DOBESTS Power Tower Pull Up Bar Free Standing Adjustable Foldable Pull Up Station Home Gym Strength Training Equipment

Me....5ft 10in tall, 190 pounds. I rarely submit reviews but I'm so happy with my Dobests portable pull up bar. Product arrived intact with no damage and every part accounted for. Its easy to assemble and 2 wrenches are included. At the tallest setting I DO NOT have to bend my legs at all but then again I'm only 5' 10" tall. This is rare for this type of self standing, portable pull up bar. Its very stable but I would not attempt any muscle ups. The Dipping Bars are strong and easily holds my weight. I do wish they were spaced a little closer together to prevent shoulder injuries when doing pushups and dips but I have narrow shoulders. A taller person with wider shoulders should have no problems. One thing I hope Dobests remedies in the future is the actual pullup bar. They are a tiny bit too narrow for me and I have small to medium sized hands. Making them a tad uncomfortable but easily remedied by wearing gloves or somehow increasing the diameter of the bar. Note...this is only a problem when using a close grip when doing pullups. Its no problem when you you use a wider grip because the thicker red handles that come with the unit are very comfortable. Portability is fine but its nothing you can easily break down store in your car's trunk and take to the beach or park like say the Go Beast. I keep mine outside covered with a water proof cover for protection from light rain, morning dew and fog. When heavy rains are forecast I break it down into 2 sections and bring it indoors. I highly recommend this unit. In my humble opinion one of the best unit of its kind. Read more

Assembly is a breeze, took all of 30 minutes. Instructions are clear and easy to follow. The fact that the height is adjustable, though, is what sets this apart from the others. First, it makes moving the station from room to room easy enough for one person to do. Second, clearance in our basement is 82 inches exactly, so one-size-fits-all stations that are close to or at that height are a no go. (Do I really want to order, receive, unpack and assemble a station with the hope that it might fit, only to find out after all that work that it doesn't?) To my delight, I was able to set 81 1/2 inches as the height of the top of the frame, and this allows me (I'm 5' 9" with long arms) to keep my legs locked straight when doing pullups, which is proper form. The dip station is set at the perfect width, and its height is also adjustable, which makes it great for inverted rows and angled push-ups, as well as leg/knee raises. Sturdy but lightweight--no wobble, no concern the thing might come apart, and no problem folding it up and leaning against a wall when not in use. If you want to get serious about mastering your bodyweight (you can't call yourself strong until you can do pullups) then get this. Also, the packaging it came in was surprisingly compact, so getting it inside and up or down stairs shouldn't be a problem for the average person. Seriously, order this; you won't be disappointed. Read more

Nice product, does the job, well pleased with the construction, good value for cost. Read more

Set up wasn't too bad, about the same effort as putting together ikea furniture. For pullups and dips and everything going directly perpendicular to the ground along the axis of the stand, things are sturdy and great If you attach olympic rings to this those are going to work for pull ups and dips, but be ware that this structure will tip over for any movements that are too far off the axis of support. Would have appreciated some sort of weight system or something to keep it sturdy for those movements, but not sure it would be feasible at this price point. Also the handles for dips/push ups/inverted rows are at a fix distance and I would have appreciated either some adjustability or if they were in amore of a V shape so that people with less broad shoulders could have more comfortable grip positions. Overall quite good. Not a complete powerhouse for calisthenics, but definitely a cheap and effective setup for home gyms Read more

Anyone who works out somewhere besides a gym knows the most difficult body part to hit is back. There’s never anywhere to do pull ups without risking breaking a door’s molding. I work in the oilfield and have an adjustable bench, some adjustable 90 lb dumbbells, and an EZ-curl bar with weights. You can hit a lot of exercises with just that, but the gaping hole in the routine is nowhere to do back. This station is PERFECT. The station is soo stable. I’m a 180 lb man and I can do explosive pull ups and this piece of equipment doesn’t budge. I am able to do hanging crunches, it just helps if you have something stabilizing your back like a tight rope across the frame. This station is not extremely heavy, but it’s high quality, sturdy. If it were lighter weight, I might question its integrity. It’s the perfect weight for me as I can easily put it in the bed of my truck and fold it up every 2 weeks when I go home. The value for the money….I can’t say enough about it. I’ve bought pull up bar set ups that require a door with strong molding that are as expensive as this entire station. It is probably the best bang for buck of all the gym equipment I have, and it solves a problem that seemed unsolvable. The dip handles are just an added bonus. Doing dips outside of a gym has always been another issue that this product solves. I had just given up on dips because buying equipment just to do dips is not a good use of truck bed space. Read more