I've never heard of or seen these folding racks used before. How does the joint mechanism work? That's going to be the weak point. And even it is sturdy, there's absolutely going to be a shit ton of rattling if you have any moving metal parts. For that reason alone I'd avoid these.
>>77301662 Second point: I looked up a video of this rack, and this was the first one I found on Youtube: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89h6kHBkGc8 At 1:43 you can see he re-racks the bar with only 1 plate and both uprights visibly sway from contact with the bar. That alone would annoy me to the point that I'd probably never use this thing. Imagine you just struggled to complete the last rep of a set of squats. You don't want to have to stand there with the bar on your back and wait for the rack to stop wobbling before you can re-rack. Fuck that.
>>77301966 The company sent him the product for free in exchange for a review. Read the description. If you want it and think it suits your needs, go for it. I personally wouldn’t trust it.
>>77301993 I meant the "It's not that bad" lol >>77301994 Yes sarcasm is woman-coded since it's passive aggression instead of real confrontation. That's why anonymous internet forums are for women only
>>77301330 You'll probably need some sort of weight to put at the base of the rack to prevent it from moving around when you rerack the bar.
I got pic related from Amazon a couple years back for my garage because I needed something that could be easily shifted to the side so I can park my car when I'm done working out. I just put a 45-pound plate on each base, resting on the side where I'm lifting, and it stabilizes the whole thing perfectly. I'm sure sandbags would be great as well.
>>77301330 It seems ok for beginners but I would not trust that shit to hold 4 plates when you're eventually squatting that much, let alone trust the safeties to hold 3pl8 bench. good enough until 1/2/3/4 I say. just invest in a proper power rack if building home gym, will pay for itself in the long run. buy cheap buy twice
>>77306965 What would you anons say is a good power rack to buy? I'm a smaller dude and never really plan on getting to insane weights so I don't need something overkill sturdy wise, but also don't want to cheap out and buy twice Ideally I'd be in the $300-600 range
I've already got a bench press setup at home, just not a squat rack