Excellent for the price
Why did you pick this product vs others?: Very solid feel to this. As others have said the weld angle is weird. It’s not by design, either— with mine fully set up and the bar completely level. The left perpendicular support is almost perfectly vertical. Where is the right one is off by as much as 3/4 inch. This is fine to deal with but my advice: 1) if using over drywall, to help spread load on drywall first place some 1/2” or 3/4” ply strips against wall, as instructions mention. 2) ignore the drill hole sticker. Given the lack of 90 degree weld it’s useless anyway 3) use a stud finder to confirm center stu 4) hold in place and mark hole locations 5) the TOP screw on each side is the one that is responsible for preventing pull out from wall more than any other. It’s gotta be strong. If you’ve plywood in place over drywall the included 3 inch lags now have only 1.5-1.75” left. Forget them: go to Home Depot and get a 5” LedgerLOK brand screw. (3.5” stud + 1/2” drywall + 3/4” ply + the 3/16 thick metal means a 5” won’t blow throw your wall). LedgerLOK are intended to hold ledger boards against a house to support a deck. Very strong. If concerned the screw is too long get a shorter one or a 4.5” HeadLOK. All of these are structurally rated AND longer than the lag bolts of unknown origin that come with this kit. 6) pre drill with 5/32 bit (smaller than the shank of headlock but still will assist in preventing slipping) 7) use headlock at least for the very top bolt on each side. The middle and lower holes are less important and the bottom is only shear anyway, which you’re never gonna have fail 8) once it’s set up hang your entire body weight on each corner one at a time. It won’t move, and now you’ve also proven that if each side can take your entire body weight, hanging from middle means your actual sets are only 50% of what you tested Anyway, I’m also using the pulleys and the pulleys are actually pretty darn good with a nice bearings. Last thing: if your perpendicular parts are off 90° like many people are, you can use that pre drilled bit to slightly angle the hole back toward the stud so it bites center. As for a stud finder get a Franklin one from here or blue box store—the one that has all the lights on it. They are cheap and good. Read more
