MERAX Multi-Functional Olympic Power Squat Rack Cage - For Home & Gym

The product is very well built. Very sturdy also very surprised by the weld quality. However, who ever drew the instructions needs glasses. I tried following the plans as shown. Thankfully I caught the mistakes (which are all over the booklet) and had to go back a few steps to fix it. I recommend to anyone that is going to purchase this and assemble it. Make sure you look at the picture on Saksby as you’re assembling. I would have given this product a 4.5 star review if it wasn’t for the bad instructions.

I've had the cage for a year. I put it together myself but I would recommend extra help. Im a woman I'm pretty handy but I feel like anyone could do it. However look up the product on YouTube it shows you how to assemble it a lot of people commented the instructions such. The video did different things than the instructions mine is study and works great I've never had a single problem with it!. He shows step to step in his video the assembly so you can't mess up. I live it. Pull works great. Everything is as expected. You can't beat it for the price

The common themes across all reviews are very accurate. This is an incredible value, comparable products are 50% more expensive at least. So, when mine came with a few scrapes/dings here and there, I didn't mind at all. The box was completely shredded, so it seems more like a shipping issue than the product being boxed up with dings. The directions are very vague, but only a few steps made you think for a while to make sense of them. It took about 2.5 hours for me to set up alone. Very happy with the product so far though!

Product arrived slightly scuffed up. Instructions were clear enough to to get it together. Pulleys operate smoothly, maybe not commercial gym quality but I am pleased with it. My only issue with this product is that it comes with some pretty cheap hardware for assembly. I will most likely replace the cheap hardware with some grade 8.8 or 10.9 hardware in the future but I was too impatient to hold off putting it together. At least the instructions give the dimensions and counts so I don't have to count and measure the bolts. There is a little movement in the uprights when using the chin up bar but nothing too bad and hopefully upgraded hardware will help with that. All in all I would say the quality is ok but I would buy this all over again as its a great piece and this supplier is the only one really producing it without having the smith machine with it.

Directions were horrible. The pictures they gave me were different than what i ordered. So putting it together was a little puzzle. Product was slightly damaged when i got it. Luckily its lifting equipment and it can take the beating.

The sturdiness of the power cage and convenience of the cables being part of the cage is awesome! It's a great price for what you get and everything works really smoothly.I read all the reviews thoroughly before purchasing this because they said the instructions were horrible as well as the packaging but I couldn't pass up the price.Well, the reviews were right. When we got the packages, all the nuts and bolts were strewn about openly in the boxes and nothing was numbered. We literally had to look at a picture online of the power cage to figure out how to assemble it because even the instruction pictures were incorrect!Not sure how they keep getting away with not updating their instructions and crappy packaging. Everything was poorly wrapped in plastic wrap.

What I liked: It’s a power rack with a pulley system plus its attachments. It seems like it will get the job done. Seems sturdy enough to take the beating. The pulley system will allow you to do more than just squats and bench presses. Its versatility is what won me over.What I disliked: I want to place a major emphasis on this item costing $1000. The instructions could have more clearer. IKEA does a better job at explaining, and their stuff is not as sturdy as this rack. For the price, I think this rack could have been even more sturdier, more solid, more…better. Don’t get me wrong, I like it. I feel it will get the job done, but it could have been better. And that’s my biggest complain. I plan on keeping it, but I probably could have shopped around and gotten a power rack without the pulley system for less, and then I could have purchased a pulley system rack attachment and have saved myself a few hundred dollars.Overall, yes I would recommend it, but I would question its price. I feel it will get the job done. And yes, despite being a bit below my expectations, I feel it is strong enough to handle the demand I will be placing on it.

I bought this system for my garage to replace another system that I had been using for 14 years. This system had the combination of free weight, cable, and body weight workout capabilities I was looking for.Customer service was good. I got next day responses to my questions about assembly and extra boxes they had sent me.My only complaints were that the assembly instructions need work, and the landmine handle bar seems a bit flimsy.