Hangboard Recommendation

Hi all,

I started climbing over a year ago and I'm enjoying it so far , especially that I managed to stay relatively injury free. I will be moving to a larger house and I am looking to add some indoor equipment and was looking at hangboards/ fingerboards.

Since I never used one (unfortunatelly my climbing center is small  and doesnt have one), i am looking for some advice. If you were to choose a hangboard, which one would it be and why ? Is there anything that you would add / change ?

I am interested to find out what would must be features a hang board should have ? Do you care for slopers, pinchers,jugs or prefer more pockets & crimps with different depths/ angles ?

Thanks!

I don't train slopers on a hangboard and don't think it's effective if you do.  Slopers are more about body position.  I also don't think the pinches on hangboards are as effective as using pinch blocks.  I prefer wood hangboards so I'd check out the Tension Grindstone and Pro.  I have the Pro and love it.  I also have the portable Tension hangboard.

The fancy Trango board has every hold you'd want and it's adjustable side to side. There are a few nice wooden ones available as well and some people prefer the texture of wood.
If you are doing a pulley setup (recommended) you don't need a huge variety of hold sizes because you can add or remove weight to change difficulty as needed, so you can probably save by getting a smaller board.

Yes to slopers, pinchers,jugs, pockets & crimps. Train each grip type you want to strengthen and then tailor specifics to focus on your goals.
I agree with Slim that hard slopers feel like a waste of time, but imo easier ones for newer climbers are probably useful.

Trango Rock Prodigy. It has everything you need to strengthen your fingers.