Wouldn’t necessarily want to use them as true bumpers, but I do love these plates. I use them on my 25lb axles most often so that my bar weight comes out to “normal.” A good piece of history to have.

Just made out of scrap wood I had lying around. Wish I had made it a bit longer (only did about 2ft) but the angle is solid. I generally put a plate behind it to ensure it doesn’t slide, since my squat rack is on a wood platform.

I bought this back during college to do neutral grip pressing when I first got into strongman. So it was very cheap when I got it. Probably the first new piece of equipment I ever bought. Is is great? Not really. But it gets the job done. I wish the end was capped to that it would just sit on the end of the barbell. Instead, it has a twist lock design, but that either scratches the collar head, or slides no matter how much you tighten it. Overall, still a useful tool, but I am sure there are much better ones out there.

While this bar is still fairly new to me, I have been enjoying it so far. Solid knurling, good spin. Work well with Olympic lifting movements.

They are small, very bouncy and just ok. They work fine, but the bounce is very annoying to deal with. The redeeming quality of mine are these custom Brad the Pad safety stickers from plate snacks