I really wanted to like this piece and after Gym Crafter’s review and Garage Gym Reviews really praised it, I felt confident ordering it. It does have a small footprint, which I value in a small basement home gym, but it really lacks the ability for proper heavy loading. The footplate is very nice and large, the ability to attach the calf block added further versatility to this machine. I felt that I was able to get full range of motion and great depth with both Hack squat and Leg Press. The build quality was average to good. The roller mechanism had smooth gliding as well. The safety latch was a little awkwardly positioned, but once you get used to it, it’s not really a big deal. The lack of being able to properly load this with adequate weight is not necessarily an issue with its construction, but rather the very nature of having a significant angle, thereby decreasing the felt loaded weight by like 35-40%. Yes, sure, you can do one legged workouts to compensate for that, but I wasn’t interested in accommodating this “deficiency”. I added band pegs (which are not supplied with this unit and not really something they incorporated into the design, and that worked out well, but the unit still just fell short. I wound up selling this piece after about 5 months and I’ll include the FB listing photo.
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