Purchased for what was a fortune at the time during covid to get me some level of new weight training. Being a novice with kettlebell lifts and training, I felt for the money these are perfectly fine. Large handle diameter and a gloss finish that chipped off over the years. Solid weight that weighs weighty.

TLDR: Kodiak is an awesome addition for a low pulley and centering pulley. Extremely clunky to set up for belt squats with any significant amount of weight without creating hazards setting up. Almost bought the Drew by Fringe many months ago to get a lower pull point for my Rogue FM since the range of depth and height on the Rogue FM is pretty lousy compared to others. Trying to perform chest supported cable movements is also annoying since the cable runs off to the side.Watching videos on that with the cable not being center I decided not to get the Drew but the Kodiak seem to fix all those things and does not disappoint in that regard. Curls, rows, raises, all are way better with the Kodiak. Belt squats while possible is sketchy loading my weight stack fully to get to weights I can do on the Rhino. rhino is still superior but the Kodiak being weight stack load able is better for all non belt squat movements.

Recently received the V3 open trap bar. Initially after purchasing a pre-order did not realize that the specs had changed. Bolt on handles instead of weld (mega negative), longer sleeves (mostly positive), slightly higher weight (55lb). The assembly was annoying and sketchy. Three bolts hold the very heavy sleeve on and the narrow gap to feed the sleeve onto the bolts while holding a heavy awkward bar made the assembly unnecessarily. These bolts I've also had issues of bending for the safeties of the Fringe Bob. The biggest issue after build is that the jacks literally do not work. Due to slop tolerances between the bar and the sleeve, when installing bumper plates the jacks do not contact the ground so loading and unloading is like a regular barbell but due to the shape of the trap bar and it being extremely unbalance coupled with spinning sleeves, the bar will rotate and guillotine on its own loading plates. I tried multiple locations all over my floor, found a completely level area and could not load plates with the jack. Looking back at Fringe's site you can actually see the jacks are not in complete contact to the floor either. Extremely disappointed with this version that folks should be aware of and avoid until another version as this size and build quality should be cheaper than other trap options but is sadly in the ballpark on price as well and in my mind, doesn't work as advertised......also the knurl only exists on the high handle and is extremely passive.

Got this because I really wanted the ability to change the seat to a perpendicular mount to fit in my Rogue FM for lat pulls. Glad to find out it was compatible with Rogue as I couldn’t find any info online. I was using a bench and the multi roller for lat pulls and it was a pain in the butt to set up (along with loading the rhino horns). This seat eliminates the bench/roller setup which is nice. The seat is really only good for lat pulls as the leg roller even removed still has the leg holder holder is still there limiting other options. The swivel is nice but there’s no angle adjustments which limits it further. Additionally the seat hinges so far when setup perpendicular that the lat pull down weight will raise the seat when I pull. It’s ok and something I can control my body around but then I just focus on that then my pulls. Wish I could find more use for this. It fixed one problem (previous setup) but added some more problems with the seat raising and having to find space for single use attachment. I got it discounted so relative to other seats this was fairly affordable at least.

Cheap, versatile, easy to use, quiet. Unglamorous tool to use with cable machines to make lifts easier, more effective and/or creative.

LOOK OUT! These things will wear down quick if it gets wrapped around edges and over time in a garage will deteriorate and then SURPRISE! break and slap you in the face. Avoid cheaping out on these even if it’s just for mobility work. The price is not worth the cost of them just breaking and causing literal harm.

This thing is great. Adds rigidity to 4 post racks as a stabilizing crossmember and gets my ABX centered (mostly) which was a huge annoyance I had setting up. There’s actually way more applications for it to use as a dip setup, additional platforms (super expensive), or other ways to use a non-bolted crossmember. Unfortunately it’s heavy that the practicality isn’t there. I want to use it on my smith setup at the front of my rack too but I honestly haven’t just because of the extra setup of moving the member.

Great way to add stability to your rack and awesome rigidity to 4-post racks with the additional Monster prop crossmember or fixed bolted extra cross member. Expensive unless paired with free shipping but often show up on marketplace.