The bar and knurling is pretty nice and heavy but after having it for about a year I rarely use it. I thought I would use with the functional trainer to squat on lazy days or if I'm in a rush and don't feel like getting a barbell and plates out but I haven’t figured out a good way of doing that. What I find I use it the most for is lat pull downs but just because I don't have a great lat bar and its a bit heavy to do any pulling down motion as you have to add more weight to compensate for that.it can go on sale pretty cheap but i would recommend to find something similar thats cheaper to make sure you use it before buying this at full price.

Great price point in Canada when it comes to mag pins. As others said within the first week the detent ball fell out of one of them but when I reached out to Bells they sent a new one at no charge which I thought was awesome customer service.

This bench was one of the first pieces in our covid home gym. Its not bad for what it is but its definitely not heavy duty in anyway. I wouldn't be putting too much weight on but have definitely passed its capacity at 300lbs and it held up. Some of the plastic caps and rubber feet constantly fall out. But it’s a few years old and pretty cheap. My wife loves it for how light it is and easy it is to move around.

The Maxum X2 has been excellent! The articulating functional trainer arms are a great touch to get either a further out or more centered range of motion, than what would be normally possible. The height being 80” is also perfect to fit in small spaces like basements or under garage rails. The part of this power rack that we have some troubles with would be all the attachments it comes with. Ultimately it’s a great start without spending even more money on such products, but they aren’t the greatest quality, and we will likely slowly replace some for this reason. The set of strap handles that came with it plastic ends broke off within the first month of use. Maxum customer service was phenomenal and sent us a new upgraded handle which definitely seems stronger. I believe the upgraded handles are now standard with it. We use the strap safety arms and not the safety straps due to the safety straps having to stay on the rack, and this limiting the height that the functional trainers can go. (I believe this has been fixed with the new safety straps they offer). We decided not to put the weight horns on the side or back of the rack because we wanted it up against the wall and when they are on the side the horns on the weight stack hit them. Overall I think this rack was great value and customer service, the only problem were with attachments which going into I just considered a bonus and not going to hold that against the rack but the rack its self is great quality.

Being in Canada a lot of barbell options are pretty expensive. Got this for around $100 CAD new. I’m pretty happy with it and have no complaints. I would love to get something nicer in the future but no rush right now.