First piece I've bought based solely on Gym Radar, and it doesn't disappoint. I've never cared for the stock belt Rogue provides with the Rhino, but man this Spud Pillow is MUCH more comfortable, and it keeps the upper thighs scuff-free, which is important for upcoming bikini/silkie season. Only very mild wish would be more larger and robust loops, as I question how well the small nylon-only loops will hold up, but the initial comfort improvement alone is more than worth that slight worry.

The only reason i'm docking them so much on the value, is for the simple reason that you could very easily use wooden blocks or boards to accomplish the exact same thing, which we did for years prior to purchasing these. I also found them to be a tad on the pricy side when we bought them several years ago, but man they are handy, quick, and versatile over all sorts of other applications. Value's not great, but I'd still recommend them and buy them all over again. They're also quite tough against uneven cast plates, I worried that they might not hold up to that as we kinda love old and mismatched plates in our place but they've held up very well.

If they'd let me give it a sixth star for value, it would've gotten it! I think I caught this on sale maybe 2 years ago and I'm pretty sure my all-in cost was $100, and man is it worth that. It might even be the best EZ bar i've ever used, and I've actually grown to prefer the thicker grip now. The build quality on it is still more than serviceable, but admittedly it does have some larger welds on it along with a very basic powder coat and no knurling, but that's also the intent with it; to be a no-frills, to the point, economic EZ bar, and all of that it is.

Another example of "man these aren't quite the same as the piece of equipment they're trying to replace, but man they're close enough for most folks". The swing they have coupled with the fact that you do have to reach up and forward to re-rack I don't love, but still allows for great practice of mono picks. I think they're very underrated for bench self-handoffs as well, and really like that you can easily pin them to convert to a regular j-hook. Build quality is typical Rogue; probably overbuilt if anything, but your grandkids' grandkids will also get to enjoy them. We still use our real mono the vast majority of the time, but if I don't have anyone to run the rack or need a second mono, these perform great.

Look for what these are, they're fantastic, and I believe the class leader. Having said that, literally any brand of "real" dumbbell will always be better than any adjustable DB, so just know that going into anything in this class, however you're saving tons of money and space by going this route. The only performance ding i'll give it is that ours is a real booger to keep the plates in the carriage aligned properly when re-engaging the handles back in them for weight changes. I'll also say they're weathering a bit fast in our non-climate controlled garage gym in SETX. I would still buy these all over again, even though when we soon move gyms, I intend to complete my actual DB set from 50 currently up to 150; I don't think i'll be getting rid of these when we do! I'd like to also give Rep directly tons of credit for the pop pin replacement they sent us. Yeah, i'm sure insurance and liabilty came into play there, but it's still a really nice customer service touch and I'm going to try my damnedest to buy whatever my next piece is from them, purely as thanks back.