Customer Reviews

Black Mountain Products Resistance Band Set with Door Anchor, Ankle Strap, Exercise Chart, and Resistance Band Carrying Case

5 star:		(274)
4 star:		(50)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I bought these bands to use with Tony Horton's 10-Minute Trainer. For the most part these are great until you have to do a military press or an overhead tricep curl. These exercises require you to stand on the middle of the band and push all the way up until your arms are fully extended. For these exercises, the bands are too short for me and I worry how long they'll last if I keep stretching them that far. I'm 6'0" tall, so someone shorter might not have any problem. If you're 6' or taller, I would find something longer because these will disappoint. The B-Line bands used by Tony Horton for P90x and his other videos appear to be roughly twice as long as these.

These are good quality bands though. The grommets are strong and the clips are metal and thus, less prone to breaking. The door attachment and ankle accessory work fine. The "instruction manual" is a little sparse and simplistic but you can't expect too much there. Suspiciously, I noticed that none of the exercises show the bands being lifted any higher than shoulder length.

EDIT: I increased my review to a 4 star after using the bands a while longer and speaking to their customer service. I also got a free orange band for my call. According to customer service the bands can actually stretch safely up to 5 times their original size (their max stretch is about 40 ft. although this makes them unusable). After 3 weeks of overhead use they still show no signs of wear or tear.

EDIT: Still on the fence about these. After 6 weeks of use I had to get the red band replaced after seeing several tears appear. Now I'm seeing tears in the black band and one tear in the new red band already. As far as I know I'm not using them inappropriately but I may have to go ahead and return the whole set.

There's a lot of good reasons to choose resistance bands to exercise...

-good for home workouts
-great for traveling (some gyms in hotels are just pitiful); these are very portable
-great to use with exercise videos (a lot of ex. DVD's have you use bands)

What will they do for you?

-tone your muscles
-help you burn a few calories
-make your muscles stronger
-make your bones more dense

Why choose these particular ones?

-they're pretty sturdy
-come with a door attachment
-exercise charts included
-most find the handles comfortable
-offer different bands with varying levels of difficulty
-reasonably priced

Disadvantages?

-if you look like the incredible Hulk, you're probably not going to get enough of a workout
-some might find them hard to work with
-some might not like the "feel" of them as they do an exercise

All-in-all they're a great exercise tool to use to help you get in shape, prevent injuries, or even rehabilitate one (you see these in physical therapy clinics a lot). And don't forget, once you get comfortable using a given color, move up to the next harder band if you want to keep getting stronger. Also recommend Treat Your Own Tennis Elbow if tennis elbow is interfering with your workouts.

Honestly, deceiving is the right title for this review. I purchase these bands with intentions of getting more resistance in my workout. Instead, they began to tear after 2nd week of training. So I was very dissatisfied with the product. It's back to dumbells for me !

I am new to using resistance bands so take this to mind in understanding that I was not quite sure on how exactly to use the door anchor and ankle band. Sure it has a paragraph explanation but I really just needed more to make sure I was doing it correctly. Wish also that they illustrated more than just 6 ways to use the bands, a nice wall chart demonstrating a few more with a bit more detail would have been worked nicely.

The resistance bands themselves are very sturdy, they look to be extremely well made so that I am not fearful of them breaking or coming apart. Overall a lot nicer set than I expected.

I got these bands so I could do the P90X workout. The green band I used for less than 2 weeks and it snapped on my 5th usage. I am very disappointed. I am terrified to use the other bands as I dont know if they will snap and hit me in the FACE or not. Luckly I got my hand up to block this one but it damaged my knuckle pretty good

Hi, my name is Scott, and I purchased Black Mountain's Resistance Band Set. Let me say right up front, these resistance bands give you one great work-out. If you are just a little creative, you can offer yourself a truly wonderful work-out. I need the flexibility to change my work-out, I am disabled, so I am unable to work with traditional weights, like most people. I want to let you know I no longer feel left-out, because today with Black Mountain resistance bands, I can create a work-out like know other. These bands are great, and what a burn. Now don't misunderstand me, you don't need to be disabled like me, to create a top notch work-out, in fact I think any gym, or home gym, would be much improved, with the addition of Black Mountain Resistance Bands, and the work-out challenge that you get with these bands, are unmatched. In conclusion, let me say that they are a wonderful value at under $30.00, and I would recommend them to anyone looking to keep themselves in great shape. Today its up to each of us to keep ourselves as healthy as we can, and the Black Mountain Bands, will help you do that, in my opinion. I would like to Thank B.M.P for there affordable equipment, its improved my quality of life.
Good-luck to the rest, I hope my review has helped.
Sincerely, Scott Fenske

They seem strong and well made. Good instructions! Just lost them (husband unpacked them and they were found later). Quality bands and company!!!

Broke in week 6 of P90X. The blue band snapped back on my foot. I thought I broke a toe but it's just black and blue.

These things are more effective and better made than I expected. As a pastor in my late 50's, I don't get a lot of exercise, nor do I have a lot of extra time or money. I wanted something small and inexpensive - not a weight machine that I would have to set up in the basement. My wife suggested exercise bands. After a quick review, I determined that 1) I needed a complete set to have enough for a good workout, 2) they had to me made well (many reviews complained about weak stitching and other failures). BMP's "new and improved" set (that included a Door Anchor - which I use in about half the exercises I do) seemed like the best choice.
As a former engineer, I look closely at design, workmanship and quality of materials. I have not seen other brands up close, but I am very impressed with this set from BMP. The straps connecting the handles to the bands are made of heavy "ballistic nylon", with an extra piece added to double the thickness where the heavy duty metal grommet is located. To keep the bands from pulling through the grommet, they appear to have something like a large ball-shaped bead over the tubing with a tough rubber sleeve over that - a very nice design. The handles have a somewhat thin, but comfortable padding. The clips that attach the bands to the handle are heavy-duty and easy to clip with a single motion.
Before my first workout, I tried each exercise to determine what band combination I would need. I then ordered my workout to somewhat minimize the number of band changes -- but I was surprised how quickly I could change them out. I was also pleased with the variety and quality of the exercises - I thought bands would be a poor substitute for machines and free weights, but in many ways I find bands to be better - especially compared to the kind of machines you can afford for home.
One of the things I found to be lacking with the BMP set was exercise instructions - they only have six exercises. If they just printed one more double-sided piece of paper they could have added an additional 12 exercised. So I found a good small booklet - "The Great Stretch Tubing Handbook" for $8.95.

After reading all the great reviews I was very excited to get these bands, however after using them I am incredibly disappointed. I wish I could give this product a higher rating. Unfortunately, I am unable to use them because of my height. I am 6' 5" and because of this, doing basic exercises like bicep curls or tricep extensions are impossible today because I am stretching the bands way past their normal tensile strength. I would have tried to keep using them, however the blue band was already starting to show some wear and tear after only a few uses.