Vanswe Power Rack Power Cage 1000-Pound Capacity Home Gym Equipment Exercise Stand Olympic Squat Cage with LAT Pull Attachment, Multi-Grip Pull-up Bar and Dip Handle

I placed an order and the item arrived in two boxes as described in 5 days. I have been using the equipment for one month now and it has exceeded expectations. This item is a great value for the price. I wanted a full cage with a pulley system and I did my homework and decided to go with VANSWE Power Rack in Orange. I have 2” Olympic Plates and an Olympic bar. I use these with no issues with the included Olympic plate adapter sleeve.Assembly: I assembled everything within an hour with no complaints. The instructions were easy to understand, if not you can see the photos on Amazon. The pully system helped me finalize my decision to purchase this item. There are so many workouts you can do with this. With the pull up bar, lat pull down, and row features options for workouts are endless.I recommend purchasing the VANSWE landmine attachment as well to enhance the versatility and unlock more exercises.

I've been training for over 35 years. Some of my best training in that time came in garage gyms. Finally, as much as I love my current gym in town, I was tired of dragging my butt out of bed on cold winter mornings to drive across town. So, it was time to create my own garage gym.The practical reality is that space is limited in my garage, so I had to set up an efficient system. I looked for a powerrack, and simply put, this was, by far, the best bang for your buck!1) Quality metal, sturdy material2) All holes align properly (I know, but you CAN'T assume that will be the case)3) very solid when assembled: did not sway or wobble AT ALL when doing pull ups/chin ups from front beam/pull up bar. This is so important, and a major area of quality concern, and Vanswe passes with flying colors! For those of you wondering, yes the front chin up bar CAN be installed upside down in order to gain another 5-6 inches clearance.4) has pre drilled holes on either of the front legs to allow for use of t-bar/landmine5) has weight pegs (4); 2 on either side of the back posts, which are handy6) comes with safety bars with built in J hooks, separate pair of J hooks, adapters (2) for olympic plates (used, for example, on the high/low pulley pegs to load weights), a lat bar, a short straight handle, and a dip attachment (which works well).7) Comes with the attached high/low pulley (which I have not tried yet, but multiple reviewers have said is very smooth).8) Instructions are clear enough, just look over them first. Do take their advice and DO NOT fully tighten bolts until you have at least the basic frame done. I had to loosen bolts a couple of times and correct little mistakes I made along the way due to just carelessness on my part.9) Finally, customer service seems spot on. This is a small company (I had never heard of them) trying to make an impression. They are doing everything right! Although the boxing and shipping are EXCELLENT, I received mine with one (1) of the six pulley wheels broken. I contacted customer service and they called me back that same day to confirm they had arranged shipment of my replacement part.One last nice surprise: inside the box (I also had one in my box for the Vanswe adjustable bench) was a card informing me that if I emailed them I could choose one of four different FREE accessories! So, I choose their suspension training kit (currently $70 on their web site). The other choices : T-bar Landmine (already bought one or I would have chosen this), J hooks, adapter sleeves (for weight pegs on rack).All-in-all you're not going to find a better deal for a power rack! I see they are now sold out both here and on the Vanswe web site: I know why!

If you want a squat rack, a low-row/cable curl, a lat-pulldown/tricep-pushdown, a pull-up bar, and a place for bench press, then this product will be near the best you can do at this price point (I paid $370+ $30 for a landmine attachment). I already had a dedicated bench press setup, so I bought this for the squat mainly. So far I've had no problems using this for my lifts and I don't foresee any failure points.The rack came in two boxes with no damage. It was easy to set up and took me less than an hour. I set it up with a friend and he wasn't paying attention and over-tightened some of the bolts. Don't over-tighten the bolts. The steel is fairly soft and bendable. As I tightened the bolts with a small socket wrench, I never reached a point where the resistance felt substantially increased, so you just need to watch. In other words, the bolts won't ever feel like they are getting tighter, and you will need to be careful not to deform the steel. I'd say once you have .25 inch of the bolt sticking out of the nut on the other side, it's tight enough. If you see the steel is just starting to deform/slight bend, you are tight enough, but try to stop before that point.As others have mentioned, the rack is unstable laterally, i.e. if you push on the rack from the left or right side it will wobble side-to-side. I personally do not find this as an issue, as I do not intend to do anything that requires much lateral stability with the rack. When I use the cable system or use the rack for squats, there is no lateral sway or it is not an issue. If I do a pull-up on the rack, it may shake a small amount left to right under my force, though I can control it if I keep my force even and don't swing. If I try to do a dip on top of the pull-up bar (I have high ceiling in the garage), the shaking becomes too much when I try to balance. I don't foresee the lateral swaying worsening or becoming a problem. Just be aware, and only use the rack as it was intended.The cable system is good (I added Vaseline and it is smooth). I would recommend getting some different types of grip attachments for the cable system to get full utilization.I find the pull-up wide grip to be decent for me (I'm 6ft tall), although the close grip positions feel too thin and are not my spatial preference. It beats the door-frame pull-up bar I had been using. If it had a straight bar it would be more versatile for grip width placement, but I do like the angled wide grips.I enjoyed the attachments, specifically the weight pegs, the j-hooks, and the safety bars. The j-hooks are nice and I really wanted these instead of the peg style holders that some racks are sold with. The spring collars included don't work well due to their design (they stay on tight, but they are hard to take on/off because squeezing the handle does not release the tension in the spring very well. The dip bars are painful to use because they are so thin. Perhaps adding some foam grips from the store would make the dip handles more usable.I received a choice of free gift with my purchase and I selected a set of resistance bands and straps. They are actually decent and I really appreciate the gift. I also purchased the landmine attachment separately and I think it is excellent for landmine workouts. I bought two horse stall mats ($35 each) from tractor supply company and the rack fits perfectly on them.Overall great rack and met my expectations. The only negatives are the lateral sway if you want to do anything crazy on the pull-up bar (which will likely happen with all the racks of this same design at this price point), and some of the extras are not perfect (which wouldn't be included with other racks at this price point). Yes the steel is soft, but what do you expect at this price. If you want rock solid, spend more money. If you want a usable home squat rack / cable system, I give full-marks.

The product arrived earlier than estimated and was easy to install. Material and design is sturdy packaged well. This is a great rack for beginners and intermediate, can see it being a little small for advance. One thing I would advise you to adjust in design is the back lower rail. I think you should have it curve backwards giving us some leg room for when we go to lift the weights to do squats inside the rack. At the moment when you line up your heel start to hit the rail for light weight is not a problem but once you start to get into heavier weights you need that alignment to be comfortable for safety reasons