This bar was purchased at the height of the pandemic, as a blemish bar. So firstly, I felt lucky to get it. Secondly,I enjoyed a discount (and other than a little scratch on one sleeve, there were no other blemishes that I could discern). As far as the exposed metal feet, I never had issue with those marring up a platform since my deadlift platform has always been 2” rubber tiles. It was between this bar and the Eleiko because I needed a shorter length Trap bar to be able to have ceiling clearance to store it vertically in a barbell holder. The lack of balance with it tipping was never an annoyance to me vs. the properly balanced Eleiko trap bar. I configured this bar with the narrow brackets, one set of stainless steel handles and the other with a set of the rotating handles. I rarely use the rotating ones. Kabuki’s knurl is great on this bar. It is very expensive so the “value” goes down (compare it to the very capable REP open trap bar in cost)
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