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kennymac
Jul 29, 2004, 11:56 PM
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I am out to purchase a fairly large ammount of holds, i was wondering if anyone had any experinces (good/bad) with cheap holds. or any other company for that matter. pretty much any advice would be great.
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Kenny
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hey my buddy make awsome clmbing holds,i have been training on them for evewr now.Go to ebay and look on there,his name is climberguy i think or ryan.
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fallenfreesoloist
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i have a jumbo pack of them and love them. they are rougher than real rock and hurt a ton at first and in winter but will help build callasses and are cheap. good shapes too. thumbs up deal on these bad boys. :righton:
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kalcario
Aug 19, 2004, 3:30 AM
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Cheap Holds are a good idea, it's a good way to stretch your gym's hold budget but be advised they are not as "fun" as some of the more sophisticated brands. I'd go for a, like, 25% ratio of cheap holds to "real" holds. Another good money-saver is to buy screw-in holds ("jibs") which are more labor-intensive and require an 18 volt cordless drill but are cheap as f**k and can be placed anywhere, not just where a t-nut is.
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tyify
Aug 19, 2004, 6:12 AM
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Morganic Climbing makes some great holds...they work great and you can negotiate prices right with the owner. And ten bucks says the synrock guy gets his word in on this topic :lol: :roll:
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In reply to: ... ten bucks says the synrock guy gets his word in on this topic :lol: :roll:
Ha! Good call!
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edge
Aug 19, 2004, 12:49 PM
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edge moved this thread from General to Indoor Gyms.
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atomic
Aug 26, 2004, 2:45 PM
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If your looking for good, inexpensive holds. Check out my website http://www.atomicholds.com
Thanks
Scott
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russman
Aug 26, 2004, 2:53 PM
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in my old gym (read old garage)http://www.rockclimbing.com/...mp.cgi?Detailed=2981
ANd just before I torn it down when we moved....I had a ton of holds on it...everythign from the Cheap Holds Crack...to other Cheap holds, Atomic, Morganic, Metolius, MGear Box set....Pusher rails...foot jibs.....and I am suer I am missing like 2 or 3 other companies....
My suggestion it to buy from numerous comanies and get a lit of different feeling and looking holds. I guess it depends on how big your wall is...mine was roughly 800 sq ft. and you can see it had an over hang...2 vert sections...and a steep pitch....get lots, and throw them everywhere on yoru wall and then have fun 8^)
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michhiker
Aug 26, 2004, 3:33 PM
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If you are talking about CheapHolds the company then I can highly recommend them. They have a good variety of shape, and good texture. I wouldn't outfit a wall in any one brand oh hold no matter what simply to mix up the variety. The one area the CheapHolds shines in compared to most others that I have dealt with is in customer service. Give em a call and talk to them. When you call ask for James, he owns the company and is a great guy.
And in case the question pops up I am not affiliated with the company in anyway. However they are pretty close to me geographically and to give you an idea of the type of people they are, when my daughter wanted to do her school project on how to make climbing holds we called them, they invited us over and spent 2-3 hours answering a 5 year olds questions and showing her what they do. For anyone to take that kind of time with a kid for no thought of reward speaks pretty highly for their character in my opinion.
---MH
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johnson6102002
Aug 26, 2004, 3:56 PM
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cheap holds are great but like everone else here has been saying mix it up use different brands and chep holds will deffinitly tear your hands apart in the begining because of how rough they are. Deffinitly worth the money
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rwaltermyer
Aug 26, 2004, 4:02 PM
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In reply to: Morganic Climbing makes some great holds...they work great and you can negotiate prices right with the owner. And ten bucks says the synrock guy gets his word in on this topic :lol: :roll:
In my opinion, Morganic's prices are even better than Cheap Holds.
Also, I agree with the lack of variety/creativity of Cheap Holds; but I would recommend them for filling up your wall, as said.
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chronicle
Aug 26, 2004, 4:32 PM
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I bought the largest pack that cheapholds sold. they are great. As everyone else already posted, don't commit to one company. When my wall was done I had 4 different hold manufacturers. When I moved, I donated all of them to the gym I had been a member of for years. some of the holds were pretty unique, and were a good addition to the gym (so I was told).
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rwaltermyer
Aug 26, 2004, 7:26 PM
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Mgear.com used to have a great deal on Metolius holds: 50 holds for 99 bucks, including some roof jugs.
I was happy with it.
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andy_reagan
Aug 27, 2004, 7:48 PM
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Cheapholds.com makes good holds. I sanded the texture down a little so they wern't SO rough. They were unneccesarily rough at first.
Entreprises makes great quality slopers. Check them out. My favorite slopers.
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dredsovrn
Aug 27, 2004, 8:59 PM
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I am not sure if you are referring to the Cheap Holds brand, or cheap holds as in inexpensive. Anyhow, I find some of Cheap Holds holds to have a bizarre, unrocklike texture. I suppose that is true of most since I have almost never encountered rock with the high friction properties of indoor holds.
The best deal I have ever seen is Atomik Climbing Holds. Buy them direct on the web at what are really close to wholesale prices. I probably have 400 of their holds. The compare favorably with Metolius, Nicros, and Franklin. The main reason I have holds from the other companies is for variety of shapes. I already have most of the Atomik ones.
I think the "real" climbing holds is BS. Just name brands you pay more for. I am not opposed to that, but let's not pretend that they are really different.
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areyoumydude
Aug 29, 2004, 7:30 PM
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Check out pagangear.com. They sell Lapis holds pretty cheap.
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michey
Sep 1, 2004, 3:29 PM
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atomikclimbingholds.com offers the best prices and excellent quality. Kenny Matys, President 801-404-0280
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