For me this is a knockout. It's heavy, never slides, and can do everything I need. I'm never worried about it breaking nor slipping on it. The vinyl feel amazing, the padding is perfect, the ability to adjust the headrest angle and get a zero gap is great. I use this for everything, putting it nigh-vertical for shoulder presses, 45 for decline situps, 35 for curls and incline bench press. I sometimes use it for step ups, but vastly prefer the plyo box for the addition space. Now that being said...my wife won't use this. She can't lift it, and only uses our flat bench. Honestly, the nighthawk may be better (I'm really not crazy strong, my bench is like 2.75 plates, and even with doing box squats I'm nowhere near 1000 lbs) given it's lighter weight. I'll be honest, I never use the decline position, but I am glad I have the option. The vertical storage is an absolute must! I am definitely never buying a bench that can't be stored vertically.
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