Valor Fitness BPKG Kilogram (KG) Poly Urethane Bumper Plates for Olympic Weight Lifting - Color Coded to Meet IWF Standards, Multiple Weight Plates Options Available

Son loves them

This is not ok. Bought the original set in June. We treat our bumpers with a lot of care. We’ve got several sets of other bumpers that have lasted more than 5 years. We decided to try Valor and it was days before epic failure. Complained and received replacement and the replacements busted. I’ve been coaching weightlifting for a long time and I’ve never had played this bad.

The circumference of the plates are slightly smaller than most plates i have used and own. As a result if i have these on the bar they dont rest on the ground with the rest of my plates, rather just hang in the air leaving about .15th of an inch gap between the plate and floor. In the grand scheme of things this isn’t the end of the world but just looks off.

I've owned a weightlifting facility for the last 20 years. I've bought countless brands and types of bumpers. These are easily the worst ones I've ever had. They broke within the first couple weeks. No. They didn't get dropped by themselves. The problem is they're slight taller than other bumpers, so even loaded with bigger weights they touch the ground first. And they're made with a cheap flimsy material. Customer service is ok and replaced them twice, but told me they won't again. So I'm stuck wasting money on a crap product the company only stands behind with 2 replacements. Buy literally any other brand.

We've bought 3 pair of these for our youth barbell club. Only one pair is still usable and that probably because we stopped using them. These are too thing and won't take much weight. The insert will pop out or the plate will just break with basic usage. I would stay away from these.

One of the 5KG bumpers broke in less than 2 months. Not even high usage. I have black Rogue 5KG bumpers that are still kicking after 2 years.

I was pretty excited for these plates because they were supposed to be built to IWF specs but they are not even close. The plates are actually 4.75 kilos, not 5 which is 5% off of the claimed weight. The plates are also not 450mm in diameter, they are ~3mm less so they fit weird compared to properly sized plates. I emailed the company to ask about the issues and never got a response. I own equipment from many different companies (rogue, eleiko, Uesaka, kabuki, Vulcan, prx and titan) and these are the only plates I regret buying. Spend your money elsewhere.