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This looks cool, but I personally wouldn’t be a fan of all that swaying and loss of stability. BUT I do love this product and the fact that you can squat with it too is awesome
How do I buy that “flip” pin? Isn’t it essentially a 1” hitch pin? My issue with all the pins out there is that they either have those retracting nubs that make you force them in, or they have the stupid little mini lock that’s tethered that no one ever uses because it’s an extra step but then they’re just dangling…
When I received it, I wasn’t in a position to create any long-form content. I especially lost interest once three other creators released their videos around the same time 😂. It made more sense to focus on the photography content I was brought on board to create.
So these can converge in a fixed plane of motion? That's what it looks like. If so, do any others do this on the market? I know plenty converge... but I'm curious about the fixed path convergence.
@@troutmanoutdoors2332 Yep, you got it! I personally don't know of any other arms that have the ability to converge in a fixed plane (not here in the states at least)
@@MattPendergraph Man, so close to perfect. The lack of rollers and thus pain of adjusting height is such a turnoff. It's frustrating... we have a bunch of lever arms on the market today but none have it just right. Before long, one of them will nail it.
Meh....there are people who buy elite fts or bolt fitness stuff and they check off all the boxes but just collect dust. Buy something like this and just train hard
Just put mine together and it definitely seems a little sketchy lol. Did you have issues with the step where you connect the piece that flips up and down for the leg press part? I couldnt get the little brass round clip things in and it ended up bending the crap out of the piece where the screw goes through. I was honestly a little concerned the weld was going to break altogether.
@@ak-zw8jv I actually didn't have any issues when assembling mine (which was quite surprising if I'm being honest 😂) That sucks though! I would definitely reach out to RitFit to see if they'll send you a replacement part!
@MattPendergraph mehh half of one box was missing and they already shipped me a ton of parts from China that took about 2 weeks. I think I'll add some washers and call it a day
Was the carriage part (with the swivel part) not attached properly (at the end of the reel)? It seemed quite loose when you moved the swivel part and wobbled quite a lot?
@@wolfy8391 Oh, I didn’t have the pulley wheel or cable installed; just ignore that part. I was only using it for branding and as a fun way to wrap up the video.
@@MattPendergraphsorry dude, I mean how it wobbled on the upright when you moved the swivel part. Did it still need tightening? Are you planning a full detailed review of this as I’m not convinced yet given the high price.
@@MattPendergraph How many plates fit because there's another machine that is saying it can hold 5 to 6 plates I'm might buy the other one instead of it has more plate space for weight weight capacity is one thing but how many plates can you actually fit with the basic is another bumper plates take alot of space but basic cast iron or even urthene plates or of the normal basic take less.
@@MattPendergraph I want to know how many plates fit with regular cast iron urthene plates even normal metal .cap iron plates whatever, but not the calibered plates those you can always fit more so I want to know the regular stuff so that way if it's five plates it's good because then I can fit probably alittle more with calibered 55s .best gauge is with regular cast iron cap plates. Bumper plates it's too greedy Im not fan of bumper plates they take too much space anywaya
Love watching reviews from people who have actually used the stuff for a long period of time. Little details come out that can't come out any other way.
I’ve had them since they came out . I really like them , for an occasional change up . Once you get use to adjusting them , especially moving them up and down. You can use the UHMW to slow the down adjustment. They are very well made and very happy with them 👍
How much of a pain has it been for you adjusting up and down? Do you find that you avoid using it because adjusting isn't as easy as it would be if they used rollers?
@@troutmanoutdoors2332 when I first started using it I felt the same way , but after a while I got used to it , but I mostly use it to change up the routine occasionally, hit everything from a different angle. It’s very easy to get bored and unmotivated when you’ve been training for 61 years. I use it mostly for chest and back . If you already have one, a suggestion if you’re not already doing it, adjust without the weight horn assembly and when raising try to keep it straight and not in a bind, do the opposite when lowering to get some drag, good luck 🤙
Been on the fence between these and the griffin ones since the prx arms are 1.8k shipped to me. Kinda cool that you dropped your video on the same day as coop about the griffin lever arms. I'm probably going to go with the griffin ones since they have a product that looks more thought out.
@@Jadeno1x For sure, the timing was crazy! Hopefully between the two of our vids, people will have a better sense of which lever arms are the best fit for their training needs.
@@Jadeno1x Oh yeah, interesting timing for sure! Hopefully between the two of us people will have a pretty good idea as to which lever arms will be right for their training needs
What did you find more thought out about the griffins if you don’t mind me asking? I didn’t get that after watching both videos but I’m definitely interested.
@@stroutman81 the review from coop focused on how the griffin arms weren’t like the halo arms and not really on the functionality of them. He focused on the negatives but the positives still standout more to me. Griffin already addressed the magnetic pin situation and ggr didn’t move the rollers on the griffin trolley to fit the fringe rack. Coop also mentioned that griffin uses 75mm tubing when their website clearly states they use true 3x3. They should have tested these on a true 3x3 rack or moved the rollers to the other holes. We don’t know how the halo arms would fit on a metric rack so this a weird negative coming from ggr. The Crandall ever arms have a decent amount of movement on the rep rack in Matt’s review too. I really don’t think coop did his homework with his review. Coop says that they’re heavy but they only weigh like 3 pounds more than the Crandall arms but they’re on rollers and use a legit locking pin. The uhmw on the crandalls just doesn’t make any sense since it’ll cause friction and then you have to hold the arm up in place while you’re putting pins in to secure them to upright. Even the hitch pins from Crandall are generic and they don’t allow you to use certain locking positions on the converging feature. Major oversight there. The details stand out more to me for the griffins especially considering that the biggest drawbacks are things that were already addressed by griffin.
@@Jadeno1x Thanks for the detailed response. Am I right in saying, though, that the Griffins don't allow for a fixed plane of converging motion like the Crandalls? Based on my quick review, it looks like the Crandall ones were the only ones that allowed this and that's a major selling feature for me.
@@playerDY shouldn't be an issue as long as you have the rear of the rack weighted down. You definitely don't want your entire setup tipping forward during use!
Been using those for about a year and the arms themselves are okay but the trolley system... man what a drawback. It's no fun adjusting them because the plastic which should help sliding them up and down isn't working properly. This is what would make jammer arms great: Easy adjustability.
Very cool looking arms, wish they could sort something out with rogue so they could do a collab, so we could get the best features of the trolley from the rogue ones and all the amazing swing features from this one.
