F730 Pro Power Rack

REVIEWS   Everybody else said it well in their reviews. There are similar cages that are $200 cheaper but this one is well-engineered, expandable, compact (low ceiling clearance), built like a tank (in china, unfortunately but it is high quality except for a couple plastic pieces). Quick disconnect helps you set up exercises quickly. Lift heavy without a partner! It can wobble a little bit but I trust it--built like a tank. Expandable lat/row is great, buying the cable crossover next. High end home gym/low end commercial. I don't believe there is anything better in this price range. F730 Pro Power Rack WhippinYoLegs2014-08-27   I've been working out at home for years with just an average olymipic weight bench/cheesy pulley set-up. I didn't know squat about power racks. After doing lots of research and going on a BB forum and finding a blog on just power racks, everybody had nothing but good to say about the F730. It does cost a couple hundred more than the other brands out there in its group but in my opinion it's worth the money. I was a bit leary about the "quick pins" that adjust the bar hooks but they work great. I too bought the extra hooks, dip bars (which work as stated) and the lat attachment that I love as well. I just can't believe they get 5 bills for the 200lb. weight stack that's optional! If you plan on working out at home and doing it for the long haul, don't cheap out on yourself. F730 Pro Power Rack Ken Falls2014-08-27   I ordered the BodyCraft F730 rack after looking and researching several other models including the Body Solid Power rack, and the Power Tec rack. The F730 uses Pop pins so it's very easy to adjust your safeties and your J hooks up and down. Many power racks require that you remove a safety pin and then twist and pullout the saftey and then repeat for the J hooks. Others have a Steel Rod that goes all the way through the holes like a sword called a Sabre style. If you just Bench Press and do Squats it's no big deal but if you use it for other exercises and change the positions a lot then the Pop pins make sense. My wife is the primary user of this rack and she likes the ease of use of the pop pins over the other methods. he F730 was the only rack to have pop pins. The Power Tec rack was too tall for our basement and it did not have a straight chin up bar. The Body Solid was really good as well but it didn't have the pop pins. I ordered the BodyCraft F730 Rack from Amazon.com the price was a bit higher than it's competitors, however we are very happy with the rack. The F730 arrived about a week later via freight truck. The box was damaged on the outside and had a few holes in it. Inside it was packed extremely well and nothing was damaged in any way. I assembled this myself in 3 hours taking my time. I do not reccomend that you do this unless you've assembled a lot of things by yourself. Keep in mind that most of this goes together very easily and it only has 2 sizes of nuts and bolts, 3/4" Hex and 9/16" Hex. The biggest issue is when you assemble it if you do not have lot of height you will have to put the safeties and J hooks onto the supports before you attach them to the base. Also after that is done, you assemble the top pieces and then raise it up and bolt it to the top of the supports. Putting that piece into position by yourself is difficult because it's about 4 feet by 4 feet, fairly heavy and cumbersome. So doing it yourself you have to balance it and then slide the bolts in. For 2 people it would be easy and only take a couple of minutes. There is a manual of sorts but honestly it's not all that helpful. There is an exploded diagram which is more useful, however it will show washers where it doesn't use any. When you assemble this be sure to only finger tighten everything initially. Yes it will wobble like Jell-O but everything goes together much more easily. Tighten all the bolts later from the bottom to the top. This is a pretty easy rack for 2 people to assemble. Once it's all assembled it's very easy to use. Just pull the pins and slide the safeties and hooks up and down. The F730 is very well made. Everything fits just like you'd expect it to. I ordered and extra set of J hooks because once they are on you can't put them front to back or on other supports. This can be a deal breaker for many people, so if you really need to move your J hooks to the front or back you will either buy another set or get a different rack. The safeties have holes in the to attach Dip handles which are an option. I bought these. You have to figure out when you assemble the rack how you want the dip handles to go. I have them facing into the cage on one safety and on the outside on the other safety. This allows you to dips either way. While the safeties look like the handles will fit on either way, they won't. So check the alignment before you assemble everything and be sure you're happy with it. The dip handles can also be used for push ups as well. If you do your dips on the outside you might notice a little wobble on the opposite side of the rack. It's no big deal but inside the rack you have a lot more stability and no wobble. The F730 is built like a tank, easy to adjust and is well built and very solid. You will not need to buy another power rack. This one has a lifetime warranty and I can believe it will last that long. My wife loves using it. I really can't think of any negatives except that you can't use a 6 foot bar with it. But I knew that before I bought it and we have a 7 foot olympic bar. F730 Pro Power Rack Stephen G. Bernard2014-08-27   Like other reviews, the power rack overall is very sturdy and is great. Besides what has been previously said, I want to touch on the negatives: -Lat pulldown: there is nothing to hold down your legs or even feet when doing this, which makes it extremely difficult to do heavier weight as your body will come off the bench. -Row: there are no foot placements so again, difficult to do other than placing your heels on the bottom brace. This puts more risk of them slipping and causing injury. -J-hooks: there are no outside hooks for doing exercise outside the cage, besides keeping the bar low. No way to do overhead presses. Doing them inside the cage will hit the top braces. I do like this piece of equipment, though feel like they should have put basic pieces onto this for the large price being paid. It is as if they did not try this out before finishing the product. Answer from BODYCRAFT: Thank you for the review Mike! We would like to point out that your critiques are for the F431 Lat Attachment, not the F730 Power Rack. We admit that with any attachment, some compromises are made to be able to fit together and not compromise the function of the base piece of equipment. We also would like to note that this attachment is being phased out in lieu of the newer cable attachment; the F438 RFT (Rack Functional Trainer). Please also note: • You can use the optional F433 Dip Handles as Knee hold downs. Simply face them inward and adjust the spotter arms until the handles are at knee level. Or, you can do the same with your Olympic bar atop the Safety Spotters. Lower the Safety Spotters until your Olympic Bar is at knee level, then load your bar with enough weight to keep you down. • For low row, we recommend using your bench at full decline position. Sit on the declined bench and use your bench feet as foot braces. • The F730 Power Rack DOES include outside hooks. These hooks are permanently mounted to the outside of the Safety Spotters, are fully adjustable, and allow for outside exercises such as overhead presses. We hope you enjoy your Power Rack for many healthy years! F730 Pro Power Rack Mike2020-03-05   I just want to start by saying that I bought the F730 Power Rack back in April 2014, have used it on average 3-4 days per weeks since and it is the best product I have ever owned! Almost 3 years of brutal abuse. The most unexpected part is that you can not even tell this rack has been used... I am in the best shape of my life and the F730 helped me along the journey. This rack allows you to comfortably and safely execute all the most important fundamental strength building exercises. Yes I recommend! Also, the creator of Stronglifts 5x5 program also has used this rack for years (seen in all his videos). Watch any of his form videos & you can see it in action. F730 Pro Power Rack Anthony2016-11-11   I am very happy with the high quality of my F730 power rack. It has exceeded my expectations and it makes me happy to see a company that still believes in manufacturing equipment that provides quality for your money spent. F730 Pro Power Rack Jon D2020-04-21   First off, make sure the dimensions are correct for your setup and If you don't have the height for this with about 18" above it you'll find that the pull-up bar on the front will be somewhat useless. It is in my garage though so no problem there, and as I wrote in another review if you have the dip attachments and the overhead clearance you will likely NOT need or want a power-tower for pullups or dipping. I also find that if you have the lat/row attachment that you will be able to forego a lot of your barbell accessories like tricep or bicep curl bars though I highly recommend using both. With that said, having a rack is a wonderful thing and once you get it and a good bench (I have the one that goes with this the 320) that you will be able to do a good chunk of your workout routine from inside it. The rack is very stable and looks great, assembly takes a little under 3 hours by yourself at a slow pace, though with a friend I estimate 1-2 hours from unpacking to disposing the cartons. Floor mats are highly recommended whether or not you have a floor with cement or fine wood simply for the fact that you want to preserve your rack from all sides. You will most likely want the extra pair of safety catches (i put them on the rear so I could workout either way) from the outset as they will make your life easier whether you put them on the rear or on the same support and use it for switching between incline/decline and level pressing. Ultimately how you use the rack will be up to you but think of the hassle of having to remove the top portion of the rack to add those later or if you want to add the row attachment later. Plan it out in advance and be ready to leave the rack in that spot for a while because eventually you'll wear out the rivets and have to replace the bolts (which is fine they are very standard but will come out of your pocket) from multiple assemblies. The ONLY thing I really find wrong with this beautiful rack is that the struts themselves have catch holes all along their sides but no numbering, so either you will have to remember your placements for the primary and secondary safeties for each exercise change (which after a week I kind of memorized but sometimes have to think for a bit) or markup the rack somehow maybe with stickers or something (I'm adverse to doing this myself). My planned solution for this is to have a washboard somewhere in my gym room and have the markings (5,0 for bench, 5,3 for incline bench, 8 for dips, counting from bottom etc). If interested check out my other review of the lat attachment if you are considering this setup. I myself love having it! F730 Pro Power Rack mshockle2014-08-27   As a sophomore college student, I found my classes to be tougher than my 1st year so I did not have much time to go to the school gym since most of my time was dedicated to studying. So I wanted to work out at home instead of commuting to the gym. I've looked at a few other power racks which seemed rather pricey under my budget There was another rack going at about 400$ on amazon but the picture did not appear as sturdy as this rack F730 The Rack arrived today and took my girl friend and I roughly 3 hours to assemble it I do not recommend putting this together alone, you'll need someone to hold the parts in place while the other screws it into place Surprising the rack is a bit wobbly if you move but I am sure it will hold since this product comes with a life time warranty :) I also purchased an extra pair of J hooks and the hip attachment. An awesome rack if you are not looking to spend too much or too little. F730 Pro Power Rack Jason2014-08-27   This rack rocks. I was considering rogues, but this was to good of a deal to pass up. All around solid rack. I love how easy the safety bars are to move around. The attachments look great as well I'm looking forward to getting the cable trainer add on. F730 Pro Power Rack Bobby2021-02-18   Excellent Power Cage! Very sturdy and strong. It was well worth the money. F730 Pro Power Rack Charles2014-08-27