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DMM walnuts way better than BD stoppers?

Jonathan Ward · · Seattle, WA · Joined May 2010 · Points: 70

I started out with a set of Wallnuts but now I prefer Wild Country Rocks for my most commonly used sizes (gold to black). I think the difference between nut performance is very small, though. For me, it comes down mostly to the kinesthetic pleasure of placing one nut brand over another.

MTN MIA · · Vail · Joined May 2006 · Points: 405

I love my walnuts and peenuts. The latter work well in goofy flared placements.

Matt N · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2010 · Points: 415

On the topic of the offset alloys - my largest size is the red and I was wondering how often you guys place the larger grey or blue? I place the red a decent amount, but those other ones seem pretty big for an offset to be used often.

jasoncm · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2012 · Points: 30

I have used two two biggest sized offsets a few times, not as often as the smaller sizes though.

Ended up passing on the wallnuts and getting a set of DMM brass IMP's.
My passive rack now consists of:

BD stoppers
DMM alloy offsets
DMM pea nuts
DMM torque hex's
DMM IMP brass nuts
Viamont wired tricams

I think that will do.

Linnaeus · · ID · Joined Aug 2011 · Points: 0

When I was in Yosemite last month, I had a double set of BD stoppers and a full set of Wallnuts. I found myself using the BD stopper way more often, simply because they fit the cracks better on the climbs I was doing. This is nothing earth-shattering, just reaffirmation that the correct nut depends on where and what you climb.

Chris Graham · · Bartlett, NH · Joined Jun 2008 · Points: 545
Matt N wrote:On the topic of the offset alloys - my largest size is the red and I was wondering how often you guys place the larger grey or blue? I place the red a decent amount, but those other ones seem pretty big for an offset to be used often.
I still own a set of HB offsets (no anodized colors). I use the largest three here in NH constantly...tons of applications for them here in New England in these funky granite cracks. The Wallnuts are my second favorite set of nuts.
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