Installing a Padel Scoreboard: How and Where to Mount It

There is no building work involved. A Kronoset padel scoreboard goes up on the court in under a minute, with your hands and nothing else: it attaches with two suction cups to the glass or with hooks to the mesh fence, and it comes off just as fast. No drilling, no screws, no cables across the court and no touching the club's electrical installation.

That is the short answer, and it is what almost everyone is here for: you don't need permission to drill a hole, you don't need to call an electrician and you don't need to close the court for a single day. If you rent the court, or the club isn't yours, it matters even more: when you take it down, the court is exactly as it was.

The whole thing, from the box to the court and back. Fifty seconds, no sound.

What follows is the long answer: what you need, how it attaches to each type of enclosure, what height to put it at and what changes if you have several courts.

What you need to install it

The short list, so you don't get halfway through on the day you mount it.

To install it	What you need
Tools	None. It goes on and comes off by hand.
Drill, screws, wall plugs	None of that. Nothing is drilled — not the glass, not the frame, not the structure of the enclosure.
Power on the court	Not needed. No trunking, no new socket, no electrician.
Wi-Fi or setup	No. It works on its own, with no network and nothing to pair.
An installer or a works permit	No. Nothing is fixed to the court, so there is nothing to authorise and nothing to put back afterwards.
A dry cloth	Yes, and it's the only thing you really need. The suction cup grips on a smooth, clean surface.
Power supply	On the base model you provide it: any USB-C power bank, or a USB-C charger if there's a socket nearby. The PRO has the battery inside.
Time	Under a minute to mount it. Five to move it to another court.

Glass court: the two suction cups

This is the most common case and it covers most courts. The mount has a suction cup with a locking lever, and fitting it is three moves: clean the spot where it goes, press the cup against the glass, and close the lever. That's where it stays.

The number that answers the question everyone asks — what if it falls? — is this one: two suction cups rated at 30 kg each, and the scoreboard weighs 1 kg. Sixty times its own weight in grip. That isn't a tight margin: it's an absurd one, and it's deliberate, so that the device never depends on the suction cup having a good day.

With one honest condition, the only one there is: the suction cup needs a smooth, clean surface. Glass with dust on it, with leftover cleaning spray or with dried raindrops grips far worse. Hence the cloth.

Three practical details that avoid nearly every scare:

• Close the lever all the way. Pressing the cup isn't enough: the lever is what finishes creating the vacuum. If it's left half-closed, it grips well for a while and then gives way little by little — which is exactly the failure that looks like a mystery and isn't.
• Pull gently towards you before letting go. Two seconds of checking.
• Leave the cable slack, not taut. A tight cable ends up moving the scoreboard or unplugging itself at the first knock.

Mesh-fence court: the hooks, and they're in the box

Plenty of courts — club courts built years ago, and almost all open-back ones — have metal mesh exactly where you want the scoreboard. A suction cup has nothing to grip there, so the fixing is a different one: the scoreboard hangs from the mesh on hooks.

And the important part, because it's what tends to go wrong with other products: the hooks come in the box. Nothing to order separately, no adapter to hunt down, no checking whether your glass is a particular type.

It's the same idea as the suction cup — on and off by hand, no building work — applied to a different surface. If your court mixes the two, which is normal, you have both options available from day one and you can try where it reads best without committing to anything.

What arrives in the box

On the base model:

• The Kronoset digital scoreboard.
• The suction-cup mount for glass.
• The hooks for the mesh fence.
• USB-C cable.
• 3-year warranty.

And what does not come with it, said here rather than in the small print: neither the external battery nor the wall charger. The power section further down explains why, and what to do about it.

What height and what spot to put it at

Here there is a number, and it's worth using because it saves you trial and error: the recommended height is around 1.70 m. That's the height you naturally look at while playing. Lower, and the players themselves block it; higher, and it makes you lift your head in the middle of a point.

The display is legible at 30 metres, so distance is never the problem on a padel court: a court is 20 × 10 m. The problem is always position, and two criteria settle it:

1. All four should see it without turning round. A scoreboard makes sense because everyone looks at it, not just whoever is keeping score. The test is silly and it's foolproof: stand in the returning position at each of the two ends and look. If from one of the two sides you have to go looking for it, it's in the wrong place.

2. Try it during a match before calling it done. Fifteen minutes of play tell you more about the position than any measurement taken standing still. And since it isn't screwed to anything, moving it costs nothing: unhook it, clean the new spot and put it back.

Indoor court

Under a roof is where it fits best, and it's the case that needs the least thinking: the glass is cleaner and more stable in temperature, and there's nothing to keep an eye on.

For power you have two equally valid options, and neither is the "proper" one:

• With a power bank. Hang the power bank behind the scoreboard and that's it. With a 10,000 mAh one that's around 20 hours: put it on in the morning and it covers the whole day of play.
• Plugged in. If there happens to be a socket nearby, connect it to an ordinary USB-C charger and it runs continuously.

The second isn't more advisable than the first: it's simply what you do if there's a socket. On a court there usually isn't, and that's why the scoreboard is designed to work without one. You never have to bring power to the court or touch the club's electrical installation.

Outdoor court

Kronoset is designed for indoor use, so an outdoor court isn't what it was made for. You can, but with two conditions worth being clear about before you buy:

• 🔴 The scoreboard must not get wet. If rain is coming, take it down.
• Taking it down takes seconds: it's on suction cups or hooks, nothing is screwed in and there's no wiring to disconnect from a fixed installation. Unhook it, keep it at reception or in the bag, and put it back in a minute.

At a club with outdoor courts that becomes one more task when closing the court, like collecting the nets. It's manageable, but it's someone's job, and it's worth deciding whose before you buy rather than after.

Powering the base model

The Kronoset base doesn't include a battery, and the reason is simple: you almost certainly already have one. Any USB-C power bank will do, no particular brand or model — if you've got one in a drawer, that one works. We don't charge you for something you already have at home, and that's why the base model costs less.

And if you don't have one, you don't have to go looking elsewhere either: we sell the one we use ourselves for €22, flat so it sits neatly behind the scoreboard, and it ships in the same order. With that, a Kronoset base runs for around 20 hours. With two, you stop thinking about it altogether: one fitted and one charging.

The other route, if there's a socket nearby, is an ordinary USB-C charger, running permanently connected. The USB-C cable does come in the box; the wall charger doesn't.

If you'd rather not deal with any of this, the alternative is the Kronoset PRO, which has the battery inside the device — more than twenty matches per charge — and adds the app and video recording with the score overlaid on the footage. Same installation, exactly as fast, with one less thing to prepare.

A club with several courts

For a club, all of the above comes down to one sentence, and it's the one that decides the purchase: equipping four courts isn't building work, it's four one-minute installs. No electrician, no chasing walls, no project and no pausing bookings for a single day.

What that changes day to day:

• A scoreboard moves to another court in five minutes. During a tournament, the scoreboard goes to whichever court is hosting the final instead of you buying one more.
• There's no remote to lose. You score with the racket, on the device itself. Nothing to lend out at reception, nothing to replace each season and nothing to charge every night. It is by far the most repeated problem with club scoreboards.
• If you reorganise the courts, the equipment moves with you. Nothing is written off into a wall.
• Power is planned once: reckon on one battery per court, or two per court if you'd rather always have a set charging while the other is in use.

If you're equipping several courts and want the invoice in the club's name, there's the club pack, priced by number of courts and with spare mounts included. And if you'd rather we looked at your specific case, write to info@kronoset.com.

If it moves or comes loose

When a suction cup lets go, it's almost always one of these three things, and none of them is a fault in the device:

• The surface wasn't clean. That's the first thing to check. A cloth and refitting it solves it.
• The lever never closed all the way. You recognise it because it grips well at first and then gives way slowly.
• Cold, or condensation on the glass. In winter, check the grip when you mount it instead of taking it for granted.

And if the mount has worn out — a suction cup is a rubber part and it loses grip over the years — you don't have to replace the scoreboard: there's a replacement mount for €8, the same one it ships with. For a club with scoreboards rotating between courts, keeping one or two at reception avoids being left without one on tournament day. The scoreboard itself carries a 3-year warranty.

And once it's up

Installation ends here, but the first match starts with the next move: hold the racket to the sensor for a second and the point goes up; hold it for three seconds and it goes down, if you got it wrong. No remotes, no wristbands and no pulling your phone out mid-game.

How to use it, the game modes and the rest of how it works are covered step by step in how a digital padel scoreboard works. If you got here before buying, that's the article to read after this one.

In short

• No building work. No drill, no screws, no electrician, no touching the club's installation.
• Under a minute to mount; about five to move it to another court.
• Glass: two 30 kg suction cups for a 1 kg device. Mesh fence: hooks, and they're in the box.
• Recommended height: around 1.70 m, where all four can see it. Legible at 30 metres.
• Its place is the indoor court. Outdoors is possible but not advisable, and it must not get wet: if rain is coming, take it down — it takes seconds.
• Base: you provide the battery — any USB-C power bank, around 20 hours with a 10,000 mAh one, and if you don't have one we sell it for €22 — or run it plugged into a USB-C charger. The PRO has it built in.
• Replacement mount for €8 and a 3-year warranty.

You can see the Kronoset padel scoreboard — €151 or the PRO model — €199, with built-in battery, app and video recording with the score on screen.