XL Christmas Tree

We are a decorating kind of family so it was only natural that we would look for a way to include our new homewall.  We started with the XXL Pumpkin (aka the great pumpkin in our house) for Halloween.  While I was buying that I came across this hold and thought "well that will be great come December!"

So why am I writing this review in October? The XXL Pumpkin is such a hit in our house that the kids have been asking non-stop when they can try the tree.  So I broke down and we've been climbing on it for the last few days.   It's another great and approachable hold on our vertical wall for the kids.  But once they tired out I moved it to our 30 degree overhanging wall and found it equally fun there.   Really love that Atomik has these theme holds that are not just great to look at, but a lot of fun to climb on too.  We will be back for more!

This hold can be flipped and used many different ways. It is a great hold on anything less than a 30 degree. It is a stout hold on our 45 degree (v5 when flipped with the best angle). It's awesome on the volumes and flat walls.

Yes, it is a Christmas tree flavor hold.  We leave ours on our wall year round though :-)  In "tree" mode (upright), this hold is a highly textured pinch-jug.  Basically, you can grab this hold in a million different ways.  If you're pinching it, one of your fingers might just be in a little jug portion.  It's weird in a good way.  Or it can be grabbed as a double-handed, 2-finger, 3-finger or 4-finger jug depending on the set of "branches" you choose to grab.  If you turn it upside down the lowest set of branches (now at the top of the hold) becomes a huge two-handed jug.  It can also be pinched in many different ways when upside down.  For just being a flavor hold, this thing is amazing in its variability.  What fun it would be to populate my wall with a "forest" of these holds.  Everyone needs to have at least one on their wall.