Great review from someone that actually owns both! I own neither and was contemplating buying the knockoffs but based on your review, I might just shell out the money and get the MAGS!
Like I said they are better and you don’t need all 7. Start with the mid/larger ones and go from there. Close grip felt the least benefit in my opinion.
I bought all 7 MAG Bars 3 years ago. I use them 3X a week. They look as good as the day I got them. To me it's a no 🧠 brainer. You wanna ride in a Cadillac, or ride in a Chevette? You'll only live once, but you'll be dead a long time. Splurge!! Your worth it!! 🤣😆 Ps,as the old saying goes, you get what you pay for!!
I bought 3 of the mags. I bought the medium pronate, medium supinate, and the small supinate. Love them all use them every single back day for pulldowns, and rows. They alleviate the stress on my shoulders, and elbows. I will never ever use another straight bar for lat pulldowns again. Even the neutral grip knockoffs are 100% ergonomically better than a straight lat bar For your shoulders, wrist, and elbows. Over time the straight bar will cause a lot of wear, and tear on the joints. Any cheap neutral grip chrome lat bar will do the same thing as the knockoffs. What makes the mags special are the angles on the pronate , and supinate grips . If you decide to get the mag try the medium pronate first, or medium supinate. Mag makes 3 neutral grip version ( small, medium, large) no need to get any of them. like i mentioned before any cheap neutral grip chrome lat bar will put you in the same position as any of the mag neutrals.
Thanks for the very honest review mate! I`ve been pondering these for a while for my home gym, they weren`t a thing the last time i trained at a commercial gym so i was very intrigued by the odd looks of them and seeing them pop up everywhere for sale (usually the knock offs!) You`ve certainly given me food for thought, so thank you!
Thanks for the review. That must have been tough doing so many sets while still recovering from being sick. Greatly appreciate it. I like the final suggestion to buy the longest piece from Mag then work down. I would suggest measuring the hand distance when arms are fully retracted in a pulldown position and a row position. Those lengths would be the next ones to purchase.
Solid review, very helpful information! I think you nailed it right on the head that the entire set is overkill but the few you highlighted seem to for sure offer the most benefit and in a pair variety to augment the standard attachments most people already have.
Got a mid and small sized mag grip one and love them both. I use them only for rows so I didn’t see a point going with the knock offs and having 3 other ones I would never use. Also love buying made in USA products when I can!
Thanks for this comparison. Whenever possible, beyond the made in America part, I much prefer supporting the company that put in the time/effort/expense into the R&D rather than just knocked it off (improving on a design is a different story). Have you by chance tried the Prime 4-n-1 or 3-n-1? I've been debating a few MAG attachments versus one or two of the Prime. Cheers
I must say that was a very thorough review. I have a set of the knock-off and use them regularly. The Mag Grips are quality equipment and the angles on the grips are tops. When I was looking for different lat handle attachments cost was a factor. So I ended up buying Prime Fitness’s RO-T8 4 in 1 for $185.00 at that time and the knock-offs for $100.00. Great review and look forward for more comparisons of equipment.
Hey thanks for reaching out. When it comes to attachments it's endless what we can buy! lol. That's a decent price on PRIME's attachment. I haven't bought any Prime just based on the prices but maybe this year ill dive in. cheers!!
Great video man, first time working with the MAG grips blew my mind. Even close grip handle on something funky like cable curls felt gnarly. 11/10 recommend.
This is a great look at both sets Rylan. I will get some of these eventually and you made my decision easier. I also wanna let you know that I caved and bought some safety straps in addition to my flip downs for the PR5000 V2 because of your video. You are quickly becoming one of my personally most reliable sources of input for equipment. Sorry for the paragraph I appreciate you man!
I went into this thinking the knock offs will win honestly and was impressed with the MAG GRIPs! Glad I can help you out on your home gym set up! It's addicting once you get going let me tell you. ha ha.. cheers brother
I have the medium grip pronate MAG grip and it feels great! I also have the close grip neutral handle and agree with you that it is just okay. I probably recommend the typical triangle row grip over the narrow handles. I've been interested in the longer MAG grip and after seeing this review might just pull the trigger on it.
Picked up the medium knockoff because of budget and to train for neutral grip pullups. By far the best investment I've made for my rep fitness lat attachment. Took all the stress off my damaged bicep. No regerts
Great honest review! I purchased the knockoffs during lockdown for $89. You’re correct about the small ones,I never use really, but use the all 3 wide grips, also my wife loves them. The price point for the original’s is a little high I could use the money for a Titian seated bench or Titian preacher curl station,however because my garage gym is mostly complete it’s starting to get a little harder to convince my wife that I need new toys😂😂 Thanks for the videos 🤙🏽🤙🏽☀️☀️🌴🌴 #Calilove
Thanks for this. On,y thing I wish you had done is go more into the differences in supinate vs neutral vs pronate for the mid length grips. I’m not sure which one to buy first or why
I actually own MAGS and the knock offs also. I bought the knock offs for a family member and kept 2 while giving the others away. Honestly I use the knock offs more than my MAGS now, especially the medium length bar with neutral handle.
Great video. .I only have a couple of mag grips they are my favorite.I am slowly working up the entire collection. Just a little life hack on these if you only have either the pronated or supinated grip you can turn them around and voila you have the opposite direction of grip. 🧐🙃
Nice I’m purchasing some this week and was debating on getting a few of them but since you come up with the idea to turn them around it’s like having the other attachments
Great review as usual.. Just to add to the mix, here in the UK from MIRAFIT, I purchased their Gym Cable Machine Attachment Set - 5 Handles, which bare a striking resemblance to the knock off set but with the exception they do have the slanted or pronated grip angles on all 5 handles!. Excellent build quality and feel as well as great value at £149.95 and £4.95 postage!.
Are you the one that keeps deleting my comment? I just wanted to share that there are new EXACT knockoffs of MAGs now and would love if you did a comparison… They seem like a better buy than these regular knockoffs if you don’t want to shell out for real MAGs. Happy to share what to search for but I keep getting deleted so I’ll do it in a reply if anyone is interested.
@@MrJkillahoe415 my reply to you got deleted but search for BLUSLM pull down at the biggest online Prime retailer in the world. I think typing out the name is flagging something to get my comments deleted.
hey man thanks! i had a knockoff brand set in my cart for 135.00 for the last week and then i said let me look up the MAGS on youtube first. deleted the amazon cart and gonna do the large and mid size MAG and get a small one.
Hey Mac quick question. In one of your other vids you showed the Rep Pro Series D Handles ( love the look) .In your opinion Are they big, and bulky, and are they too big for an average size woman (wifey) ? Took a chance and Ordered them anyway because they were out of stock for a bit.
Not too bulky and my wife uses them. They are better than the plastic ones that come with it. My only complaint would be the frame edges aren't very rounded but not really an issue unless your doing something crazy that hits your wrist.
@@MacStrengthCo hey Mac just got the D handles in today. I only tried them with some light lying cable chest press on my functional trainer , and i love the way they feel in hand. Ill really test them out tomorrow when i do my full upper body workout , but so far they’re awesome.
@@MacStrengthCo Hey Mac, so i did my my full upper body with the handles. They really shined when i hooked up my Gym pin lat bar to the functional trainer, and attached the handles to it for seated bench chest supported rows. I also liked them a lot for lying functional trainer flat, and incline chest press. All around an over engineered awesome set of handles.
Magg grip all day the feel is night and day I have the close grip supanated and the nutural grip pronated. Well worth the money i want the close grip natural and the wide one now. You used them correctly.
I really appreciate these side by side comparisons. I would love to see more. Maybe prime fitness attachments vs knockoffs or even prime fitness vs mag grips.
Good honest review...With pricing, the differences are very minimal. Both will perform adequately. For the purest with the bankroll, go with the mag grip...USA Made.
I've always said they are the same so it was nice to use both head to head and admit I was wrong. But at the end of the day buy what you can afford and train. thanks for watching!:)
I'm a member at the biggest european gym chain called "McFit". Their German gyms recently started to roll out mag-grip knock offs and they are literally unusable after a few months in a public gym. The whole plastic outer layer is ripped off and the metal interior of the grips starts to splinter. So longevity of the knock offs is definitely not there if they get used heavily. Not sure how real mag-grips would fare but I'm definitely sticking to the old school handels - they are doing their job just fine and are actually able to survive years and years even in a cheap public gym.
Great feedback! I've seen both of them in a local commercial gym and they seemed ok but I have no idea how long they were in use for? One week? 2 yrs? lol. no idea. I don't see the knock offs lasting.
I’m in Europe too. A few companies sell this design under their own brand: ATX in Germany and Gladiator Fit in Switzerland. I’m not sire if they are Mag Grips under licence or copies
I bought the knock offs not realizing there were such brands and knock offs. Just saw people using these grips and they seem to do great 😂 and I am usually really picky . Might upgrade if I can get a larger garage gym.
I purchased two from Mag grip. I prefer American made products and supporting USA small businesses. I don’t regret the purchase. Extremely high quality and the best packaging by far.
Very cool. I had elbow tendinitis and it took 6 months to get rid of the pain. I know what your saying about elbow pain. Great to see so many people supporting MAG GRIP!
I found i lift 50 pounds heavier in every movement. It takes alot more to get me sore. But i only feel it in my back and very little in forearms, biceps or shoulders. Its night and day compared to traditional lat pulldown.
On their site, I notice that the MAG grips have both pronate and supinate versions. Can you buy one and turn it around and get pronationa and supination from one attachment?
Really appreciated the comparison. We have a couple online, but it's the first quality one. I almost purchased a true Mag grips one, but the shipping was more expensive than the attachment itself... I might get one at some point but, woah... My wife would have killed me... The knockoffs in Canada are about the same price that you pay for the real Mag version in USA... So, for now, I only got the ''neutral'' medium cheap knockoff version, and I immediately put a shackle through it. It really helps as you clip the carabiner to this instead of that cheap grommet. It's a good attachment, but I can't compare yet with the real thing as I never saw one...! Have you tried any prime fitness one yet?
I live in Toronto Canada and I really want to buy the offical Mag Grips but it's gonna cost me over 170$ for 1 attachment after shipping and US Dollar conversion to Canadian. I use to own the Medium Grip knockoff which was 65$ Canadian and free shippin from Amazon and to be honest it worked amazing, It was so good that many other gym members also got them. Unfortunately I lost them. I wish Mag Grip would start selling their products on Amazon because more people would buy them. The cost of the handles themselves is FAIR but the shipping especially to Canada is what is the deal breaker. If they were sold in Canada I would easily buy them. I am still undecided which direction I should go with.
I own and use the knock off ones also. I just had to be honest the Mag's are superior in the angles and overall feel. That's me being super technical and picky. The knock offs work but I find I don't use the close grip ones much.
@@MacStrengthCo yea I really like the Medium Pronate from Mag Grips, I just wish the shipping to Canada was more affordable. Your review was actually the best review on Mag Grips vs Knockoffs. You are the only person I've seen point out the angle of the grips on the Mag Grip which I do find to be superior in targeting the back. I just checked Amazon Canada and they have the medium grip neutral grip slightly pointed outward ones for 45$ on sale shipped to me. The Mag Grip equivalent is currently 150$ Canadian after conversion and shipping costs. I think I will have to stick with the Knockoffs as when I had it for the 5 months I loved it and I was easily able to target my lats and also lesson the pain in my forearms. I will watch your other videos for other attachments. Have a great day.
I got the knock off medium one and the bar completely bent when my buddy did 250 lbs on Lat pull down. It was rated for 880 lbs. Just buy the US made one and save yourself the trouble
The largest mag grip felt like nothing I've ever used in 25 yrs of training. It's really WIDE! For me personally I loved it. They made an in between one now that I didn't have for the review.
My gym has the mag grips and I like the comfort of the system but it's not something I feel I need. Muscles will grow just as well with the old school stuff.
I think if you truly hit these multiple times a week then go for the Mag as they will stand the test of time. If you use these once or twice a month the extra expense is not worth it.
I've thought about doing a channel on my square body builds but for now Ill sprinkle some in on this channel. Filming while working on my trucks sorta takes the fun out of it!
Like all exercise selection it's all about finding what feels the best for you. Different pulldowm attachments are no different. As for paying for the brand name for exactly the same thing, well you know what they say about the fool and his money.
I’m new to Mag Grips. Is anyone familiar with the newer 3/4 Mag Grips lat bar? Is it worth starting off with that instead of the traditional wide grip?
@@MacStrengthCo what I met does it matter the length of the bar between them, would the long one hit the rear delts more , sorry that question I last wrote did not make Much sense , but I’m sure they hit different Muscle groups right , sorry if I still do not make sense
I bought the so called knock offs 6-8 months ago. Guess what boys….they work just the same. They look great as well. Unless your a gorilla and throw them against the wall after each use, then yeah they won’t last. For home gym, they work well. Just make sure you pinpoint a good set of knock off.
I have the medium length neutral grip one and love it. Anybody have advice for which of the narrow ones to get to target the lower lats? Would it be the underhand grip one?
I would recomend to work with a supinated grip, either with regular bar, narrow mag attachment or what ever you have, since de supinated grip gives you a little bit more range of motion but there is a little of technique to target more "lower lats". When you do the pull instead of going to the center of your back, go more to the pockets of your pants. Keep a neutral spine and pull down your shoulder blades, that will make you pull mostly with your lats and back muscles instead of using lot of biceps, or upper back muscles but you will target all the posterior muscles anyways. I would recommend you to watch Jonni Shreve and hypertrophy coach; they both make great content and have lots of knowledge and they explain the proper technique of basically every exercise.
More like a sponsored ad for mag grips than a genuine review. If these were really made in the U.S., shipping would be minimal or included in the price - clearly not the case here. The production cost is also very low. I live in Ireland, where import fees are high, yet I bought seven knockoff attachments for €99 (~$88), including shipping. I've used the originals at the gym and honestly, there's no meaningful difference, but in fairness they have exact same handles (and even if they work less well for you, it could mean completely different to someone else, likewise for the mag grips). Plus, you mentioned buying five attachments, but showed more in the video. Video quality is great, but this feels a bit misleading.
So the knock offs feel slightly less great, but are only a 1/3th of the price… Sounds like a great compromise to me. I don’t care at all where it’s made. There is nothing wrong with supporting Asian companies, even though you almost spent half the video talking about where it was made…. 😊
Other than being patriotic and a higher level of quality (if in fact that applies in each case), what is the big deal about needing everything to only be made in America? If that device results in the same outcome, who really cares where something came from?
What surprised me the most when I started to reviewing gym gear was how many people care about USA made. In the end weight is weight yet so many people spent thousands more to get made in America iron plates! Look at Strengthco plates for example. It's a big deal for many people.