Everlast Chin Up and Sit Up Bar :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Good Bar, but a piece of advice

2007-12-30
Overall, this bar worked out really well. The cushion grip is great. However, I must note that you cannot have the bar stay inbetween the doorway without either buying some extra-strength double-sided tape OR actually drilling three holes into the door with the metal cups/brackets for the ends of the bar to fit into. There may be other bars out there where you don't have to go through this.

Lacks stability

2007-11-07
Looks good, installs fine, but darn near impossible to tension the bar sufficient to keep it from rotating when used. Bought this for my budding gymnast daughter, but it's such a pain to put up and tighten that we're just not using it. YMMV

chin-up bar

2007-11-01
Great product. Installs easily. I had hoped I could just use it as a tension bar, but ended up needing to install the brackets as it tended to slip without them. I was unable to move the foam padding to the center; it's far too snug and will not budge.

Excellent for home and everyday use

2007-09-01
I'm really happy with the product, I had back problems and avoid new ones hanging everyday in this bar...

review

2007-08-24
good sturdy construction, though it is a little hard to deploy the thing to is full lenght, nothing a drop of wd 40 wont solve.

Garbage

2008-03-15
The bar only extends from one end, and the foam padding is a royal pain to push to the center. Worse still, after extending the bar just once the telescoping mechanism jammed up completely. I'm returning this tomorrow for a full refund... I figure there's no point in giving a second chance to cheap equipment.

Pretty good chin-up bar

2008-03-12
I like this chin-up bar. It is sturdy and comes with multiple brackets so you can set it at a couple of different levels. The only issue I have with it is that it is a bit too narrow to do actual pull ups.

Works Well

2008-02-29
This pull-up bar does exactly what you would expect from a pull-up bar, it allows you to do pull-ups. One nice thing about the design of this bar is the way that it fits into the wall brackets.

Since it "screws" into the brackets, instead of being placed on the brackets, it allows you to do some more intense pull-ups, this is especially useful if you do Crossfit, for instance.

VERY GOOD PRODUCT

2008-02-26
This is a great product! Very, very sturdy and it took me 10 minutes to install. I never doubted this product because of the everlast name too, so you know you are getting a quality chin-up bar. I refer this product to anyone that is looking for another addition to their gym products, with the comfort of not having to leave your home.

Has many flaws

2007-12-31
I'm afraid we have to agree with Bob F. There is no way to keep the bar from rotating during use. In fact, we tightened it so much in the attempt to keep it from rotating that we stripped the threads.

Also, this will only fit a 26" door WITHOUT THE BRACKETS. Our door is 27.5 inches, and only after we put up the brackets did we realize that we could not shorten the bar enough to actually fit it in. So we ended up snipping some of the metal off of one of the brackets in order to be able to get the bar in. I'd love to return this, but since we have manhandled it so in an effort to make it useful I'm not sure they'll take it. I also have drill holes in my doorframe now.

I am so tired of poorly designed/made products. Are there any companies left that take pride in their workmanship?