Olympic EZ Curl Bar - Muscle Work Fitness - Free weights barbell, Strength training equipment, weightlifting Black

Nobody else has written a review, so I thought I would, as choosing a budget bar is fraught with stress.The description doesn't say that this bar has rotating sleeves, and it is a budget bar so I wasn't expecting any for this price given the weight, so I was quite surprised upon receipt to learn that it does have rotating sleeves. That's a plus in the sense that a bar with rotating sleeves is a lot easier to use BUT unfortunately the rotating sleeves have low quality ball bearings, so if they rotate with heavy plates on them they make an awful metal-on-metal screeching noise.I still give five stars because the description doesn't advertise rotating sleeves, and a bit of gaffa tape to prevent rotation will eliminate the noise. Note that with light plates (e.g. 5 kg, 10 kg) the noise is very minimal, though of course rotating sleeves are far more valuable with heavy plates.The bar itself feels very sturdy and very durable. I can't tell for sure, but certainly the middle feels completely solid i.e. not hollow, so it won't buckle in the middle like usual cheaper bars. The fact that the bar itself weights ~8kg alone is a good sign that it's solid in the middle. Weight distribution on the empty bar is also good, it's balanced, for certain curl exercises the empty bar alone is perfect.I don't have particularly heavy plates, so I can't say much more than that this bar fits just fine two inch Olympic plates and you can certainly fit at least three plates on each end plus the clip. If you have thinner plates you should be able to fit four each end.There is very little more to say about it really, it's a handy length for storage but also lift flexibility, a good price for the quality, only let down is the unadvertised rotating sleeve quality.

Looks good, feels good, perfect, just what I needed and wanted. Ideal for a home gym.