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All has arrived except the collars and one set of change plates. I love it. It feels amazing to grab and lift. Loading the plates is like a dream. Worth the money? I just don't know yet. Time will tell...
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I went for the Stainless Steel Ohio Power Bar
320 lb black training plate set
Collars
Change plates: a 10 lb pair (20 lb), two 5 lb pairs (10 lb each), and a 2.5 lb pair (5 lb).
Yes, it was worth the money
I LOVE the Stainless Steel Ohio Power Bar. Really glad I went for the stainless edition. It feels great, the knurl is really nice, and the bar feels like great quality and hasn't had any signs of staining even though it's been out in Mississppi humidity at times.
The collars are really sweet.
The change plates are fine.
The only thing I might change is the plate set. Although these are fine and the look is nice, I think if I chose again I'd go for this set: Rogue HG 2.0 Bumper Plates
Just because they're cheaper, less pretentious, perfectly useful, and less likely to look blemished when something does blemish them.
That said, I really haven't had a chance to beat it all up very much yet, as I still do 95% of my barbell training at the gym. Still working on getting a gym built at home. So far I've had the set outside, in the living room, and in a spare bedroom.... and I don't have a rack yet.
But in any case, yes, really glad I got them.
I am in similar situation now. Considering the same set as you but with HG bumper plates. This is a great thread.Yes, it was worth the money
I LOVE the Stainless Steel Ohio Power Bar. Really glad I went for the stainless edition. It feels great, the knurl is really nice, and the bar feels like great quality and hasn't had any signs of staining even though it's been out in Mississppi humidity at times.
The collars are really sweet.
The change plates are fine.
The only thing I might change is the plate set. Although these are fine and the look is nice, I think if I chose again I'd go for this set: Rogue HG 2.0 Bumper Plates
Just because they're cheaper, less pretentious, perfectly useful, and less likely to look blemished when something does blemish them.
That said, I really haven't had a chance to beat it all up very much yet, as I still do 95% of my barbell training at the gym. Still working on getting a gym built at home. So far I've had the set outside, in the living room, and in a spare bedroom.... and I don't have a rack yet.
But in any case, yes, really glad I got them.
Just as a warning, maybe a repeated one, but bumpers take a lot of space on the bar.
You only really need 45s, and a pair of 25s, plus metal 10s, 5s, and 2.5s. IMO, 35lb bumpers and bumpers less than 25lbs are pointless. Lighter ones are really too thin to use by themselves (and why would you need bumpers for less than 105lbs anyway), and you can easily make any intermediate weights up to the next 45 with metal plates, so 35s are not needed either.
I am getting a York B&R from someone this weekend. I would need to look into buying the plates and I am considering this equation. Just get the 45s and 25s as bumpers and rest the metal plates? Why would one need 25lbs, as that too is unnecessary?
Great, thanks. I get the idea now.You can get by with metal 25s, especially if it's for deadlifting and not dropping the bar from overhead. I just don't like the idea of too much weight hanging off the ends of the bumper plates. If you have 25lb bumpers, the most weight you'll have outside the bumpers is 35lbs (17.5lbs per side). If you have metal 25lb plates, you can potentially have 85lbs of weight outside the bumpers.