Got these from another Basement Brandon recommendation. Being that my Rogue rack was a half rack, I needed to extend the pull-up bar further out because my feet would hit my storage shelf. Didn’t need the height but it was what was available at the time and it does what it was intended to do. Only thing is that now my wife has trouble reaching the bar and has to use our bench to reach it. I believe they now have holes all around so you can attach other things like Voltra mounts or attachment points for suspension trainers.

Had these a few years and they’re my favorite. Never had rollers before but I watched a Basement Brandon video about them and I was sold. Centering the bar was always a burn especially on squat days where my rerack were a bit questionable. Not so much on bench but for squats, these things are awesome. I flipped the jcup to fit on the inside so I wouldn’t hit the bends on it with my barbell. Also used Giant magpins 4.5in so they wouldn’t move when rolling heavier weight. Don’t see the need to change these out to something new like Bremmy’s thinner rollers and will keep them.

American, custom made brackets for my Bells of Steel Hip Thrust machine from Ryan and they are awesome. The hip thrust machine already saves you on setup time but we still didn’t like to walk back and forth with plates to just do two sets. So this handy bracket allows for e-resistance from the Voltra and now unlocks easy weight changes, eccentric overload, and auto-unloading for safety. The constant tension throughout the movement is also a nice bonus as it can feel a lot lighter on the bottom with weight plates. Although a niche product, Ryan can measure out the brackets to fit similar applications on plate loaded machines. Highly recommend this and Caracara Metals as a business.

Got it on sale and I wanted it for the for the small footprint instead of something like the Rep version where’d I have issues storing it. It’s not the best built as this one had issues like a super gritty spinning sleeve but it doesn’t impact its use case and I use it just fine. For what it is, I just use it as a supplemental lift when mixing it up on my juggernaut ai app and it does well in that. A nice beater open trap bar that does the job.

So this is more a critique of my experience with purchasing this product and also what I received even after they made it right. So there’s a super long lead time for Surplus Strength, and that’s fine and all because they state it prior to purchase. After waiting that long lead time, you expect it to be a usable product prior to them shipping it to you, right? I mean QC has to at least use a piece of 3x3 upright to make sure fitment isn’t an issue, right? Well I received it and it was beat up with powdercoating flaking off and that’s fine because I’m going to beat it up lifting but the right arm can’t even go on my rack because the pin was too canted. So I contacted them and then it took an additional 2 and a half weeks for me to get my replacement arm. The one I got was also flaking but hey, it’s now going to fit on my rack. It did work and now I have two usable spotter arms. For the price you pay and the long lead times, you just expect a more polished product. But it’s not to say I don’t like these because they are the OG smaller spotter arms and they work really well.

I bought it when I got my rack and didn’t really know what other benches were available besides this one. Can’t say I’m not happy with it because it’s solid and does what it was meant to do. I used to move the commercial gym benches around and so I was just used to them being somewhat heavy. I see other benches with all the attachments and stuff but I find this to just be old reliable and pretty happy with keeping it instead of changing it out. I swapped out the pad to a Darko one and it’s super comfortable with the sticky vinyl and more cushioning. Highly recommend that mod if you don’t like the pad.

Perfect solution for my half rack. It holds that stupid SSB bar that I can’t find myself to sell because I do still use it. Its actually almost the only way for me to store such a bar without it getting in my way. The build quality is really good and the customizable colors are a nice touch. I also use this to also store the Rogue Mg4cn bar that’s also a weird one to store and it holds it well. Highly recommend this storage solution for anyone wanting to get bars out of their way but still have access to it.

I got these but in the knurled option with a center ring for belt squat handles. It has a double ended bolt that connects it to my upright but can also take a threaded hand bolt to use as individual handles that are THICK. Looking to pair these with a Rorman Strength Capstone so I don’t have to keep screwing in my rack and just use a magpin to install. The price on these are cheap and the semi-aggressive knurled is great.