Kilter, MoonBoard and Tension at home

A licensed board is a grid, a set of holds in known places, and an app full of problems that assume those places. It is a good buy when the room matches the published envelope and you want other people's problems. It is a bad buy when you will have to shrink it, because a shrunk MoonBoard is not a MoonBoard. The app will not know what you deleted.

Figures below are the makers' own, checked on 13 November 2026. They change. The maker's page wins.

MoonBoard

Moon's choose-your-board table, in millimetres:

Layout	Angle	Height	Width	Depth
Freestanding	40°	3554	2440	4860
Freestanding	25°	4100	2440	4860
Standard DIY	40°	3174	2440	2353
Standard DIY	25°	3688	2440	1547
Mini DIY	40°	2020	2440	1569

The DIY build guide adds matting and a fall zone on top of a similar envelope, and it asks for the frame to be the right size. "About eight feet" is not the specification. 2440 mm wide is one UK plywood sheet. The height at 40° on the standard DIY board is 3174 mm before the mat, which is already more than many garage door-heads. Read the garage page before you fall for the 40° photos.

Moon's angle note is plain. 40° is the steeper, more powerful setting. 25° puts more of the session on your feet. The mini is 40° only.

Hold sets are priced on that same page as components, not as an installed wall. On 13 November 2026 Moon listed Original School Holds at £250, School Holds sets and Wood Holds sets at £400 each, and MoonBoard screw-on footholds at £70. A 2016 setup is described as Original plus Set A plus Set B. Later setups add further sets. Panels, the frame, the LED kit and the mat are extra. The app is how you get the problems. That page does not print a subscription fee, so check the current app terms before you add one to the budget.

The frame is not in the DIY kit. Moon says to get professional advice if you are unsure. That is the correct instruction, and it matches the fixings guide.

Kilter

Kilter's installation handbooks list homewall layouts of 7×10, 8×12, 10×10 and 10×12 ft, with Auxiliary, Mainline or Fullride hold layouts depending on the size. Original layouts go from 7×10 up to 16×12 ft. The handbook's setup step is to pick that size and layout in the Kilter app and connect the lights.

Those are foot sizes. Kilter's handbook states them in feet. Converting 7 × 10 ft at 304.8 mm to the foot is about 2.13 × 3.05 m of climbing surface, before the kick of the angle you hang it at and before the mat. Kilter's own handbook page we checked does not print a single required angle. Adjustable frames are sold by wall builders so you can change it. If you buy an adjustable frame, the room has to take the steepest angle you will use, because that is the one with the longest run-out. The size table shows how fast that run-out grows.

Lights and holds are a two-person install in the handbook's own words, and the frame is a separate choice: your builder, a custom frame, or your own. "Your own" still needs the structural check.

Tension Board 2

Tension sells the Tension Board 2 as a hold and LED set. The product page says the sets do not include a wall or panels. Hardware is separate. Sizes on the installation-guide page, written as height by width, are 12×16, 12×12, 10×12, 12×8 and 10×8 ft. Each has a CAD file for the panels. You are building, or buying, a wall that matches that file.

Tension's FAQ says the board is best on an adjustable wall. If you must pick a fixed angle, they recommend, for the TB2, 30° or 40° for V2–V5, 45° for V6–V10, and 45° to 55° for V11 and above. Those are their words for their holds. A 55° panel in a domestic room is a large run-out and a serious fixing. Put it through the planner before you treat the FAQ as a shopping list.

The same FAQ explains why the TB2 has no kickboard: they want the angle from the first move, and they want more climbing surface in a smaller floor area. Your mat still has to cover the landing. Deleting the kickboard does not delete the fall.

The current price and lead time are on Tension's product page. This guide does not copy a dollar figure that will be stale, and it does not convert it into a UK installed cost. Panels, frame, mat and delivery to the UK are the rest of the bill.

What "licensed" changes

You are paying for the holds in the right places and for the problems that use them. A homemade grid with similar-looking holds is a spray wall, which can be excellent, and it is not the product those apps are grading. Build the drawing, or build your own wall on purpose. The DIY or board page is that choice in one place.

Sources: Moon's size table, Moon's DIY build guide, Kilter's installation handbooks, Tension Board 2, Tension's installation guides, Tension's FAQ.