Nut Tool Recommendations

[BradW]

I'm a starting trad climber looking for nut tool recommendations.

 

This is a cheap and simple piece of gear, but there are a lot of different designs out there so I'm wondering what others have used and liked.

[Dru]

i don't think any climbers out there have had to bail because they were using the wrong brand of nut tool.

 

the one with integral knife could be useful if you need to cut a lot of webbing or if you want to be aron ralston and do surgery with your nut tool.

[thelawgoddess]

i like the ushba ti tool. doesn't hurt as much when you're trying to hammer it in with your hand.

[Toast]

Actually metolius makes a cool one with a built in biner. It'll save you from having to use one to keep it attached.

[fenderfour]

The Metolius tool has been ground so that the clip end is wider than the hook end, making it easier to get at small (aid climbing) stoppers.

[NYC007]

Omega makes a nice one like the metolius but its about $5 cheaper..

[cook]

BD one opens beer

[fenderfour]

They all open beer if you know how.

[Dru]

twist offs

[catbirdseat]

BD one opens beer

I tested my Metolius for the first time yesterday. I mean on a beer bottle. It performed admirably.

[snoboy]

Ushba..

 

BD is good, the DMM one with the hooks on the back end sux. Ed Leeper thinks a lot of his design.

 

Ushba - thin, has a nice flat end to hit, works. disadvantage - it's Ti, so people will think you're a geek for having a ti nutter.

 

Anything opens beer bottles...

[IceIceBaby]

ding dong, long shlong, long dong or whatever....my nuts tool is all iron

[thelawgoddess]

snoboy's right. i always use a biner to open bottles. i forget who taught me that.

[JoshK]

I guess if I was getting a new one, all things being equal, i would get the lightest one I could find. I do like that built in biner one tho.

[Squid]

Those pansy-ass gizmos are for posers!

 

Real hard-men don't need built-in 'biners- we stash our nut tools in our ass-cracks. Serves as tp. Light is right, baby.

 

I open beer bottles with my ass-crack, too.

[Dru]

I saw SOMEONE stash some chalk granules in their buttcrack and then take a dip while bouldering just as if they had a chalk bag back there

[chirp]

My old Leeper "Hooker" is one tough unit, as well as being aesthetically pleasing like a fine old machined campagnolo crank removal tool.

[billcoe]

 

All of the advice so far has been good. DMM also makes a blue handle model which is good.

 

If I had to buy 1: Trango shark.

If I did alpine or long routes: Ushba titanium.

 

But I don't have to choose one, so I have all of the tools mentioned except the Metlious, and I climb with 3 people who own that one and it works fine too. It did take me a few days to break my trango tool although it still sort of works.

 

BTW: Joseph has a nice racking sling for his tool you should all check out.

 

 

...Real hard-men don't need built-in 'biners- we stash our nut tools in our ass-cracks. Serves as tp. Light is right, baby. I open beer bottles with my ass-crack, too.

 

I think I've discovered why your beer tastes like shit dude!

[John Frieh]

The grivel one has common bolt head shape cut outs built in so you can tighten loose bolts... I have found this handy from time to time.

 

I generally use a metolius though.

[Dr_Crash]

The DMM one with the hooks at the wide end works fine for me. Just like the BD did. They both open beer, of course, as does any item in the hands of a thirsty climber.

 

drC

[Nick]

If you're carrying beer you might as well bring along a cold chisel and a hammer.

[SemoreJugs]

i find keychain biners great for clipping gear that is not pro to my harness (ie nut tool, camera, nalgene) I prefer a nut tool with a flat sirface to strike with a hex for those stubborn nutz that my partner yanked on.

[SemoreJugs]

rofl

[SemoreJugs]

okay last post for the night. Have u tried using a thin lost arrow? I find them to work nice as a supplemental, or second nut tool (sometimes one tool aint enough for the ladies). Besides, it has the extra function of protection if you need it.