Revival Climbing Adjustable Walls

I've been shopping around for a freestanding adjustable wall (12x12) and have been looking at Revival Climbing's ( revivalclimbing.com/adjusta…).  It differs from a lot of the other boards in that the whole adjustable portion is engineered wood instead of steel.

Unfortunately, there aren't any of their boards near me to check out, but apparently there are a good number in the Denver/front range area.

Can anyone who has climbed on one offer any feedback regarding stability, durability, or anything else that might differentiate them from other freestanding adjustable boards?

Much appreciated!

Bump to try and get some feedback. Otherwise, I'll take the chance and order.

Anyone's gym have one?

My gym used to have something similar to this. I did notice some flex in the board when doing big moves towards the top of the board. Not sure if this was because of the wood or the pistons. Other than that it was an excellent training tool.

Eldo Walls just started selling a wood based board too and they’re in Louisville, could be worth a look?

Tension Climbing just dropped a youtube with a bunch of climbing on Revival boards; youtube.com/watch?v=iX5hYlh…

I decided to go with revival. I'll post my experience once its here and I install it (and get to climb on it a bit).

They were extremely helpful and the ordering process was easy, but I feel like pretty much all the adjustable board wall manufacturers I talked to meet that criteria.

Aaron Liebling wrote:

I decided to go with revival. I'll post my experience once its here and I install it (and get to climb on it a bit).

They were experiment helpful and the ordering process was easy, but I feel like pretty much all the adjustable board wall manufacturers I talked to meet that criteria.

I look forward to your review. In the YT I couldn't decern any flex.

 Did you order a fixed angle, or adjustable?

12'x12' adjustable. If I was going fixed angle I would have just built it myself (far more cheaply)

Bummer there isn’t a better off the shelf truly freestanding option

There are lots of options, but if you want adjustable angles, none of them are cheap.

Aaron Liebling wrote:

There are lots of options, but if you want adjustable angles, none of them are cheap.

Who makes freestanding? Revival you have to bolt down

A number of the companies offer freestanding (not bolted) via legs coming forward that function as counterweights/balances. In my case, I'm happy to bolt down.

What price range is a 12x12 adjustable?

Around 16k delivered including panels drilled for the 10x12 kilter home wall (I'll use the foot on either side for other holds). It's not cheap, but building a comparable one off adjustable wall ourselves really wasn't that much cheaper (especially if we paid someone to CNC the hole pattern).

Also note: if you have a structural wall you can attach to and you don't care about the elegance of linear actuators (winches and chain are ok), you can definitely DIY cheaper. For me, between getting the engineering for bolt down right and a linear actuator system, it was significantly easier to just pay someone who has already done the work.

Any update on how the board has been now that you've had it for a few months? 

Haven't gotten it fully set yet (500+ holds will take a while). I only finally built it about a week ago. Build was straight forward and their support was great (instant reply to texted questions, even on the weekend). I did everything by myself except mounting the panels, which we did with two of us. Total construction time of the frame (not tnuts or holds) was ~10 hours.

It's very solid. I've hung/bounced on the end at the lowest angle and there's maybe the slightest movement, but not enough to effect climbing. The worm drive actuators can get out of sync if you move it up and down a lot. This is easily fixed by moving the board to its limit (either fully up or down) so not an issue.

I'll report more once I've gotten to use it

Aaron Liebling wrote:

Haven't gotten it fully set yet (500+ holds will take a while). I only finally built it about a week ago. Build was straight forward and their support was great (instant reply to texted questions, even on the weekend). I did everything by myself except mounting the panels, which we did with two of us. Total construction time of the frame (not tnuts or holds) was ~10 hours.

It's very solid. I've hung/bounced on the end at the lowest angle and there's maybe the slightest movement, but not enough to effect climbing. The worm drive actuators can get out of sync if you move it up and down a lot. This is easily fixed by moving the board to its limit (either fully up or down) so not an issue.

I'll report more once I've gotten to use it

Can you share a cost breakdown of the whole setup? Board, holds, shipping etc.

Wall was ~$19k including pre drilled panels (cheaper having them do it even with shipping than getting panels cnc-ed lovely) 

Tnuts ~$100

Kilter home wall full ride holds and lights ~$13k

Foam for pads ~$1.5k

Total ~$33k

Obviously you can do it cheaper than that, especially if you can use your building's wall as structural support for the wall and if you go with something other than kilter holds.

I'm still attaching holds, but the tedious bits so far have been tnuts and marking the correct angle for each hold.

Aaron Liebling wrote:

There are lots of options, but if you want adjustable angles, none of them are cheap.

Check this out. Just $990 for the freestanding, adjustable steel frame. You supply the DIY wood components. Complete assembly instructions shown at bluesmanboards.com 

Sorry, I should have said "if you want 12'x12' freestanding adjustable without legs protruding in front".

That's a great design if one is ok with the aesthetics and wants a small board...At under ~2k (with drilling your own holes) it's certainly addresses a large part of the market...definitely not the market revival is going after.