Valor Fitness Weight Plate Rack with Barbell Holders – Heavy-Duty Steel Storage Tree with 6 Pegs and 2 Vertical Bar Sleeves for Standard and Olympic Plates – 800 lb Capacity for Home & Garage Gyms

I bought this to hold weights in a workout room in my basement. For this home use application, the rack is very stout and solid looking. I chose this one because the footprint seemed wide enough to give good stability and it was not the cheapest. It could certainly hold more weight than I have put on it.The product was REALLY well packaged and the assembly instructions were very clear and darn near idiot proof. I very much appreciated all the contact information (email and phone) in the box. I did have a problem with one of the horizontal storage bars – the threads had given way. I contacted Valor by email and Evan Athey could not have been more helpful. A new bar was shipped to me. It worked perfectly. I put the defective bar in the shipping box, put on the provided return address and took to UPS. Wish that all my business interactions went this well. I found Valor Fitness a real pleasure to deal with.

Came well packaged, no damage, no loose parts. Four nylons bands and tape holding the box together, very secure. Easy to assemble, and works excellent. As stated in the other review the pegs are chrome. Mine also differs slightly from the picture. Where the "tower" of the tree connects to the base, there is a flat bracket with four holes welded onto the tower which then bolts to the base from the top down. In the picture you see that there is a "horse-shoe" style bracket welded to the tower and fastens onto the base from the side with two bolts. I called Valor and they said they were getting some play with the hore-shoe bracket , so they switched to the other style. Don't know if this is true or not, seems the horse-shoe bracket would supply more side to side stability which is what you want. Either way it's stable, but I wouldnt vigorously rack my plates with disregard for stability. The bar holders work very well, nice and snug. For the $$$ it's a solid value, it looks more expensive than what it is. I posted a pic with it racked with 485lbs.(6-45's, 2-35's, 2-25's, 6-10's, 6-5's, and 2-2.5's).

The media could not be loaded. I got this during black Friday and I am very happy with my purchase. It is made of good quality materials and is very sturdy. You have to put it together. One person can manage alone.

The media could not be loaded. I've got two sets of non-Olympic plates and bars for home use. The plate trees available don't always accommodate the 1" plates I have - many more are for 2" Olympic plates. I debated getting a rack, but found that my smaller diameter plates may not fit, so I opted for a tree where I could also store my bars. This tree stood out, having the features that I wanted. Yes, I read about the screws stripping, loose parts, and "wiggly" construction and took the chance.Overall, I'm VERY pleased with the set.Box was thick and sturdy, everything packed and wrapped well, no loose parts. There were a couple of dings on the box, but no parts damage from those dings.Base went together easily with the suggested socket and open-end wrenches. No stripped bolts. The 3-part base is solid, very impressed with it.The vertical piece attached to the base without an issue, but it didn't mount flush and I could wiggle it - see video. This is why I marked the product down on sturdiness. Closer inspection showed a gap on all three sides of the T connection of the vertical, so something is off in the measurement and drilling of the holes between the cross-member of the base and the T. I used a cut section of foam drawer liner draped over the base in between the screws to use as a shim / cushion. It worked: the vertical no longer moves and it's 5-star sturdy as it should be. However, the customer should NOT have to come up with a solution, and given the fit and finish of the other parts, there's no reason this should have happened.There is a minor spot of paint chipped off on the T of the vertical. It doesn't match the box dings, so I suspect this happened at the manufacturer. It would also not be the reason that the whole T didn't seat properly. I wouldn't mark the product down for this as it's minor and doesn't interfere with the product's purpose.No problems with the weight pegs themselves.It's wonderful to have all my plates not spread out on the floor, have a place for my bars, and not spend double or triple the money to do it for a simple need as mine. If the manufacturer could get that alignment right on the vertical attachement, they'd have a marvelous product.

Using to hold my 255lb set. Seems to be very sturdy and stable. Wouldn't have any fear loading a lot more weight onto this. Rubber feet were very tight when assembling. Otherwise was a breeze. One peg did have a slight ding in it from the factory, but is only cosmetic. Holds weight just fine.