I think the key here is that I'm not a heavy kettlebell user, so I love this as a way of me getting an adjustable kettlebell set at a low price. The good: The outer shell is powder-coated, and the kettlebell comes close to the shape of a competition kettlebell. The bad: The weight selection mechanism feels cheap af. It's definitely going to break. That said, I'm not a heavy kettlebell user, so it's probably going to outlast me? Overall that's where I'm at. I can handle jiggling a crappy plastic weight adjuster for the once a week I do KB swings or whatever, and it gives me easy access to KB weights in the 20-40lbs range. That said, if I were somebody who trained kettlebells regulraly I wouldn't go here. For me this is pretty much the definition of "Value 5/5" and "Build Quality 2/5".

I bought this after looking at the Porter Eclipse and ultimately being unable to justify that price for a single handle. Knurling is really nice, it's surprisingly heavy, and it gets a lot of use on my cable machine.

These were one of the two plates that got me into picking up vintage plates for my gym (along with the Dan Luries with the giant lettering). The cursive design just looks good, which probably adds like 10 lbs to most lifts. Edit: these came sandblasted, I just got done refinishing then. Photo added Got a set that was just sandblasted via a collector on FBM who planned to repaint them but got too busy. I like to keep original paint where possible, but not an option this time. One review above says these sometimes originally came in blue and ivory, I might take a shot at that as a break from everything else being so black.

I picked this fella up off FBM for cheap. Little to add except that it's sturdy, not going to fall over, and keeps 6 medicine balls out of my way. Looks like it's about $170 new at the moment, so not super expensive either.

Got a single with another pickup and it cleaned up real nice

I found this on marketplace and it solved a little problem for me. I like back extensions, and program them probably 2x a week. I have the ironmaster hyperextension attachment, which is a little annoying to install. It's cumbersome, you have to incline the bench and drop it back down with the attachment on... sounds like a minor inconvenience, but when I'm working out I prefer to have everything ready to go. I found this on FBM for cheap, and now just leave the hyperextension attachment for the bench on it, it was cheaper to buy this than a standalone machine given that I already had the attachment. Works fine, no complaints!

I got into vintage weights after the massenomics weight wall video, picked up some milled 45s and those things were like a gateway drug. I can't precisely tell you why, but basically the day I started looking into vintage iron, I wanted these plates, there's just something about their look that is extremely appealing to me. Found a single on the market and grabbed it, and hell yeah. One day I'll pair it up.

As other reviews mention, these are a cool piece of history, but I'll definitely die if I try to use them as squat stands. I got some of these really cheap on FBM and did a full restoration on them, they're really nice, I eventually plan to do the chalk bowl thing all the cool kids are doing, but for now they're a pretty good clothes rack.