HulkFit Pro Series Power Cage and Home Gym Attachments - Yellow

I read tons of reviews and I go back and forth on what would be worth more towards me. This caught my eye with the additional add-ons, and the price range. So here's my break down. Pros: Versatile, I bought separate attachments and had no problems of putting it together in that regard. It's sturdy to say the least, I feel like it wont have any give no matter what I do. (I'm 5'11 380 lbs) You can eventually add the cross cable if you plan on buying that later down the road (as I do) which not many of these power cages give that sort of option from the same manufacturer. The pull up bar in the front I was able to flip down to fit it in a tight spot which is a super pro for low ceilings. Holds up a the weight specified, and I'm not worried that I'll be injured that much compared to other racks I've used. Cons: Most of these weren't an issue at all and I'll be agreeing with others on these. Paint job, for the most part it's great, some chipped during installing, but I don't care because it's meant to be used not to be an art showcase, so deal with it, assuming your buying this to work out in, it'll be fine. 2 of the yellow posts were bent, but I took a vice grip and unbent it. I built it standing up like the video, I would also agree with someone on here that said build it on its side, its a lot easier. Also build it in a place close to or where you want it, because its not really moveable for one person, if you dont have smooth flooring. The wrenches provided might be a little sharp, they work well, but I would suggest if you have a socket wrench, use it with a size 17 socket, makes the job a lot more easier and smoother. Misc. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS: Place safety bars in first then tighten everything, they are moveable but I would understand not doing this might not straighten out the entirety of the rack as it should, this should not affect your purchase because they're easily moveable after placed and tightened. OVERALL: It's a great rack for what it's worth. They could've done slightly better jobs on maybe the wielding but I'm not going to complain about it because its great nevertheless, they could of easily marked this thing up to the 700-1000 price range in my opinion, and from what I saw it was originally $299 for both the lat pull down attachment and the power rack. I paid around $420 at the time of writing this. One Additional thing: LUBE UP YOUR EQUIPMENT, if you purchased the lat pull down attachment, it might have a rough time for the roller pins to do an effective job, gyms lube up their equipment and you should too. I used baby oil, and it still seems slick, but I would prefer actual gym lube. This skeptic feels like he made a great purchase.

With the current worldwide pandemic crisis and subsequent gym closures I feared that I would lose all the gains I worked so hard for. I had some bars and weights (from the 80's) at home, so I began to attempt some workouts on my back patio, even though I lacked a bench or a squat rack. I went shopping online for these products only to find virtually everything sold out. I finally came across the Hulkfit Power Cage which was still available (and at a reasonable price) through Amazon. I read virtually all the reviews not only at Amazon, but at other sites as well. Most reviews were positive. Some reviews complained about misfitting parts (bent parts, safety bars holes not lining up, making the bars difficult to install) . After I felt satisfied that the positive reviews outweighed the negative ones, I decided to place my order. I paid a little more than some of the cheapest quotes provided by some reviewers, but it was an acceptable amount. I then had to select a delivery "appointment" (the shipping was being managed by a logistics company). I then became concerned that the order would take an inordinate amount of time to ship (Amazon had banners warning that because of the pandemic, they would need to prioritize some essential orders, which could mean delays). I also found a bench on Amazon (made by another company as the Hulkfit bench was not available). Nevertheless within 24 hours I received confirmation that my Hulkfit order had shipped, and was provided tracking information. Through tracking the shipment, I learned that my shipment had arrived in my hometown two days (coming from Washington state all the way to North Carolina) after my order date. Nevertheless, my delivery appointment was scheduled for 5 days later, so I had to wait. The delivery company rescheduled my order from the morning (which I had requested) to the afternoon which I accepted. Sure enough I received the shipment as scheduled (I agreed that they could leave the box in the driveway in front of my house) and I managed to get that box (which was incredibly heavy) to the back of the house (where I planned to assemble it). I should note that I received the bench (which was shipped by another company) the same day. The next morning I began to open and unbox the rack in preparation for assembly. I should note that the item was incredibly securely packed and I arrived without any damage to the rack. Upon inspection, I was delighted at the robust construction of each component. The rack appears to be made out of 14-guage steel (by my calculations). The safety bars, J-hooks and chin-up bars are heavy and substantial. Even though I am very mechanically inclined, I made a couple mistakes in the initial assembly (the included instructions, provided only pictures, no text), but I lost little time in correcting my mistakes. From reading all the reviews, I learned that a few prior reviewers had problems with lining up the holes in the rack (which made installing the safety bars difficult or impossible) which could be attributable to their mistake of tightening all the bolts before they installed the bars. Hulkfit did provided an advisory sheet in the instructions to leave all the bolts a little loose until the safety bars are installed. I followed that advice. Hulkfit provided enough bolts (the nuts are the "Nylock" type, which prevents loosening when used - a nice touch). Finally, my squat cage was completely assembled. I did find two very slight problems: 1) - one of the J-Hooks required some slight grinding (on one of the side plates) in order to fit and 2)- on the left side, despite the fact that I did install the safety bars prior to tightening all the bolts, I had some problem with the holes not lining up perfectly (this appears to be attributable to the rear vertical support beam twisting slightly when the bolts were tightened), but I am still able to install that safety bar with a little extra push. On final inspection, I was impressed with the sturdiness of the rack. It was actually more substantial in structure than the squat rack I use at the commercial gym. It is slightly smaller that the commercial rack, but that is actually an advantage, as space is limited at my house (I am 6'/225 lbs and the rack is plenty large for me). It's also attractive with its yellow and black color scheme. The next few days, I used the rack for benching, squatting and chin-ups. I was delighted at the stability of the rack. I'm in my 60's, so the maximum weights I use are around 270 in the squat, 225 in the bench. The rack appears capable to handle much heavier weights The holes are about 4" (center to center), 3" (edge to edge) but I had no problem finding appropriate heights for the J-hooks, safety and dip bars. I find that the dip bars are perfectly positioned for dips, pushups, etc. for me. Surprisingly, despite it's heaviness and sturdiness, it is possible (and not too difficult) to move the rack across the floor if needed (which is an advantage for me on my somewhat crowded sheltered rear patio). Overall, I am delighted with my new rack (I feel that I got more than my money's worth) and I look forward to years of hard training at home.

Overall, the rack/cage is very good. I gave it 4 stars for some of the things that I'm sure made it a less expensive option; it is a bit hard to be too critical given the price point. In terms of value, it is as good as it gets. First, the assembly is pretty easy, but you really need to have your own wrenches. The included wrenches are about 5 inches long and you couldn't possibly tighten the bolts enough to get full stability using them. They are also open ended, which means a great chance for skinned knuckles. If you don't have them already, you need at least one longer 17mm wrench. Once you get to a certain point, the second wrench doesn't need to be that strong to hold the bolt from turning while you tighten the nut. The main reason you need a longer wrench is that the fit of the vertical posts around the beams that run front to back is loose by about 1/16-3/32 of an inch. If you used only the included wrenches, you'd never get it tight enough to take that gap up and end up with nothing really applying force to the beam, allowing it to rack front to back a fair bit. If you use a much longer wrench, you can tighten the nut enough to pull that gap closed resulting in pretty much zero racking motion front to back. Because there are flanges on the cross member beams, including the pullup bar, you don't have that problem left to right. However, the finished cage does flex left to right slightly when assembled because the flanges for the cross members are oriented front to back, not vertically. The wiggling is minimal but noticeable; it is not dangerous. If you really want a rack that can't wiggle at all, you probably have to spend a lot more. I plan to add some vertical gussets to the corners which should eliminate the wiggling, so if you are handy with a welder and can make your own brackets, it should be easy to make this cage as solid as any other. The other thing that I rated this cage 4 stars for is the lack of an included bracket for holding plates. The cage is pretty stable, but some low weight at the back provided by plate storage would really make it stay put during pullups. I have not had any problems with any of the parts. Others have reported the holes not lining up front to back, but mine line up perfectly. There is about 8 inches above the rack to the ceiling in a home with 8 foot tall ceilings, maybe a little less than ideal for a pullup but definitely doable. The feet are pretty nice and I haven't noticed the rack moving around much. Again, with weight on it, it would not go anywhere. Overall a very good rack and I think I would buy it again.

Purchased this at the $299 price point, and I'm very satisfied. Time from order to delivery on my front porch was an astounding 36 hours (sorry, UPS guy), and product arrived securely packaged in a heavy-duty shrink-wrapped carboard box with Styrofoam spacers between the larger pieces of hardware, and each component was plastic wrapped. No damage in transit at all. Flanges for the steel posts were unbent, no scratches, no dents, everything in great shape. Assembly was not an issue. For those who've read the reviews, yes, there are four slightly shorter bolts. These are for the "front" posts where you're connecting only the side cross members on the floor and the flanges for the upright post. The remaining bolts are for all of the connection points where you have three things to connect: the cross member, the flanges for the upright post, and the perpendicular cross member that is bolted at this point (this occurs twice on the back/bottom, and for all four points at the top). If you have a 17mm socket, this process will be infinitely easier on your wrists and knuckles. Heed the instructions and don't tighten everything down immediately. Bolt it together enough to give it a little rigidity at each connection, get everything together, and then insert the safety pins to make sure you're well-aligned. If it looks good and the pins slide in/out at a few test points without issue, then you can ratchet everything down securely. Don't overtighten, either, or you'll bend the post flanges or otherwise deform the crossmembers, and potentially weaken the steel. Total assembly time was about 45 minutes, going slow, and letting my seven-year-old do some of the wrench-turning. Having someone to help hold the upright crossmembers while assembling is a good idea, and will keep you from an accidental drop that will bend your bolts or cage. The cage itself is solid. I'm 6'1" and 200 lbs. I've done both pull-ups and dips (love these attachments, by the way) with no issue. As with any cage in this weight range, you'll probably experience a little vertical shimmying, but at no point has it indicated that it's tilting forward with me hanging off of it. Nor does it give the feel of "ricketier" cages that I've been in that don't weight as much. I haven't measured the steel to verify, but it looks close to the advertised 11-gauge to me (which is 0.120" for cold rolled steel). So far I've had roughly 250 lbs. on the J-hooks for both squatting and benching. No issues, and I've been able to rack these with a fair bit of force (but not slamming the bar as hard as I can into the rack), and again, nothing's moving in a way that I wouldn't expect or gives me any concern about the stability of the cage. I will note that there's enough play in the J-hooks that they will pull away from the upright post with a loaded bar in them. Obviously the steel backstop for these prevents them from pulling out, but do be aware that if you have them flush against the post when unracking, you will probably get a little wiggle movement when you re-rack and these pull slightly forward, which may catch you by surprise. The safety pins are right at an inch in diameter and solid, and there's no buckle or bend with a loaded bar laying on them. I might grab a set of metal pipes from the hardware store to go around these just to dampen the impact of any drops, but that's not strictly necessary for safety -- more for bar preservation. Full disclosure, I did buy several sets of the weight pegs for this cage, and with the big plates at the bottom, this thing is essentially bolted to the floor. If you're looking for these, Walmart.com has them under the "Everyday Essentials" version of this cage when they're in stock. Would have picked them up from Amazon, but I couldn't find them under either brand name. If you're considering this cage, I'll give it full-throated support if you're looking for an economical power cage solution for your home gym. What you're not going to get is a 300-pound steel behemoth that will stand motionless in an earthquake. Similarly, the spacing on the holes for the posts are three inches apart, as opposed to every inch (or less in some cases) with a Westside/EliteFTS/Rogue rack. For me, that means my bench rack height and squat rack height are a good bit lower than I'd ideally want them. So if being able to set up millimeter perfect max-rep attempts is your end game, this may be an issue for you. If you're planning on doing some heavy lifting in the sub-500 pound range and want something that can both hold the weights and keep your spine in one piece if and when it all goes wrong, this is a great buy at this price.

General: I purchased the rack and pulley. I will start out by saying that 3 of the 4 pillars arrived damaged in shipping. I reached out to hulkfit and received a reply from Doug, stating that I was not the only customer who's had this issue. We agreed that I would attempt to bend the pillars straight as I could, and in exchange Doug would send me a couple freebie accessories. I was able to bend them enough to align all of the bolt holes and bars. Doug also indicated that the company was reviewing the shipping design and that it was being revamped. Usage: Aside from a little wobble during dips, I have zero complaints with this rack. It is beyond sturdy and has exceeded my expectations at the price point it is offered. The wobble could also be from the soft foam interlocking tiles that it is resting on, I have not tried it on a solid surface. Due to how the floor gives, I squat on a 3/4 piece of plywood on top of the tiles for a firmer stance to the ground. I have limited height in my home gym due to a 7 ft ceiling and mounted the pull up bar upside down. I installed the pulley after the picture was taken as the pulley arrived a couple weeks after the rack. I have only used it once but it worked nicely and the installation was pretty simple. The only limitation I can see is there is no adjustment every 6 inches like you'd find on one at a commercial gym, only a pulley on the top and bottom. Overall thoughts: This rack can't be beat at the price point, and its actual cheaper now than when I bought it. The assembly instructions could use improvement, but I am a handy enough person that I did not struggle, but others might. I think the yellow frame is a cool touch to gym also as it gives it some contrast. With the price and excellent customer service, don't be hesitant to purchase this rack. I did not receive anything for writing this review, but told Doug I would write one for taking care of me.

When I ordered the power rack it said it would take 5 days to deliver. It arrived in two, so that’s awesome! Not sure if that’s props to Amazon or the manufacturer. PACKAGING: it came really well to packed. It arrived on a rainy day so I was worried, but it was wrapped in a ton of plastic which protected it from the elements. If possible try to be home when deliver occurs otherwise UPS just leaves it in your driveway or doorstep. The thing weighs 160 lbs packages so you may need help moving it. It came really well packed, well organized, a lots of cardboard cushion. Everything came wrapped in plastic and was clean. HARDWARE: all the hardware comes really well packaged. The only thing I needed to provide was measuring tape and a foot stool. The measuring tape is to make sure I could identify the bottom and top of the yellow posts. The difference is about half an inch, which is difficult to just eyeball. The foot stool is for teaching the top of the rack. INSTRUCTIONS: the instructions were just one single page with really just a picture. No step by step. I only looked at it for a few minutes during the whole set up. My tip is to take all the pieces out and lay them out to identify what goes where before you start building. It’s pretty self explanatory. Just make sure you properly identify the top and bottom of the yellow posts. INSTALLATION: you can build it all by yourself! It takes planning and determination, but you can do it. It took me about an hour with pre setup and build. Although I did it myself, I would recommend you have a partner help you. Probably go my faster. USE: it’s sturdy. I did a few sets of squats just to test the stability. And it didn’t move or rock when I racked and unracked. But I’m also not a brute who throws weights around so that might be a factor. PROBLEMS: the only issue I had with the product was one of the yellow posts had a slight bent bolt on (see picture). It was an easy fix. I used a vice grip and fixed it. Took less than s couple of minutes. No problem with installing after that. OVERALL: very happy with the product all around. Quality was much better than I expected for the price point so I feel I got great value and an amazing deal with this purchase. It’s very stable and easy to setup up.

I had read a lot of reviews about this rack, and decided to give it a shot. It's a great price point, and depsite some negative reviews, there were enough positives that I thought it worth getting. I'm very glad I did. First, the package arrived 2 days after I ordered it, which, during holiday season and Covid, is astounding. Next, the box was very heavy. If you can, have it dropped as close to your area where its going to be once assembled, because you do NOT want to try to move this box around. The package was very well organized, no box damage, and as I unpacked, no damage to the unit itself. There were really only about 8 or 10 total pieces to assemble here, and then a few nuts and bolts. It also came with a couple of wrenches, which came in handy. Now, the only reason I didn't give it a 5 on easiness of assembly, is the instructions. You can see from my photo, but there are literally no words on the instructions, just pictures. This was fine, until I noticed that a few of my holes were not lining up when I tried to assemble. I remember some other reviews which said holes didnt line up, but then I also recalled a review that side, you have to make sure that your posts and bars are facing the right direction, else they wont line up. So, since there were no written instructions, I reversed the one bar that originally appears to be a messed up off center hole, and it lined up perfectly. So, I recommend when assembling, go slow, study the photos, and dont tighten down anything until the entire cage is built. I'm 6 foot 4, so its hard to find a rack that is as tall as I would actually want, but this is close. I test it, and there was no wobbling or tilting either (my weight is 218). I tested the dip bars, and they were VERY sturdy. Myonly complaint with them is that, the bars hurt my hands a little when I put my weight on them, so I'll get some sort of foam to wrap around them. No big deal. We bought this for myself, and also my wife, who is 5 foot 4, 115 lbs, to do squats with. The rack is somehow a good size for me and her both, and we are more than happy that we made this purchase. One other cool thing I noticed...if you put the dip bars on the back posts, and up against a wall, you can do hanging leg raises with the wall for back support, and get a killer ab workout too.

I just assembled the Hulkfit Power Cage. The package arrives in a long 8 foot box wrapped in plastic wrap. The insides are adequately protected except for the ends of the long poles. A few of my end brackets were bent and required some massaging to get back to near straight (see pic). Overall assembly was easy, but to make it right, extra hardware was needed. Read on. 1. I think the cage is worth the money spent. But some extra elbow grease is needed to get it right, especially if you are a little OCD like me. 2. The package was missing one pull up bar grip. I included pics. 3. You will need more than one person for the best results in assembly. The unit was pretty wobbly and not level after assembly and tightening of all bolts. We did use a level during the tightening process. The fit of the upright poles to the base bars and top bars was quite loose. The upright poles connections were too wide. (As I said, some also required re- bending before assembly). I needed to add washers to all of the inside of the connections, and also I added washers to the outside to increase stability. It is still a bit off level but much improved. The washers improved the lateral stability a lot, but it is still not enough for my liking. I am going to add 90 degree corner stabilizers to the back corners with brackets or bar stock and drilling / bolting them to the inside of the frame. I will post pics of that later on. Hulkfit may wish to consider adding something like this for lateral stability in the future. As it is, the top and bottom horizontal brace in the back, situated at the top and bottom and bolted horizontally instead of vertically just allows for too much wiggle. It would probably be ok for light weights. But when increasing weights, that lateral instability becomes a safety issue in my opinion. Some of the J hooks are a bit crooked on the welds, but all the welds appear to be adequate. I wish the J hooks had a bit more of an upward angle, but they appear to be doing their job so far. Lining up the uprights and ensuring good fit with the safety bars *as you assemble and tighten bolts* results in easy safety bar slide in and out at the end. No issues there. We will be switching those a lot, so that is a relief. The dip attachments are cool - effective and a welcome addition that increases value. Also, they offer a set of free J hooks (at least for a limited time) if you post a review. I will update this if they ever get back with me. I would appreciate it if they would ship me a handlebar grip since one was missing. Email response has not been great. I emailed them with questions about the missing bar and this review two days ago, and so far all I got was an automated responder. I will update this when they respond again. This is a decent rack, and at around the $300 dollar mark I expected to have to add some more work to make it right, to my standards. I expect to come in around $50 in additional hardware from Tractor Supply, not counting my elbow grease time. It’s a good deal, but the lateral instability / wobble is my biggest criticism. If you are willing to do a little more drilling and bolting with stuff you can get at Tractor Supply, you will be fine. If you aren’t as OCD as I am, and you can deal with a little wobble / wiggle in your cage, you will be fine as is. Four stars for the value, three stars for the quality of the build and the need to put in extra work. Update: Good news - corner stabilizers that I added have improved the lateral stability to where I am happy. $30 in hardware from Tractor Supply. 12” Steel Mending plates x4, bolts, washers, lock washers and nuts. I used my power drill and metal cutting bits to drill the holes in the frame. Also good news, Hulkfit got back with me. They are sending the extra J Hooks per their offer. Bad news: They do not have handlebar grips and can’t send me one. I will look at alternatives or just do without. Edit 1-15-21 Added pics of corner braces in the back. Did all 4 corners and this eliminated all lateral instability concerns. Cage is rock solid now. I highly recommend this modification. Edit 7-15-23 I bought the lat pull down attachment, and here I am in Amazon trying to do a product review on the lat pull down unit. The thing is, Amazon will NOT let me do a separate review. It takes me right to my review of the rack, and there is no way to separate the two orders. So I will proceed with the review of the Lat Pull Down unit here, hoping that people will be able to find the review buried in the original. The unit itself is sturdy, and pretty smooth after installation. My sons and I will definitely be able to get a good workout with it. The construction is solid, but a bit rough around the edges. If you want something that will get the job done for lat pulls, rows, tricep pull downs, cable curls, and you have a Hulkfit cage, look no further. However, you will want a dremel tool on hand in addition to a 17mm socket and a 17mm closed end wrench. The seam where the vertical post comes together is not well machined, and you just might need to grind that lip off in order to let the slide get past it. I will attach a video to show you what I mean. We ended up using a dremel tool and not taking it apart to file it. The dremel worked well to grind off the edge. Then we WD40'd the whole thing and it just has a minimal to no bump as it goes by. Mostly not noticeable now. If you aren't "handy", you might want to get someone who IS handy to help you assemble it and make some sense of it. We figured it out all right, but on occasion, we had to take a few things apart once or twice to get it right. Just a bolt or two. I say this because the instructions are nearly worthless. You get a few diagrams but they are minimally helpful. And the pictures of where the bolts go are tiny. You have to figure out the cable runs mostly on your own. I included the route in the video. One correction - the top wire goes OUTSIDE the square tube between the pulleys - not through it! We got it on the Prime Day sale - so I am happy with it and what I paid for it. Expect to put a little elbow grease into it, git-r-done, and you'll be happy to have it as part of your home gym.

Pakage was good but posts were all scratched and customer service said to paint it. The 2 straps that came with it were too short, pointless for having a 550$ rack. They send replacement straps but when it arrived, i hade to pay 30$ of import charges. Cheap product and cheap company Update: I finaly received replacement straps after 4 weeks

2x2 steel, not sturdy. Paint fades off rapidly. poor quality attachments.