Looking for Kilter Board Home Wall Recommendations (Mainline or Full Ride?)

Agreed on the great customer service. Kiel is super responsive and helpful which was really important in the decision process. 

Now if they just make a way to filter for the specific 10x10 and 10x12 climbs, then that would make it perfect! :)

Prav Cwrote:

Eric, have you tried the filter setting "Only Tall Climbs"? I tried it and it seems to show climbs that specifically use the 8x12.

That still does not pick up all the climbs for 8x12.  I have reached out to Kilter and was referred to the app maker.  

Jeremy Salyerswrote:

Hey Eric,

I noticed you also live in Kentucky. My wife and I live in the Red and are close to buying a second board for our training space. We currently have a moonboard and have narrowed our second board down to the Kilter 12x12 OG or the 10x12 Fullride HW. Do you have any insight on the HW board? Is it significantly harder the the OG at 40 degrees (our preferred angle). We’re really looking for something to compliment the moonboard. We like the idea of the smaller holds on the HW but we also want a good variety of med/large holds. Any info would be greatly appreciated. We’re a few days away from purchase. Thanks!

I think I messaged in FB with your wife.  I like the HW better than the OG as it is more versatile.  There are still decent holds at 40 degrees.

A lot of the discussion ended up being about the size of the wall. My biggest wonder is the benefit of going with the full ride vs the mainline. Are there a lot of problems that utilize the extra holds? How much fun does it add?

IJMayerwrote:

A lot of the discussion ended up being about the size of the wall. My biggest wonder is the benefit of going with the full ride vs the mainline. Are there a lot of problems that utilize the extra holds? How much fun does it add?

IMHO empty space has value too when flagging.

IJMayerwrote:

A lot of the discussion ended up being about the size of the wall. My biggest wonder is the benefit of going with the full ride vs the mainline. Are there a lot of problems that utilize the extra holds? How much fun does it add?

The full ride is definitely better and has many more routes. We use most of the holds on the full ride, it just adds so much more variety. When I looked, it was 7300 routes (excluding open projects) with the full ride vs 2478 for mainline.  But If I had to pick between a bigger wall mainline and a smaller wall with full ride, I would do a bigger wall with the mainline. Are you looking to build one? You could always come over when you’re near Index and check it out. The home wall is really different from the original wall. 

I climb on a home wall mainline 7x10 at a friend’s, just never touched the full ride holds. Trying to decide between 10x10 full ride or 12x10 mainline

I would do the 8 x 12 full ride or the 10 x 12 main line, but probably just the 8 x 12 full ridebecause there are so many more routes available. As I recall, the 10 x 10 and 8 x 12 full ride walls were roughly the same cost, since they are the same number of holds, just rearranged in some fashion. The 10 x 10 gives you three extra rows of holds on each side versus the 8 x 12. There aren’t a ton of extra routes that utilize the outside three rows of holds on either side, so expanding to 10 feet wide is totally optional and honestly a pretty small incremental benefit. The 12 foot set up gives you six extra rows of holds on the bottom. And this is a huge advantage compared to the 10 foot tall wall, and I definitely recommend going to 12’ if you have space. 12’ gives you lots more vertical climbing, and  I would recommend having a 16 or 18 inch kickboard underneath. My kick board is about 10 inches, which I needed to do for height constraints, but it makes the low starts harder to do. On the kilter app, you can filter for tall, climbs, which allows you to get a lot of movement in, Which is really fun, but those low starts really are much better with a taller kickboard. I did the 10 x 12 full ride a few years ago when the prices were much cheaper, and so now if I had to buy it again I would definitely do the 8 x 12 full ride. Happy to chat more about the build, making it adjustable, etc.. I really recommend making an adjustable set up, versus a fixed angle, and there are a couple of really great DIY ways that are much cheaper than the frames on the market.

The full ride feels better if you want the classic Kilter experience because the dense layout gives you smoother movement options and fewer dead spaces. The mainline works fine for training and saves money, but you lose some of the flow that makes the board fun. If your budget can stretch, the full ride pays off long term.