This product is great for a beginner trying to start lifting without making a significant investment. As others have pointer out, the weights are plastic shells filled with sand. The seal isn’t good, so sand does spill out. I put some gaffers tape over the openings to solve that problem. The parts had some greasy coating which washed off with some dish soap. The value proposition is that this is much much cheaper than competing products, and I was able to work around the problems associated with cheapness. Update: I am so grateful for this product which got me started down the right path to strength and health. I purchased this just over two years ago and started exercising just a few minutes each day. I immediately saw progress in the weight/reps/sets I could do for each exercise, doing a little more each week. This motivated me to keep progressing. After a year, I purchased a higher-capacity adjustable dumbbell since I maxed out the weight on this one. A few months ago, I got a bench, a barbell, and a set of weights to go further. I now have spreadsheets to track my progress and workout schedule and I spend ~2 hours each week lifting. This product allowed me to get started and realize how rewarding exercising can be. Everyone has different exercises they enjoy, so I recommend this as a cheap way to get started lifting to determine if it’s right for you. Read more
Got them for my mom for christmas. she loves them! she likes that they are interchangeable and easy to change out. Read more
Pros: The plates don't clank when they bump against each other or adjusting the weights (as opposed to metal). The plastic handles are very comfortable to grip. They're textured enough to provide a good grip, but not so much that they eat into your hands or require gloves. The weight bar is covered in plastic and there is no way to get metal splinters from the end of it (other weight sets had this complaint) Cons: The washer that secures the weights tends to come loose over time, and needs to be tightened occasionally. Annoying, but not a dealbreaker. It's not like it comes loose when you're using the weights, so as long as you check it once before lifting each session you'll be fine. People report a similar complaint with the Amazonbasics weight set, so it's not unique to this one. They seem fairly bulky for how heavy they are, but I'm not sure if metal would be more compact. Looking at the amazonbasics set, it seems like the weights are smaller, which is more convenient when doing certain exercises (weights don't bump against your thighs when doing shrugs). The size issue is my biggest complaint. Nitpicks: These are vinyl weights, so the weights are concrete with a plastic cover over them. According to other sites, the downside of vinyl is that you can potentially crack/damage the concrete core of the weights if you drop them on a hard surface enough times, whereas metal will last basically forever. I never slam the weights down, so this isn't really a concern for me. Visually, they look kind of cheap, and don't look have the high quality/indestructible look that metal has. Overall, they are solid and do the job, but I think I would've preferred to get the amazonbasics set, mostly due to the size issue. Read more
3 different size weights on each side of dumbbells. Great for home workouts and challenging the arm muscles. Removable water filled plates to use for various other exercises. Read more
What can you say, their weights. They work. Read more
The weights are just okay. there was some sand leakage but they do work. The main problem is the length of the dumbell bars. Online it states 17 inches which is long to begin with. Unfortunately the bars are 18.5 inches long which is just too long. Because of this they were too difficult to handle so I returned the set. Read more
Cheap quality it's plastic and the spinlocks gets loose very fast even after you tighten it and just pick it up the first time or two it becomes loose again it's very frustrating when you're in the middle of a exercise and the grip hurts and its very uncomfortable it's bad quality and I'm not exaggerating Read more
I love the dumb bells used them this morning and will continue to. Read more
