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RP’s

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Nick Niebuhr · · CO · Joined Aug 2013 · Points: 465

Does anybody know what RPs are worth these days? I have an opportunity to buy some but am having a hard time finding any current info on them. 

Matt Kuehl · · Las Vegas · Joined Nov 2010 · Points: 1,712

$149 retail on the set of 7 DMM brass offsets. Might be able to find the older HB versions for cheaper used though

AndyMac · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2008 · Points: 1,133
Nick Drake · · Kent, WA · Joined Jan 2015 · Points: 651
Matt Kuehl wrote:

$149 retail on the set of 7 DMM brass offsets. Might be able to find the older HB versions for cheaper used though

If you're not aid climbing don't bother, just get the three largest and save a bunch https://www.backcountry.com/dmm-brass-offset-free-package?rr=t

I've only placed a #3 on a free route once, never placed the smallest ones. Wouldn't ever do more than body weight the smallest ones. 

Nick Niebuhr · · CO · Joined Aug 2013 · Points: 465

Thanks guys I'm talking about actual RPs though. Like the ones made by R.P. himself. Any idea on those?

Allen Sanderson · · On the road to perdition · Joined Jul 2007 · Points: 1,100

If used depending on condition, $10 each.

Khoi · · Vancouver, BC · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 50

Given that Roland Pauligk, the inventor and manufacturer of RP's, passed away about almost exactly one year ago, and no one has since stepped in to take over, RP's will only become increasingly rare.  With that in mind I don't see RP's going down until price until there is a revolution in the protection available for cracks of that size.

I reckon they'll be at least $10-$15 apiece for quite a while

saign charlestein · · Tacoma WA · Joined Apr 2017 · Points: 2,077

RP’s are different than the DMM brass offsets, they’re closer to the imps. The offsets are more useful in granite but the rp’s are great in quartzite sandstone (they were invented for mt arapalise) 

Marc H · · Longmont, CO · Joined May 2007 · Points: 265

I recently (past year or so) saw a set at the Boulder Sports Recycler for ~$120. I seriously considered shelling out for them. But I decided to hope no one noticed them and wait two months for the price to drop. They were gone within a couple weeks.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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