Sunny Health & Fitness Adjustable Doorway Pull Up Bar – Chin Up Bar for Home Gym Training

This is a very good chin-up bar that has been used daily and is still holding up to rigorous workouts like p90x.Installation:Make sure you use a pre-drill for the easiest and fastest installation (these screws are prone to stripping). Use the end caps as a guide for where the holes should be. The bar expands and contracts when you twist it, just a few twists on each side and the bar will extend out into the wall cups that you just attached. That's it!Durability:I use this chin-up bar for a few hours each week during my workout. The bar has not started to bend, and it still holds my weight and feels just as secure as the first time I installed it. The hand grips have also held up surprisingly very well. I know on my Iron Gym the grips were the first thing to rip and tear. The hand grips on this bar still have no visible tearing after months of use. The door frame it is installed in doesn't show any signs of stress.Limitations:The hand grips are not adjustable which makes doing different types of pull-ups difficult (such as wide pull ups or close-grip) . The outside part of the bar, closest to the wall, is a little thin to comfortably grip. I would recommend lifting gloves to get a better grip on the metal part of the bar if you need to.Versatile:Makes for a good place to hang your clothes when you're not working out.Comparison:I've used the Iron Gym exclusively before I moved to an older home with a lot of molding around the doors. This bar will fit any door frame that is the correct width which is great for unconventional door frames. This bar feels more secure since it is screwed in, I feel like I have more control doing a chin-up than on an iron gym. The iron gym had a tendency to cause swaying, or the bar would start to rock on the door frame with the momentum.

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Great pull up bar.PROS:The bar is designed well, it is relatively easy to install, it is sturdy, it fits multiple door widths, and it is only $14!\CONS:Some people mention the "spinning" issue of the bar. It is true that this bar is composed of 3 bars, and if you do not have it positioned properly, it will spin, which will make certain pullups less comfortable. However, if you just take the bar, turn the bar 180 degrees, and put it in, the problem is essentially gone. So, I do not see this as a downside. There are machines at my gym that have bigger problems than this. Second, if you have an old or improperly installed door, yes, the corners will likely start to split. Not much, but a few millimeters. It will probably not be noticeable if you take the bar off (e.g. if you are renting and you move). So this was not a big problem for me. Next, the had grips will eventually start to tear. This is nice at first because you can move them (in the "new" state, they cannot be moved, which is a downside for me); however, they will eventually be torn off. This will take many years though. The bar will also start to bend, over the course of ~4 years with consistent use.BOTTOM LINE:Overall, this is a great pull up bar that does what it is supposed to do, lasts for many years (my previous one lasted 4 years! This is my second time purchasing it), and is relatively inexpensive. I have been doing the P90X routine with this bar from 2011 to 2015, so I can tell you that I have used this bar more than almost anyone else on Amazon. The bar has been great. I have a few minor concerns per above, and if some of them could be addressed (e.g. the hand grips, the spinning), I would give it 5 stars.

It took about 20 minutes to install because you will notice, when you check the surface of the area where you want to install it, that the frame work is not flat. It has a little piece of wood that is about 5/16" by 1& 1/8th" that runs from top to bottom of the door frame. You will have to cut out a piece of it about 2" long, in order to install the support cups properly. The whole installation is very simple, but a little longer than I had originally thought. If you have a "Sawzall", you will be able to knock off about 10 minutes of the installation time. I just had a little jigsaw, which worked fine. You could also use a hack saw if you don' have a jigsaw. Also, my power screwdriver helped shorten the work time. The upshot is, it is very solid and I feel safer when using this bar than the previous one I had that just hung off the top of one side of the wood trim over the door opening. The disadvantage with this bar, though, is you won't be able to close your door if you install the bar in the center of the door framing like I did. I fretted about it for a while because I figured if I offset it so I can close the door, then at least one screw of the three is not going to be going into the 4X4 frame post. Instead, it willl be going into the sheetrock, which will not provide any help to the other two screws. Of course the screw would be going into the door surround which is about a half inch thick, which would probably be enough, as long as the other two screws go into the 4X4. Since the door where I installed my bar was the door between the hallway and the laundry room, I just removed the door and put it out into the garage. Well, I have dragged this review out way too far, but now you know what you're in for. It is well worth it. Jim A.