Best dry tooling holds?

[ptownclimber]

Injuries and boredom have conspired to motivate me to finally build the dry tooling garage.

 

Looking for recommendations on holds to use for dry tooling training...

[pac man]

I haven't tried them yet, but these look pretty cool for an extra addition to normal climbing holds:

Ice Holdz

[davidk]

beater plastic holds or wood. Wood offers better grip for the picks and is cheap to replace, and you can easily sculpt your own holds with simple hand tools. Just use a washer and don't tighten too much.

[BigSky]

I've used Ice Holdz and they are pretty fun, but way too pricey for my taste. Using a few as part of your dry tooling wall would be pretty handy though.

[dbb]

I would make your own. Plastic and wood holds are too soft and quickly feel like "jugs" even when they provide very little surface area for hooking (wood especially). Home made holds are harder and standup to prolonged drytooling better than commercial ones. Plus, you can easily design any type of hook placement. Most commercial holds are aimed towards fingers, not picks, and thus provide too much surface area (I'm talking about training for slightly overhanging DTing, not the way horizonal stuff). The ice holdz look like a neat product, but they are aiming to replicate ice, not rock.

[rocketparrotlet]

I haven't tried them yet, but these look pretty cool for an extra addition to normal climbing holds:

Ice Holdz

 

Do you think it's good for business to use the words "hardness" and "penetration" in the same sentence?

 

...anyway, does anybody know a place where I can practice indoor drytooling/indoor "ice" (foam) climbing besides the Mountaineers Clubhouse and Stone Gardens?

 

-Mark