I only own a few of these because I've bootied them, and don't actually use them. However, I have climbed with them enough to have decided that I really don't like them as much as Black Diamond Stoppers. (Before I bought my first set of Stoppers, Aaron and I of course always climbed entirely with his rack, and his nuts were old Wild Country Rocks that his dad had handed down to him. Not surprisingly, Will Hobbs also had a set of these, and one or two times that I climbed with him we used them instead of my Stoppers.) Other than the fact that they are longer, which obviously makes them less likely to be able to be placed in some small/tight spots, there's just something about their shape that I find makes them less user-friendly. I remember being amazed, on the first two climbs that I did after buying my Stoppers (Dream of Wild Turkeys and Sour Mash at Red Rocks), how easy and bomb-proof the nut placements seemed on those routes. I soon decided it wasn't just the placements, but rather the difference between Stoppers and Rocks, an opinion that has been reinforced several times since then.

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