Black Mountain ProductsHeavy Duty Stand 3000-Pound Rated Dip Station

I've been using this for a couple weeks now. At first it didn't seem like the screw holes were aligned to assemble the station. But it eventually went through just fine with someone else applying a little bit of pressure to twist the bar in place for the screw holes to align while I put in the screws. Put the screws one in at a time, then apply the pressure to the bars for the remaining screws if necessary. A lot of pressure isn't necessary. One of the screw caps needed a wrench to tighten all the way. I might have bent the thread out of place before I learned to twist the bars instead of shove the screws. The packaging was very well done.I bought it to do dips when I found out dips are a great exercise to workout the lower chest since push ups only workout the upper chest. Dips are also a great way to workout all of the tricep muscles, so a dip station like this is a must have. I checked with customer service to see if it's really rated for 3,000 pounds instead of 300 pounds, and the representative said yes, it is 3,000 pounds. The other dip stations I looked at only rated up to about 250 pounds. So this dip station is about 10 times more durable than some others available for about the same price.The other really great thing about this dip station is that I can now do inverted rows with it. Inverted rows work out all the same muscles as pull ups/chin ups. I've read a couple of books that say that possible injury can result from doing an exercise that one cannot do at least eight reps with. I've had a pull up/chin up bar I was using that I couldn't do at least eight reps with, so inverted rows are perfect with this dip station. If someone can't do at least eight reps on a pull up/chin up bar, then this dip station is also a must have for inverted rows as well as dips.If someone can't do at least eight reps of dips, then they just have to keep their feet on the ground. Bending my knees is enough to do dips without touching the ground. Dips and inverted rows are a complete arm exercise with both pushing with dips) and pulling with inverted rows covered. I really like this dip station in particular because it is the only one that is actually parallel that I could find. Most, if not all, of the others are slightly trapezoidal. The price for this dip station was good too. The only items similar to this that are substantially cheaper are parallettes, and those aren't tall enough.With parallettes, people have to hold their entire legs out in front of them to do dips, and it seems harder to imagine an option to assist with their feet on the ground if they wanted to with parallettes because, either way, people would have to be very flexible with their legs. With dip stations, people only have to bend their knees. This dip station should be tall enough for anyone who just bends their knees. Since it's rated for 3,000 pounds, there's room for me to grow by eventually doing weighted dips and weighted inverted rows on this dip station too.

I bought this for my 16 year old son, who is a big kid. He is currently 6' and about 160 lbs. He has been wanting a dip bar for some time, and this one fits the bill perfectly. The price is very reasonable compared to other models I looked at, and it is a strong and sturdy piece of equipment. It is easy to assemble. When the package came I was not home. My son received it, opened it and assembled it himself with the help of some tools from my tool box. After reviewing his work, I was satisfied that he did a fine job of putting it together. As I said he's 16 (smart of course), but the point being, if a 16 year old has no problem with putting it together unsupervised, I think most people can handle the assembly. I am very pleased with this product. It is very stable, the handles are thick, which distributes weight bearing over a broader surface of the hand. It also has a 22 inch width from mid handle to mid handle, which is ideal for dips. It is also light enough to move around. You can move it indoors or out with little effort. He also uses to perform horizontal rowing movements, so this single piece of equipment can provide a very effective upper body workout. I highly recommend this product.

In this product description, the following points are made:-3000 pounds rated dip station-Easy assembly and functionality-Stabilizing pads for any surface-Soft foam grips-Lifetime WarrantyNotice how NOWHERE in these points, until you open the package, does it tell you that you need a specific screwdriver that can reach inside a hole/fissure in which human fingers cannot reach in order to tighten screws that would fix the part known as a "stabilizer" to the apparatus.Also notice how NOWHERE in these points, until you open the package, does it tell you that you need a specific wrench in order to tightenAlso notice how NOWHERE in these points, until you assemble the product as well as you can, are you warned that the two top bars (the ones you would grab if you used it) fail to actually fall into the rusty, damaged interior of the bottom bars/machine base), rending the dip bar both asymmetrical and potentially very, very unstable. Disgusting! Someone could sustain a traumatic injury using the product the way it comes, and then, this vile company effectively puts the poor consumer through some forced labor/bullying by making them return the faulty product with missing assembly tools if they are dissatisfied with the fact they were pranked instead of being sent a safe, functioning product.