CAP Barbell Standard Straight Bar | 1-in Diameter | Multiple Options

I have a pretty extensive home gym and have a variety of bars for Olympic plates from York, Ironmind, and other good manufacturers, but my bar for standard plates was starting to bug me because it has spin lock collars that loosen easily.I thought about getting a new 5' bar for my standard plates that I use for a few accessory lifts that would use regular collars and I started looking on Amazon. Some of the bars had reviews saying that they were a little thin and that spring collars wouldn't fit, but I didn't see anyone say that about this bar, so I bought it. This bar fits my standard plates perfectly. I tried some spring collars, which fit well, a long with Ironmind Bulldog II collars, which also fit (the latter are what I use on dumbbells to keep the plates secure).The bar seems solid and weighs 14lbs. I saw some different assumptions about weight, so I got on .y digital scale to weight myself, then grabbed the bar and stepped on the scale again. It's technically 13.8lb. by my scale, so I'm just rounding it to 14lb.The odd weight bugs my OCDa bit, so I put 1/2lb. micro plates on it to bring it to an even 15lb., although it honestly doesn't matter.I bought the black bar, just because chrome bars chip a little bit with time and I live in FL, where they'll get some rust (my gym is in my garage).Overall, I'm happy with this bar for what it is. It's inexpensive, but doesn't feel cheap. I didn't buy it for using on major, compound movements, since I have a variety of thick bars and Olympic bars for those, but it's great for accessory lifts. It's 5' long, so it's not going to work in my power rack, which is totally fine.Overall, I'd say you can't beat it for the bare bones $30 price tag.

Works exactly as you'd expect a barbell to work. Very sturdy.

It looks good, it feels good and it does the job. I reccommend it.

I was excited to receive my new Straight Bar today. The bar itself seems well-made and sturdy with a good weight. However, the packaging arrived ripped open on one end, which caused some minor damage to the bar itself.Note: This was likely due to shipping and not a manufacturing defect.On a personal note, I forgot to order barbell clamps along with the bar, which is an oversight on my part.Overall:Despite the minor packaging issue, I think I will be happy with the bar.Tips for Improvement:Packaging: Improve packaging to better protect the bar during shipping.Consider a bundle: Offer a bundle option that includes the bar and a pair of clamps for convenience

Was hesitant to get a 7-ft barbell shipped, but everything went smoothly and it's a tremendous barbell for the price. About as sturdy as you'll find in standard size, A+ all around.

Solid and sturdy and the price is right. The bar weighs about 12 pounds, so it feels good to hold. I have a set of dumbbells of up to 50 pounds, and this bar works perfectly when I use my Dualbells to attach my dumbbells for barbell exercises. They rotate smoothly on the bar when necessary, so I know the bar is rounded as expected and well made. The knurling is perfect for gripping, while the smooth surfaces are well done, too. The bar end weight sleeves are the perfect length for me to use my equipment without concern. The bar is a great complement to my home gym equipment.

I have been using this Barbell for few months now and it's flawless. The reason I bought this bar is because in one of the reviewer wrote that he was able to put like 400lbs in this bar and still there was no bending of any kind. Even though I will not be putting that much weight of this bar, I wanted something that atleast could handle about 300lbs. I have another Olympic set weights and barbell that I use for bench and squats, and also have standard adjustable dumbbells. I had bunch of standard plates lying around so thought about getting a standard barbell just for deadlifts. It nice that the bar itself is 20lbs. I had like 10 plates of standard 10lbs each lying around. Added 4 plates of 25lbs and it was perfect to get started with this set (plus the weight of the bar :) )My bench and squat rack is combined, so now I dont have to move the Olympic bar everytime I have to do deadlifts. Now I have 120lbs permanent on this standard bar for warm up start and add the weights to it. It does not feel or work any different from my Olympic 45lb bar. Im happy to be using this!Okay I lied about having 120lbs permanent on this bar. I do here and there take the weights off of it and the reason for it is very convincing. So sometimes my sister wants to workout and asks me what she should do. Before I had this bar, she was not allowed to touch any of my weights because the Olympic bar (45lbs) without any weights is too heavy for her to do anything. Now that this bar is only 20lbs she can use it!!

I would give this bar 5 stars, but the grip serrations are painfully sharp which seems like kind of a big design failure. On the plus side, I’ve deadlifted 300lbs with it multiple times and it’s still straight and the black finish seems to be pretty durable so far. Interestingly, the 6 foot CAP bar I have has always had extremely shallow grip serrations to the point that it’s almost completely smooth. I prefer that extreme over this one. Possible I just got a bad one. Might try to dull the serrations somehow as I really don’t want to have to buy gloves.