10 Small Simple Crimps Set #1

I have tried set #1, #2, and #3 of the "10 Small Simple Crimps." These are my favorite. You get a greater diversity of hold depths and incuts than with the other sets. You get small, shallowly-uncut holds for nail-biting crimps and some more positive edges for bigger moves or rose moves.

Rather than the crimp being just a tiny edge that forms a crimp against the wall, these holds features a lip or crease set into a backplate. It sets it apart from the other crimps I've tried. I don't know why, but it's nicer to crimp into the hold's plastic backspash than to be crimping against the textured back of your board.

I bought this as a 1-color set and use them for setting 12-move endurance crimp finger strength problems maybe V3 to V4 at 20 degrees overhanging. I have also set a couple 4-6 move V4/V5 problems and you could definitely set problems easier than that. They're a wonderful, versatile set for not-very-steep boards. I've tried a bunch of crimps from a few different brands. These are my hands-down my favorite. Get yourself some.

Huge fan of these crimps, they are really skin friendly and get real hard on steeper overhangs.

I tried them out on a 45 degree wall and about the easiest I could set was about a V6.

I bought these looking for a tough set of crimps and that's exactly what I got. I can fit 4 fingers in all of them if I really want to. I enjoy the precision that these holds require in more dynamic movements. They are good holds to train deadpointing on.

These crimps are great for training! The set has a lot of variety for different depths of crimping it is very challenging on my 30 degree and kind of easy on the vert. Depends on what your into these will help you crimp!

There are a wide range of incut/depths in this set. A number of these grips ended up being a little larger than I’d anticipated, which is cool. I’ve only used them on our vertical wall so far for thin/technical movement. They pair well with the extra-small feet in a similar style. I’d be excited to throw them up on the overhang to see what the feel like there.

This is an absolutely stellar set of crimps for that short thin project when you are ready to try hard. Not the comfiest training holds for  laps. But just right for super technical bear-down thin granite crimps.  Love these on my 15. Too thin for me to use on  my 40. Pairs well with 25 super small simple tech feet.

I have a 45 degree wall and this set is minimal V8 on it. There some good variety to the crimps. Some are pretty incut, while others are very thin and requiring a volume to use. Good news is, some also make great feet! Totally worth it for the price.

I love a good crimp route and found it difficult to set one before I got this set. They are a challenge and really fun to swap them into other routes to increase difficulty. Anything past vertical and they are v6

Great addition to any degree wall. Set a whole problem on a vertical or use them as an intermediate on your steep walls. Beef up your grades with these simple crimps.

Rhese range from really sticky 5.10 finger pad crimps to 5.12+ on a flat wall. Nice variety to work your way up from easier to harder.

(set these on ~37 degree home wall)

These are exactly what I wanted, borderline too difficult to use at my angle. Some are better than others, and one or two are really bad and will only be used as feet for now.. Great for projects/cruxes and getting strong at bearing down on small holds!

Great crimps, very tough, way thinner than the “thin crimps” set. Use these for hard burn-out routes.

great hols for a 10 degree warmup wall and working on endurance

Use them regularly on my 11 degree overhanging wall for thin technical V3  and harder problems, and have used the most positive ones on my 33 degree wall for V6 and harder problems.