Rock Climbing Mug (Oblong, Blue)

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Well, now there's a version of a rock climbers coffee mug that is literally made to look and fee like the edge of a rock. As you can see from the video, the mug is really good quality; it’s fully ceramic with the handhold moulded directly into the design of the mug. The good thing about the Pinch Hold is that there’s no adhesive and the handhold is part of the mug itself. However, it could also be used creatively to warm up before practising on a fingerboard of something.

The pinch hold coffee mug features a small sliver of rock in lieu of an actual handle on the mug, which makes it quite difficult to pick up without actually wrapping your hand around the entire mug. The unique impossible to hold coffee mugfeatures no actual handle other than the texture of a rock cliff, and is handmade in the UK, measuring in at 3. So, for newbie climbers especially, I would say that using this mug is bound to have some benefits that will translate over to climbing. This way, it'll help you practice your rock climbers grip every time you go for a sip of coffee or tea.But I have been using it to drink hot coffee and tea and, while the handhold heats up a little bit, you can still drink from it as long as you’re careful. It’s made in Stoke-on-Trent, which is about a three-hour drive from where we’re based in the South West of the UK. So, overall I really like the Pinch Hold mug and would definitely recommend it as a gift for both new and experienced rock climbers alike. It'll help you practice your pinch grip, and certainly allow you to flex on your co-workers to the fact that you're a rock climber.

Instead of having a handle like a traditional mug, it’s sculpted to look like a rockface and requires the drinker to pinch the hold, in a similar way to holding a rock handhold on a crag or indoor climbing wall. However, I definitely feel that my fingers have to work to hold it, especially when using a harder grip. Maybe you want to practice your pinch hold grip, or maybe you just love the texture of the side of a cliff. You can use different four, three, and even two finger grips and, because the handhold is asymmetric, holding the mug in your left hand opens up even more options. Whether the Pinch Hold Mug is just a bit of fun or whether you can actually increase your grip strength by using it is hard to say.Even ifyou mishandle the mug, you'll spill coffee all over yourself and surely learn from your mistakes for when it actually counts while on the side of an actual rock. At the very least it will get you used to the different ways in which you can approach and grip a hold and will probably result in some increased grip strength over time as well. It’s actually quite easy to hold, at least when using a standard five finger grip, and I haven’t had any problems with the mug slipping.