TESLANGResistance Band Bar, Heavy Resistance Bands with Bar for Men, 500 LBS Strength Training Bars for Chest Press Deadlift Squats Curl, Workout Bands with Handles, Portable Home Workout Equipment

This is a grand slam win. A superb, excellent, high-quality product. The bar is nice aluminum with a strong steel core and independently rotating eyelets on each end. the bar feels substantial. I have another similar padded bar from another vendor, and importantly, this Teslang bar's eyelets are much larger than the competitor's bar, and are large enough to accommodate huge M12 1/2" thick carabiners that can hold the largest thickest bands you can find. Elite X3 band, no problem. Serious Steel #7 4" wide band, no problem. The knurled bar feels great, and this thing looks indestructible.The kit comes with two extremely solid handles, if you prefer to use those instead of a bar for certain exercises. These handles are way stronger than others I've seen with similar systems. The two bands supplied are generic layered latex bands. I think most of these generic bands are made in the same factory, and I do not see a meaningful difference between these and the so-called name-brand bands. Two carabiners are supplied as well, and I believe they are M10 size, which is better than you typically receive with these bars, but I would suggest upgrading to the M12 if you plan to use a 4" wide band like the "Elite" X3 or the #7 Serious Steel band. A small pamphlet is supplied indicating how to do a lot of exercises, but just google the X3 Bar12 week program and do that. You also get a door anchor with this kit which I never use, but the nylon strap should hold several hundred pounds of force, if not more...You can do heavy, high-intensity training with this system, or more of a bodybuilding routine, or use even lighter bands for muscle endurance training. When I say high-intensity training, I mean the equivalent of over 300++lb deadlifts, 200++ bench presses, heavy squats, overhead presses, etc. I don't care how strong you are, this thing will humble you, especially if you buy an extra heavy band.The X3 system has the advantage of having a ground plate upon which you can stand, but it costs several hundred dollars more. The ground plate comes into play with deadlifts, overhead presses, and squats when you use very heavy bands. Otherwise, you can simply stand on the band. Many X3 users complain that they find the X3 plate shreds their bands. I can't speak to that, but I do know that many people feel the ground plate is totally unnecessary even with heavy bands.This thing is truly a heavy iron gym in a bag. Buy this and you will not regret it.

I just received this product today so jumping in early with first impressions. I will report more as time goes on.The product arrived a day earlier than predicted, The presentation upon opening the box was quite nice. The entire item was in a nice heavy=duty double-layered plastic bag with a drawstring, which at first disappointed me as I thought it was the "deluxe" carry bag. Nope, it was just a nice presentation. When I opened this bag, the entire unit was nested in a nice cordura-like fabric bag with a carry strap, amazingly compact and easily portable. The whole bag is about 24" long and 4" square.As many know, this is a knock-off of the X3 system which costs 5 times as much. This bar is of the same basic design, a knurled short aluminum bar with a steel bar inside which rotates on bearings to eliminate torque to the users wrists during lifts. The steel internal bar is what attaches to the bands. The bar here is nice looking, well finished and seems sturdy. The bearings spin freely.The two bands are heavy duty, thick and appear sturdy. I am impressed. The larger seems close to the X3 Elite.So, overall, its a nice product, and the company went out of their way to create a nice presentation, which makes me feel they actually do care about the quality of their product and the user's experience.In comparison with X3, here are the downsides. This bar measures 22.5" end-to-end. However the part of the bar you can actually grip is only 19.5". This is far too narrow to be able to do a back squat. That being said, I believe the X3 is around 24" so unless you are very flexible in the shoulders, a back squat is still not likely to be a possibility.This product uses triangular carabiners to attach the bands to the bar while the X3 uses an open hook. With X3 you merely slide the band in place on the hook. With this product you must unscrew the carabiner lock, slide the band in and then screw the carabine back together. This obviously takes more time and is less convenient. It's up to you to decide whether the extra convenience is worth another $450.Also, the X3 comes with a foot platform made of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) so that one does not need to stand on the bands during squats and deadlifts. This product comes with no platform. However, one can merely buy a commercial cutting board of HDPE and 4 plastic feet to make a foot stand that is as good or even better than the X3. and for less than $50. Complaints with the X3 platform is that the height is too low to double up bands easily. Despite spending nearly $600, X3 users find themselves having to modify there platforms to create more clearance for bands. Using plastic feet, easily available on Amazon for $13, one can create a nice 15"x20" HDPE platform with enough clearance for around $46.So, no this is not as nice or quite as user-friendly as the X3, but for a total investment of $160 (after making the platform) this is nearly 1/3 the cost. With the money saved, you can then buy more resistance bands from a number of quality makers. I recommend Iron Woody, who used to supply the X3 bands. Even after this expenditure, you still have enough left to buy a $250 vibration plate to complete your system. The X3 and the X3 vibe plate together will run you about $1800.I recently sold my weights, Olympic bars, power cage and heavy bench for less than what it would cost to buy the X3 bar and a couple of latex bands. With this much cheaper set up, if I get a year out of it I will be happy. Once I am convinced that using variable resistance bands instead of iron weights is not just the latest bodybuilding over-hype, I can decide if I want to invest heavily or not. And who knows, maybe all I will need is to replace some bands in a year for $70.For now I can say this seems like a quality product. The fact that I am free of over 1000 lbs of space-hogging gym equipment makes me very very happy. I plan on adding a set of Rogue gymnastic rings to the mix and think I will have a great workout than can go anywhere with me, even just out on the deck for a sunrise workout. No more dank basement or cold garage workouts for me.