get down to small sizes, id also get either the trango or BD offset nuts, However I am curious, and also building my own confidence for taking falls, Unless you're climbing really short routes, pooling gear with a friend or climbing mixed routes a few cams and a single set of nuts isn't enough to safely protect most climbs, So I’ve recently started trad climbing and have only led 2 very easy ones (5, What should I look out for or ask? What percentage of the original price should I look to buy gear at? UPDATE: Thank you for the advice! I bought gently used sets of Black Diamond offset nuts and DMM peenuts from somebody who tried trad a couple times last year and decided it wasn't for them, I asked about falls, placements, and how it was stored, Even now, after several updates and a lot more fierce competition, they remain one of the very best nuts for the After about 5 more feet of climbing, I placed a small offset nut, Question for Squamish Bros regarding usefulness of small offset cams I met a guy who's looking to offload his whole bigwall rack due to a shoulder injury, he's offered to sell me a set of 6 Aliens for $250 that are mint and have never been placed, Thoughts?? Im not sure where you are climbing that you need so many cams starting out, but a beginner surely just needs some nuts, hexes, and offsets (in addition to the quickdraws, nut key, etc) to get through all the beginner stuff, Some places like Yosemite really love offset nuts and smaller cam like a black totem, They’re easy to use and contract to fit a variety of crack sizes, Here's a quick rundown on why ball nuts might be better than similarly sized cams from Sierra Mountain Guides: Demystifying the Ball Nut, Once I started climbing on gear routes that physically challenged my climbing ability the rapid placement of a cam became welcome [1], Two reasons, Building my rack took many years, you apparently bought it all up front lol, The gear was already getting harder to place at this point, the nut passed a few tugs and looked decent, so again, I moved on and kept climbing, Do you guys notice a huge difference as far as ease of placing or how well they hold in the rock when comparing offset stoppers, nuts, and hexes to your basic ones? Would you choose to use one exclusively over the other or a mix of both? Cheers, Everything takes longer, is colder (or hotter), and dirtier, so small comforts make a difference on a long day–for example, on a sport climb you don DMM offset nuts and peenuts - I can’t even remember the last time I racked up with a regular nut set I love the Z4s a ton, especially in 0, Also, I think people are just excited to see a new entrant in the market, Thoughts?? DMM are the Patagucci / Prana of durable climbing gear, Small meaning Black diamond 1-4 stoppers or DMM micro wallnuts, 5 and 0, Reply reply Shadowwalker0408 • Probably don't need doubles of the 3, but I use doubles of the , After you build the meat and potatoes of your rack (nuts and cams), then you can look on MP or the guidebook to see how you'll want to fill your rack out, based on the climbs you want to do, Imo, the type of nut absolutely does matter, moreso than any other piece of pro, Flaring inward will be more bomber than a standard because it'll rattle less, and will more easily set, For nuts and other climbing hardware, check out the deals at GearSnag, Can anyone tell me if the nuts in the small sizes are better as offset nuts, or are standard nuts okay? Pros small offset nuts - SuperTopo's climbing discussion forum is the world's most popular community discussion forum for people who actively climb outdoors, I've been told to grab a few tricams What about hexes? Offset nuts? Ideas? Question for Squamish Bros regarding usefulness of small offset cams I met a guy who's looking to offload his whole bigwall rack due to a shoulder injury, he's offered to sell me a set of 6 Aliens for $250 that are mint and have never been placed, I have a set of small dmm offsets I got on sale and they’ve proven handy but not much more than regular nuts, To put it bluntly, choosing the best climbing nuts can feel like being halfway up a pitch only to realize Ditch the hexs, grab some DMM offset nuts, drop one of your extra nut sets, add a few more Alpine draws, and do X4s instead of aliens, unless you manage to get a set of the old aliens,
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