I have 40 bucks to spend and need a quality hangboard for training. I am a 5.12 climber that is broke and busy with grad school prep training. I need something to keep me in shape/improve my climbing(want to break 5.13/climb it regularly) but not be over priced. Would love a moon board or nicros but they are just too pricey. What do you think about a drcc v3 or just a simple HIT strip? any suggestions for quality and reasonably priced hangboards?

The HIT Strip grips are too big for hangboarding on. They are designed to be mounted on a 55deg overhang. Even if you mounted it at that angle, it would probably still be too big.

No idea about the DRCC v3, but I see lots of used hangboards in the FS thread on MP.com, maybe you can find one there.

Thanks! I thought that might be the case with the HIT strips. I'll keep an eye on the classifieds. Anybody have an idea on the V3 though?

I would look at finding a better used one. The v3 does not have the greatest variety, the central sloped holds are too small forcing your hands too close together, and my biggest gripe is that the small edges for the left hand are bigger than the right. They may have fixed that last problem (hopefully), but there are better boards that new cost maybe only 15 more.

Save/spend $40 more and get the V5.12. Mountaingear has free shipping on it. If you plan to train/climb on it a lot, you will run out of things to do on the V3 very quickly. I use V5.12 and I use all the holds and wish I had more varieties.

The best cheap board I've tried is the Metolius Project at ~$50. (GearX has them for $43)

Pretty easy to find barely used boards on the forums though.

No idea about the V3. I have and use a V512 and do like many things about it, but there are also drawbacks.

You want really cheap, buy a few matching sets of bolt-on holds and mount them on a scrap of two-by.

I have a V3 and V5.12 mounted side by side. It is a good arrangement for avoiding the too narrow sloper issue because you can use one sloper on each board and have plenty of room. The slopers on the V3 seem a bit harder than the ones on the V5.12 so I have the V3 mounted on the left side where I am slightly stronger.

As a stand alone, I think the V3 is a bit limited. No pinches to speak of and only one small/medium edge. I do really like the two smallest edges on the V3. They are much harder than any holds on the V5.12 but I'd be a lot happier using the v5.12 as my sole training board.

As other folks have suggested, I'd probably start building my own board from scrap wood if financial constraints were an issue. You could really tweak the hold design to what you want with some basic tools and a little creativity.

Great advice from all. I appreciate it. Been trolling the for sale forum for a couple of days. Still haven't found anything. May have to work on some wood from home depot. I have looked at these two. climbingholds.com/index.php/training/hera-board.html and climbingholds.com/index.php/training/head-board.html Any Thoughts? Thanks

Cut some PBC pipe in half and put some sand and epoxy for grip.
I have a full piece for my good crimp, a just over half for a ok crimp, and a 1\3 or 1\4 inch for bad crimps.