CAP Barbell Cast Iron Kettlebell, Black, 30 lb.

It is impossible to find any type of free weights or kettlebells right now, it's worse than the toilet paper shortage! LOL If you can find them most of the sellers are taking advantage of the shortage and charging ridiculous prices, I'ver seen a pair of 5lb neoprene dumbbells for $160 and a lot more like that. I am so happy I found this seller as their kettlebells and pretty mush "normal" prices and fantastic quality, balanced, smooth. The estimated shipping said it was going to be longer than normal but they came within a few day, a very pleasant surprise. I highly recommend

I have now purchased 6 kettlebells from 5 different companies. Their quality ranging from excellent to poor.The quality of the product that is actually received with this kind of item depends on a number of factors, including - the molding (whether there's any cast marks, sharp ridge lines around the body or handles, pock marks, etc.), finish sanding (to remove burrs, spurs, cast marks, etc.), finish & Painting (drips, evenness, coverage, etc.), and packaging (tight & secure or loose and unprotected, allowing the weight to roll around and get chipped and banged up during shipping).When this CAP 40 lb kettlebell arrived, I was pleased to find it was packed and packaged as a 40lb kettlebell should be. The kettlebell itself was placed inside of a non-stick matt finish plastic bag to protect it's finish. That was placed into a double-boxed cardbaord box of good thickness, with styrofoam panels stuffed inside to hold it securely in place, styrofoam placed both on the bottom of the box, and on top of the kettlebell before the box was closed and sealed, and then secured with two 1/2" nylon straps to ensure everything remained secure and provide for ease of handling by those who would be taking care of it along it's journey.After pulling the kettlebell out of it's box, I was happy with it's appearance, to see that it was a high gloss finish, and actually a dark grey and not black as it appeared to be in the pictures. However, when I set it down on a chair to get a better look at it, I noticed the handle had a flat spot all along on the top that was about 1/2" wide, and was uneven in height. That, I was not happy with at all. As I put my hand around the handle to see how it felt, I found the flat spot on the top was very noticeable, and the underside of the handle felt very rough. There were also a couple of very sharp, pointy, metal burrs that hurt as they poked like little needles into my fingers. It was obvious if I tried to lift it right then and flip it over, those burrs would cut into my fingers and slice them up, and leave me with a bloodied up hand or two, if allowed to remain.As I further examined the kettlebell, I ran my hand over the surface of it's body, and found that while mostly having a beautifully smooth finish, there were 4 or 5 of these very sharp, needle-like burrs on the body, as well. While my eyes aren't so good these days, and the burrs were small enough that I couldn't see them, I could easily feel them, and they were very sharp. Despite their being small enough to escape being easily seen, it was obvious that they would hurt and might easily cut my forearms when I flipped the kettlebell over after lifting it and it fell against my arm and rubbed against it with all of its weight, as kettlebells tend to do.While I liked the appearance of the kettlebell a lot, these problems with the flat spot at the top of the handle, the roughness of it's underside, and the very sharp, needle-like burrs both on the handle and the body, made me take a few minutes to consider just returning it, as it would take a bit of work and effort on my part to fix these problems and make it safe and enjoyable to use - all the things that should have been done at the factory prior to passing any kind of Quality Assurance Testing and being approved for sale, if any such testing was done, which most likely wasn't.I decided first just to sand off those sharp burrs on the handle and knock off the ones on the body, just to see how it generally felt and if I thought it was worth putting any further effort into it, or if it would just take too much work and I'd be better off just returning it.So, I got a 120 grit 3M sanding sponge that I had downstairs and took the spurs off, which didn't affect the appearance of the kettlebell at all, but would remove any danger of injury to me, and gave it a couple of lifts, first with one hand and then the other.While it was easy enough to lift, I found that yes, the rough surface on the underside of the handle hurt my hands and made them burn a bit, and that flat spot at the top was definitely noticeable and unpleasant to feel as it spun around in my hand while lifting it.I thought, well, it's possible that it's a borderline situation, and something that can be remedied with a little sanding to lower the high spots, and a coat or two of paint to bring up the low spots and even everything out and make the handle nice and smooth and round, evening everything out and making it feel the way it should as it spun around when I lifted it.So, I sanded down the rough area underneath, rather rigorously, and sanded the edges of the flat spot on top to bring them down a bit, without sanding excessively, just to smooth it out a bit I saw bright metal start to show through as a thin line began to appear on either side of the flat spot with what seemed like very little sanding, as it's pretty easy to do that when sanding edges, and thought, oh well... let the experiment continue.When I lifted the kettlebell again, it did feel noticeably better, the flat spot was less irritating, and my hands weren't burning as much afterward. So, at that point I decided to just tackle the job as a project, and took it downstairs and put it on the workbench, and began sanding the handle down a bit more; sanding the high ridges of the flat spot down, and knowing it would all get nice and smooth once it was filled with and covered with a couple of coats of spray paint.I just happened to have a can of Rustoleum Black Hammertone spray paint (which is the same color), sitting on the workbench intended for another project that I hadn't used yet. So, after using painters tape to mask off the body, which I really didn't want to affect at all, I got to sanding, and gave it it's first rather thick coat of paint which would level itself out and give it the smoothest, and most uniform surface.It's been an hour now and I just went down to check on it, considering giving it a second coat. It's looking much better already, with the flat spot visibly reduced now and nearly gone. It's clearly going to need another light sanding on what remains of the sides of the flat spot, but because I put the paint on kinda thick, I'll have to wait another day or so to do that. But after that it shouldn't even be able to be seen or noticed at all anymore, and the handle should be pretty much perfect after that.So, overall, it's a good kettlebell, if you're willing to put a little bit of time and effort into sanding down any sharp burrs, at a minimum, when it arrives... and if you're willing to put up with the possibility of ending up with a 1/2" wide flat spot along the entire top of the handle, and a rough surface on the underside.If you're willing to put a bit of effort into it, it can be made perfect if you're willing to do a bit of sanding, and willing to do a bit of masking and refinishing with some spray paint to fill in the low spots and give it the nice uniform, even, smooth finish that it should have come with from the factory to begin with.Personally, I could have gone either way, simply sending it back since it had problems it shouldn't have had when I first took it out of the box and inspected it. For most folks, those problems would have been unacceptable. Even I realized I was taking a risk of not being able to return it if I happened to sand those rough and sharp spots just a bit too much, and such sanding itself is nearly impossible to judge in order to keep from doing too much.But as each thing I tried seemed to provide improvements, I was willing to keep going with it, until eventually just deciding to tackle fixing everything as a bit of a project, despite this being a brand new, just-received item that should not have had any of these problems found with it.Obviously, with kettlebells, it's the luck of the draw. You may get a good one, or one with problems with any of them, and there's no way to tell when ordering online until it comes in. With this particular model from cap, however, just be aware that if you do get one in the condition that mine arrived in, you may find yourself having to send it back, or if it's not too bad, you may find yourself with a project on your hands, as I did.So, a 4 is the highest, and most generous rating I can give it, just because it is a good looking piece of equipment, and one that most people would be happy to own as far as appearances go.

I looked around and this is definitely the best kettlebell you can get for the money. But that doesnt mean its built cheaply. Coated cast iron, really good shape, handle feels great. Honestly no complaints. This is all you could ever want from a kettlebell and I've seen other sellers selling the same thing for much higher prices. Shipped reasonably fast considering the pandemic and all.

Product exactly as stated. I had no issues with the quality of my 20 lb Kettlebell, the previous reviewers most likely received defective products, but there's always gonna be a few of those with companies that mass produce products. I highly recommend this product. I'm 5'3 140ish lbs and used mine to do kettle bell swings numerous times without issue. I do have smaller hands than most; I need an xs workout glove so the handle might be too small for anyone who wears a medium size or up. I also have ceramic tiled floors and the coating on this has kept it from scratching or damaging any of the tiles when I put it down or push it to the side with my broom and swiffer when cleaning. You get what you pay for, and this was a steal considering in-store prices AND free 2-day shipping of a 20 lb weight - that isn't cheap!

This brand doesn't show up on the 1st page when you search for a kettlebell, but it should. Price is right, no sharp edges, easy to hold, etc. Buy it.