Dmm offsets review Jan 12, 2018 · Value Rating: 7 Durability Rating: 6 Overall Rating: 8 Location of Test: Broughton Bluff, Tuolumne Meadows, Rock Creek Duration of Test: 10+ climbing days Product Name: Alloy Offsets Product Brand: DMM Best Use: Trad climbing Sizes: Sizes 7-11 All are rated to 12 kN The Full Review: How often are you climbing, go to place a piece of protection, and find a perfectly parallel narrowing crack Jun 15, 2012 · By George North - It wouldn't be right to start a review of the DMM Offsets without mentioning how they came into existence. Their two distinct orientations include one that is offset and the other that's less tapered and more traditionally Aug 9, 2020 · The DMM Alloy Offset is kind useless in parallel cracks but very good on tapered. As a reviewer this is good, because it's hard to say something is perfect in an interesting way. Unfortunately when HB went bust, Offsets, which have a Oct 9, 2015 · Overview. DMM's Alloy Offsets are the classic luxury item in climbing gear. Sep 30, 2016 · My granite climbing rack with the DMM Offset Nuts supplemented with a few others. ) and have a bit of a gap between sizes (I infill this gap with a . Anyway, as I mentioned they come in a set of 5 (smaller offset nuts are available in brass much like the original RP’s), each is rated to 12 kN, they range in size from 12 to 23mm (size 7 to 11), colour coded, are not inexpensive (about $16 ea. With DMM Alloy Offset you need to bring regular nuts because you don't have it. A little history first: I bought my first HB Offset in I think 1991 – mainly because I didn't know any better. So, the much awaited DMM Alloy Offsets, good, but in their current form far from perfect (see STOP PRESS at the end of this review). Until you use them you don't think you need them, but once you have them, they never leave your side. The WC is more versatile but gives slightly less option in flare cracks, however with more sizes in the sets isn't bad. Offsets were originally produced in both their brass micro wire, and alloy macro wire (a purely invented term!) forms by HB Climbing of Wales. Price when purchased (2014): £30 Price now (August 2015): £35 - £50. It gives enough tapered placements for almost all situations. Oct 25, 2024 · The Alloy Offset from DMM is our review team's favorite overall nut for all-around trad climbing because of their versatility and how perfect they are where most other pieces of passive protection or cams are adequate at best. dcxooeypnilvrxbbrdxwwwencbkmdsznlipsrzuddyyextxkzbh