Wild Country Anodised Rock On Wire Set 1 to 10

The Wild Country Rock on Wire Set 1 to 10 are the basic building block of any trad climbing rack. With its large size range, the Rock covers a extensive variety of possible gear placements. Rocks on Wire have been improved from the days of the original classic rock - the head of each nut is anodised in a specific colour making the correct size easily identifiable and the side walls are now thinner and lighter plus they have a lateral side taper.

The Rock keeps Wild Country's proven curved nut head design, where the forces on the nut are triangulated by having three points of contact, this increases the holding power of the nut making it less likely to swivel out as well as being easier to place.

Wild Country Rock on Wire Set 1 to 10 Features

Anodised and colour coded

Original curved rock geometry

Tapered side profile

Over barrelled edges

Thin wall extrusions on sizes 7 - 10

7x7 wire rope

1 - 10 set weight 355g

Product	Colour	Long Edge Width (mm)	Depth (mm)	Weight (g)	Strength (kN)
Anodised Rock on Wire 1	Voilet	13	7	16	7
Anodised Rock on Wire 2	Green	13.8	8.2	25	9
Anodised Rock on Wire 3	Silver	14.5	9.6	28	10
Anodised Rock on Wire 4	Gold	15.3	11.3	30	10
Anodised Rock on Wire 5	Blue	16.8	13.3	32	10
Anodised Rock on Wire 6	Red	19	15.6	36	10
Anodised Rock on Wire 7	Gunmetal	21.2	18.4	38	10
Anodised Rock on Wire 8	Turquoise	24	21.6	41	10
Anodised Rock on Wire 9	Gold	27.7	24.4	49	10
Anodised Rock on Wire 10	Silver	31	30	60	10

Customer Reviews of Wild Country Anodised Rock On Wire Set 1 to 10

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Reviewer: Dave, Clwyd  

DMM is always my first stop when it comes to protection, but with the extended size range of the Wild Country Rocks On Wire they are hard to better. Colour coded for size range and slick to place. Great value for money, quality kit.

Reviewer: mary , yelverton  

I need to add to my collection for occasional outdoor climbing. This is a reasonably priced item for the low level climbing I am likely to be doing.

Reviewer: Zack, West Sussex  

Before I purchased my set of nuts, I read a lot of reviews that compared DMM and WC nuts, and a lot of reviews mention the different shape profile. Rather than echoing those reviews/articles, I would like to add that WC rocks 2 and 3 apparently have a higher kN rating than their DMM equivalent (9+11 vs 12+12) and being relatively new to leading, I find that reassuring (even if in reality this represents a negligible difference) The colours are cool (although I havent been climbing long enough to comment on how necessary this is), they seem to seat well, and I/my partners havent had any more problems retrieving these nuts over other brands.

Reviewer: Jan, South Wales  

Perfect set of nuts! They are light, well designed and fit perfectly in a huge selection of cracks. They are colour coded with DMM's Wallnuts so I tend to rack a the small Wallnuts and Rock's on one crab, the medium on another, and the larger on a third.

The price is a good bit steeper than the older classic rocks, but for the weight saving and the colour coding with the Wallnuts I would say the extra is worth it unless you are just starting out!

Reviewer: Nick Smith, UKClimbing.com  

An excellent set of nuts, they can either be used on their own on short pitches. e.g., gritstone, or in combination with a second set for longer pitches. Once you get used to the colours, they do speed up finding the right size, as you want to quickly grab the Rock that is 'smaller than the blue'.

Personally I like having a 1-11 set of WC Rocks on one side, and 1-11 DMM Wallnuts on the other side. The shapes are different enough to give you plenty of placement options. I haven't tried the sizes bigger than 11, which seem quite well covered by hexes (or cams).

Nick Smith, UKClimbing.com

Reviewer: Alice Turner, Harrow  

Does the job as a piece of passive protection, just as any of the rocks on the market. Overall these are well made, light, and handy in that they are a slightly different shape to the DMM Wallnuts, so work well in conjunction with them as a second set of nuts.

The coloured anodising, which I originally thought was a gimmick, I now find quite helpful, especially when I've already placed a lot of gear and my rack is starting to get a bit thin - I can see at a glance whether the size I want is still there or if I've already placed it.

The only thing which stops me giving these a 5-star rating is that the new ones seem to have less friction between the wire and the nut itself, so that while it's on the harness the nut drifts from the end of the wire to about half-way along it. This means that a) you have to drag it up to the end of the wire (with your teeth if you've only got one hand free) before you place it, and b) when seconding you can't use the wire to lift it out of its placement, so you have to get a nut-key on it. Of course this problem's not insoluble, some tape just below the nut should hold it in place, it's just that it's such a trivial thing to get wrong in the first place.