Fitvids Multifunctional Home Gym Equipment with 160 lbs Weight Stack - Full Body Workout Weight Machine Black

Very wobbly. Packaging shipped damaged. Few parts missing... cables are fraying within weeks... but it works. Would never buy this brand again. I tried to overlook too many quality issues with this machine.

All 5 boxes arrived quickly. All boxes intact and well packaged. Easy to assemble and easy to understand diagrams. It was missing some bolts and washers and the sellers only solution was to pack up all 5 heavy boxes and return for a refund. OK, so no parts are available. I bought some suitable washers and bolts, and a new weight selector pin because the one provided is very short and doesn’t stay in.

Assemble was easy, but takes patience. They do a good job of illustrating how the cables should be routed but the cables are not long enough for the weight stack (see picture). You have to compromise with the adjuster to keep tension on the cables or the pin will fall out after two or three reps. Tension makes it very hard for my wife to change the weight. The sum of the weights may be 160lb but because of the short cables, you can’t use them all and they have funky (probably metric) weight increments so each “slab” is 12.5 lbs. I don’t usually fall for this stuff but I wasn’t paying attention to what the reviews were for (apparently some sort of gym mat) so they got my $500. The prospect of disassembling, repacking and getting all five packages to UPS is something they know not many of us will do

Ok, so I have mixed feelings on this gym. Overall, I do like it, but feel it needs to be more adjustable to be able to more variety of exercises. Let me get the issues out of the way first, then what I like about it. 1. MAJOR thing to be aware of is that the cable retaining balls have a very small weak grommet and it will slip out, the retaining ball mechanism will fail and the cable coating will start to shred. You have to use either duct tape or something like caulking or adhesive right off the bat to prevent the cable messing up. This happened to me and they had to send me a whole gym (5 boxes at 85lbs each) for a simple cable and then I had to get UPS to come get it, and had a whole mess). 1. Next issue, resolvable before you even get the gym is to get a different stack pin to hold the weights. They only include a silly metal rod with a small 90 degree bend. It falls out so easily when the stack comes down. Get a 6 inch or so stack pin with the bead to keep it from falling out. 3. Make sure the preacher curl cushion or leg press attachment is held by the retaining pin, not all the way down, as the bottom cable and be pinched by it and potentially damage it. The good parts. The chest press feels great. The leg press attachment is nice, but nees to be able to adjust out more. The lat pull is really good, and the rows using either bottom or top cable is awesome. I have gotten additional grips to add exercises. Overall, for the price, it is a good stack gym. It could be better, but everything could use some imprpvement. I am mostly happy to be able to workout any time I want and not be around other people.

First, the only reason I gave it two stars instead of one is because there is SOME practical functionality from it. Opened the first large box, and immediately saw damage - to the seat, nicks and scratches on a lot of the metal, open scattered box of parts, smashed pads, bent housing.....The damage did not seem to take away from the functionality, however, it did show how cheap the quality is. My description - 5'6, 234 lbs., stocky wide upper body, and a bit of a belly (my description will make sense...) Pros - There are a couple important exercises that are the main basis for my workouts, and it works well with this machine - Lat Pulldowns, Tricep Pushdowns with a rope, and Upright Rows. It was easy to follow the instructions, assembly was a little tough as I put the whole machine together by myself - but it look more than 4 hours! Cons - Many damaged parts. It is noisy. It is not very smooth. Stickers not aligned. Hooks are crap - buy your own caibeaners. Cheap quality - the weight stack are plates of concrete wrapped in plastic. From my description of myself - I have to squeeze into the seat with the preacher curl pad on. At 5'6", the bench press makes no sense - with the seat as low as possible, I am bench pressing from below my pecs - the bench press may be best for someone about 3 inches shorter than me. The butterfly and preacher curls are really jagged - no smooth motion, and not enough outward range for the butterflies. If you are shorter than me, or you are really good at squeezing your legs up for the leg press, it might work. There is some welding that is absolutely terrible - I am afraid this thing will not last a month. The price point is definitely too high for this massive lack of quality. No contacting the seller, no customer service, apparently the company went out of business. The only people that actually compensated me for the damaged parts was Amazon Customer Service themselves - Which I am truly grateful for. I could never use the tools that came with this - thankfully, I had my own real tools - highly suggested. Overall, this is my first purchase of anything from "Fitvids", and it was also my last - I will never buy another anything by this company, I do not recommend them, Strongly suggest doing a lot more research than I did - spend more money on a better company - avoid anything labelled "Fitvids". Definitely take a look at my photos. Cons -

Great deal for the money and free shipping. It was not difficult and quick to assemble with better tools.

Don't Buy it. Horrible quality and many defective parts. Scraches all over tha parts. After spending 4 hours assembly it was super dumb machine. Squeaks and wiggle with every movement. Cheap quality and horrible materials. Super frustrated and upset I spent the money and waisted my time building this. -10 stars if possible. Returning second day of arrival. This is in reference to Fitvids Multifunctional Home Gym Machine red and black.

I'll update the review after I build it but I have serious concerns about everything being in the boxes. Box 1 & 2 look destroyed - not outside, oddly - no damage, but inside - the bolt packaging, the separator boxes, all torn and ripped, bolts and other small parts loose everywhere and out of packaging, looks like I got somebody else's return, to be honest.