Customer Reviews

Powertec Fitness WB-OB Olympic Bench

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I've had this bench for about a year now. It is the older non-folding model with leg lift attachment. I will break it down by good points vs. negative.

Pro
1. Very Sturdy and well made
2. Aesthetics are very nice! I love the yellow.
3. Flat Bench is very sturdy and my feet rest on the floor to provide good stability. It can hold more weight than I can press, with no wobble.
4. I use Olympic weights but it's nice it can easily convert to standard width, if needed.
5. Leg attachment is very well made, with nice padding that doesn't slide off.

Cons
1. Incline presses feel awkward due to body position with a barbell. To compensate for this, I've been using dumbbells with it.
2. The back support has a little too much friction when positioning the seat from a flat to an incline. A little wax on the chrome bar may help.
3. Decline feels a bit awkward for me too, without having a spotter available. Once again, I use dumbbells for safety purposes.

To summarize, I feel this is the best bench on the market for the price. I've had a couple other benches and they did not compare in quality to the Power Tec. I use my bench routinely 3 times per week and it still looks and performs like new. I picked up a second-hand lat machine from a thrift store and with my dumbbell set, have great weekly workout sessions and see results. I highly recommend it!

I purchased this bench through the manufacturers website for 299.00 with the power rack for 449.00 and $43 total shipping.

The bench is commercial quality. It's weight capacity is great for even advanced lifters (600lb capacity). The bench I purchased does not fold up as seen in this picture and like I said I received mine directly form the manufacturer. The bench declines and inclines.

The incline I do not personally like. I feel that the incline puts you too far backward under the bar and forces you to lower the bar to and from the bottom of your chest rather than the middle at the nipple line. Because of this it makes it hard to use for incline. For flat bench, this product is fantastic. It truly is commercial quality as is all of powertec's products.

If you are looking for a home bench press with commercial quality I highly recommend this bench. However if you plan on working with the incline press I recommend searching for something different.

Good and solid. Far superior to the under $200 stuff I saw at places like Sears and Walmart. I didn't buy it for the fold-up option - but it's turned out to be pretty cool and useful. Took about 2 hours to assemble, but I wasn't in any hurry.

I ordered my bench directly from AMAZON and I received the wrong model! The newer model allows you to fold up the bench which is what AMAZON had advertised but this is not what I received. Initially I was upset because I purchased this bench for all it's features including the new bracket folding design. However, this is just a minor setback which has no impact on my workouts so I let it slide.

I actually prefer the older model with the same model number because it appears to be much stronger and less likely to damage over long term use. Feels very sturdy and secure with the steel bar going across the bottom of the frame.

Secondly, this item was poorly packaged! At first I thought I received a used bench because it had some scratches all over the frame but only the seat and the back rest were properly packages with bubble wrap. The rest just had nylon bags and no real protection.

I let this slide because it's a workout bench and even though I want my bench to arrive in mint condition it will not impact my workouts either. The bench most likely got scratched up while in transit. It's a pretty heavy box loaded with steel bars.

If you notice I gave the bench 4 stars. I'm reviewing the bench not AMAZON's customer service. Many customers who deal with similar situations provide poor reviews for the products they ordered which is not at fault.

It's a nice bench overall. Very comfortable and includes some cool features like an angel change for the entire frame, leg extension bar handles secured under the seat, good back rest angle range ect...

I set this up as a narrow bench and ordered a 5 f barbell due to lack of space. It's nice to be able to convert the bench to an olympic bench. It will come in handy in the future when I have more space available.

You only have to take off a few bolts to switch to the Olympic bench. You will not be forced to re build the bench from scratch.

As far as mobility you just have to unscrew the back frame which holds up the barbell and you can easily move the bench to another room and tighten up the bolts again.

Took me about 40 minutes to put together.

Seems to be a great bench so far. Sturdier than I thought it would be, which was a nice surprise. Only negative is that the decline setting is, uh...disputable. If you're looking for a true 30 degree decline, this ain't the bench. Other than that, I'm quite happy with what I got.

I wanted this Bench. I looked at all the other weight Benches and this one seemed like a decent bench. But I was limited for space within my garage and it doesn't fold up. And the fold up benches lack accessories and the ability to preform other excersises. So I bought this bench from Powertec directly off their website in California. And I mean just the weight bench. Then seperately I bought a York Squat rack. So when Im done in the garage I carefully slide my York Rack back up to the wall and the Powertec Bench I simply adjust the seat up and roll it in and turn it because it sits perfectly within the squat rack allowing me to park the car in the garage. I also bought directly from Powertec the accories being the Leg lift. it is smooth and bearings in it's main joint connection. And I bought the Pec Fly wheel accessory. Im currently looking at the Leg Press accessory.
I like buying directly from Powertec. I have had no problems what so ever. Nice powder coated heavy gear. I also like Buying from Amazon but since I live in California their basically right down the street from me so why have it shipped from clear accross the Nation?...thats all.
The Bench is good. But having two separate sections with a York Squat rack and the Powertec bench is working out superior.

Put it together in about 30 mins and works great. Good for incline, decline and bench - the rear squat weight holder is a little awkward, but it works when needed. Would buy again, but would have gone to Dick's Sporting Goods first. Had the same set, PLUS the leg extension ($80 add-on) for $20 less total ....

This bench is awesome, the only limitation I feel is the safety bar should be a little longer. This bench forces you to lift properly.

Just purchased this bench a couple weeks ago; I've been completely pleased with it. It is built very well and was easy to put together. I can see it providing me many good workouts for years to come. For those of you out there looking for a good quality bench I would highly recommend this one; you can't go wrong!

JUST GOT IT WAS EASY TO BUILD VERY STURDY GYM QUALITY...MY BOX WAS A BIT BEAT UP WHEN I GOT IT BUT THE ACTUAL BENCH WAS NOT DAMAGED WHICH SAYS ALOT...BUT MY SEAT HAD SOME TREADING THAT CAME UNDONE CALLED POWERTEC DIRECT AND THEY ARE SHIPPING ME A NEW SEAT FREE OF CHARGE THATS GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE TOTAL OF 5 MIN ON PHONE CALL...