[gruffalo]

Any one used these? McCloud says there the clostest to the real thing..look like they could be a finger shreadder ?

[Paul B]

all these gritstone style, replicating the texture of rough rock, sticking a damn pebble in your palm holds are all well and good for adding a bit of fun but they're grim for repeated use.

Add to that I think that nobody has pushed holds past what Pusher were doing a reasonable amount of time ago.

[benj_d]

i think a few walls have tested them and decided inevitably they are too harsh to train on.

[rodma]

They are Dream holds if you're the kind of person who dreams of regularly having your hands raped

[gruffalo]

Think I would rather shit the bed than have a dream like that....

[northerngreg]

I think they're great for specific training, i.e. having to think about how to hold them in the best way as they are very irregular in shape and it takes a bit of thought to get the fingers in the optimal position. However, for repeated daily use they will rape your skin. They also get polished very quickly.

[rodma]

I think they're great for specific training raping your hands, i.e. having to think about how to hold them in the best way as they are very irregular rapey in shape and it takes a bit of thought to get the fingers in the optimal least rapey position. However, for repeated daily use they will rape your skin hands. They also get polished avoided very quickly.

 

[Will Hunt]

 

I can think of little worse for the skin than slapping these:
http://www.extreme-dream.com/dream-climbing-holds/skye-gabbro

I once stood on a belay on the Sron and leant against a palm laid flat on the rock. It hurt. There were crystals piercing my skin.

[SA Chris]

It hurt. There were crystals piercing my skin.

Diddums.

[Will Hunt]

 
I can't help the soft Cheshire hands.

[remus]

These look interesting: http://www.extreme-dream.com/dream-climbing-holds/dumby-basalt

Certainly lowers the rape factor.

[Dr T]

These look interesting: http://www.extreme-dream.com/dream-climbing-holds/dumby-basalt

Certainly lowers the rape factor.

Thev'e got these at Craggy Island - got polished so quickly as to be pointless...

[rodma]

These look interesting: http://www.extreme-dream.com/dream-climbing-holds/dumby-basalt

Certainly lowers the rape factor.

You're shitting me.

These are the ones that they have at Alien2 and they are the tweakiest holds ever made (by people)

Oh, and they're not unbreakable, despite the wild claims.

I guess if you like "novelty" holds, then they are quite possibly what you are looking for, unless you would rather give mock rock your business.

[csurfleet]

I thought the debate was over, and the Core standard range had won? 

[rodma]

I thought the debate was over, and the Core standard range had won? 

had won what, most rapey, least rapey most novelty 

[slackline]

Subjective "best"

[csurfleet]

I'd award them the least rapey prize, and also the least novelty prize. Interesting shapes they aint, but if I wanted to see interesting shapes I'll go to a nu-rave gig and laugh at the glowstick goths.

[rodma]

They don't have any core holds at Alien2 yet, but do at the church. They seemed pretty good to me, I found the friction a little funny, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.......... i guess. The shape of the holds was certainly friendly enough.

[Fiend]

The Dumby ones are good. Polished, yes, but skin-friendly and got a good feel to them.

The rest are horrendous.

[SA Chris]

I found the friction a little funny

Just mildly amusing then.

[rodma]

The Dumby ones are good. Polished, yes, but skin-friendly and got a good feel to them.

You are one hell of a strange bloke 

[rodma]

I found the friction a little funny

Just mildly amusing then.

Yeah, falling off unexpectedly is mildly amusing, especially if you punch yourself in the face in the process.

[kilgore1080]

I think they're great for specific training raping your hands, i.e. having to think about how to hold them in the best way as they are very irregular rapey in shape and it takes a bit of thought to get the fingers in the optimal least rapey position. However, for repeated daily use they will rape your skin hands. They also get polished avoided very quickly.

 

Quality! har har har