Calibrated KG Steel Plates 2.0 - Black

Cosmetically a big improvement from the v1 plates and the paint is harder to chip off, only issue is with all black plates no meet director will want to use these as they will have an increased risk of a miss load with out the colors for reference

Knocked for the fact they took something that was made in USA (olympic USA plates) and outsourced them despite the fact they wanted to make made in USA calibrated. The design here is fine, although I prefer a slightly more pronounced lip. The black and white look cool, but hard to tell the weight on the bar when spectating.

I am a fan of the 2.0 design. The spokes and the extra lettering looks great. These are everything you want in a calibrated plate: accurate weight, thin so you can fit more weight on the bar, and have a sticker on them that makes them approved by whoever that matters for. Although these are very nice plates, the paint does chip over time. I don’t expect them not to, but I could see someone thinking that with how high of a price tag that is on them. You aren't paying that high for that feature. Same goes for moving them around the gym. The lip to grab is very small. Expect it to be challenging at first and needing to build up a tolerance to it over time. I am glad to have mine, but I don’t see much need for them in a gym that isn’t competing in power lifting. Even then, I think you will get as good training on normal, but still nice plates.