Climbing Hold Reviews

If you've got a home wall or woody, you need holds…and lots of ’em. Climbing magazine has tested climbing holds from every hold maker, and we help you sort out the best values for your home climbing wall--and to avoid those painful grips no one wants to grab.
  • 2012 Gear Guide: Bouldering

    2012 Gear Guide: Bouldering

    Climbing magazine's editors present 2012's best crasphads and hangboards, plus the Mountain Project iPhone app.

  • Home-Wall Hold Kits

    Home-Wall Hold Kits

    Here are Climbing magazine's top picks for climbing holds to put on your home climbing wall.

  • Home-Starter Kits Gripped and Grabbed

    While one of my more demented co-workers insists that 32 degrees is the optimal redpoint temperature, most of us aren’t so sold on the idea. So, how to keep in shape? Time to hit the home woody. Almost every hold manufacturer offers some kind of boxed set to swiftly get you up and climbing on your home wall.