What a hero!

You must have a strong neck, hold that big head of yours.

Why are the comment sections of these things always filled with dickheads? Everyone has to start somewhere.

Reading the comments makes me cringe !

The ones bragging about how light the weights are probably sat there with a beer in one hand and a pork pie in the other.

What retailer, link won't open on my ipad

great price, paid just under £20 last year for EZ curl bar alone.. :confused:

curlz for dem girlz

18kg??? not bad for a kids set I suppose

My biceps would need three sets of these to have any effect. Not bad for twiglet armed people though.

Will the bar be able to hold the weights I use?

Q&A section says bar limited to 18KG. Bars supplies with vinyl discs are rarely good enough to upgrade.

At the same time, sets like this, the bars aren't rated to hold all that much weight and you will outgrow it in no time.

Also, this set on Amazon is the same price, free delivery, and has 12KG more with a weight limit of 60KG.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Outdoortips-Dumbbell-Training-Lifting-Exercise/dp/B01B163RSS/ref=sr_1_5?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1494062881&sr=1-5&keywords=curling+bar

Those weights look really big for the weight. I have a similar set of dumbbells and they just feel huge even though they aren't that heavy. I'm not very good with this stuff but I think you want something like steel ? to not be so cumbersome

I guess you could use these for lateral raises

cheap plastic crap!

All these people saying it light etc. I'm sure some people will find this useful and it is a decent sale price for what is it. Just because it doesn't suit one persons needs doesn't mean it won't suit another.

That link is a bar only not a set

people have begin somewhere

Looks like I should have clicked through before I typed. I'm surprised though, I've never come across a bar before that wouldn't safely hold more than 18kg

That's just the bar!! The Argos deal includes the weights!

the bar is about 4kg - its going to take more than 18kg but if using the supplied weights you dont have much room anyway and its safer to just say 18kg is the max to save them hassle of rating it

HUKD members pump that cement.

Almost worth it for the trolling potential

"Yeah bro! Been making insane gains on my pecs! Check out my gear"

(Brings out his 18Kg vinyl weights)

Why are the comment sections of these things always filled with dickheads? Everyone has to start somewhere.

It is a hollow bar! It WILL NOT take much more weight. Total waste of money. Buy a solid metal that will last a lifetime.

Reading the comments makes me cringe !

The ones bragging about how light the weights are probably sat there with a beer in one hand and a pork pie in the other.

You only curl around 60kg? Do you even lift?

Out of stock everywhere

why are so many people offended? This is a very light set and won't be of much use even for beginners after a couple of months, people are simply advising on the worth of buying something like this in the long run regardless whether it's cheap. No different than advising about computers imo.
To put things into perspective, an Olympic bar with no plates will weigh the same if not more than this whole set.

its concrete/sand weights they have the tendancy to break and leak

I know people can be really obnoxious when it comes to weights, but honestly an 18kg EZ curl bar with no room to add more is just a waste of money. Pretty much any beginner will be comfortable at that weight and need to increase it after a week or 2...and in the highly unlikely event you're not comfortable with that weight you're really gonna struggle with those weight increments when you do want to improve. Put the money towards a good set of cast iron dumbells. Not only can you add more plates with more subtle weight variations but you can do considerably more exercises and they also force you to make more use of stabiliser muscles which is really important as a beginner. You'll pay more but you won't be anywhere near as likely to waste money.

Nothing against the deal. If it's a deal it's a deal...but that doesn't mean the product is any good in the first place.

I hope you realize that for some ppl, due to health reasons or other issues may not need to left more than 18kg? Some ppl, doing comfortable sets and reps with 10kg is a delight.
This weight is absolutely perfect for majority of people out there. People have different goals in life, not everyone wants to be like Arnie.

Pronate the grip and hammer curl with it using one arm.
Yeah, my gun show is that big.
JK, no-one cares what you lift, brah.

flipper79 has pretty much covered my reason for my comment. I'm no Arnold and wouldn't want to be either, infact I'm very out of shape and am doing something about it. I started lifting 20kg and was at 40kg within a few weeks, this set may be good for some, or rehabilitation, elderly or as per my comment kids (my 6 year old son is lifting 10kg now, he loves working out with me).

if people didn't put comments like mine then you'd get people buying this without realising it's got no long term use for the majority.

HHHHHHHenccch BRUUUuuuuu

I understand where you are coming from, but this is OK for some people, long or short term.
These things sell like hot cake on Gumtree, if someone think they need to upgrade its up to them.
I rather have someone get in the game at this price point than not at all

Worth spending a bit more for iron weights in my opinion. Will last longer.

90% of people who buy this product will use it a few times and then store it in the attic/garage before it ends up as landfill. Yes you can sell it on, but the next person will do the same. Plastic garbage like this should not exist. Some things are worth spending a little more on. You can get a 2" diamater 4ft or 5ft Olympic bar that will last forever for £30-35 (cheaper 2nd hand) and will take standard 2" plates, so you adjust as you get stronger. The 5ft bar weighs 12.5kg by itself anyway, so you're not far off the useless 18kg target of this thing.

Even if you think 18kg is the most you'd ever need, why not buy something good quality that will last for decades. Your grandkids could be using your old iron weights in 30 years - I guarantee this plastic junk will be landfill long before then.

I'm not the strongest in the gym, but honestly if you're a healthy adult this set won't be much good even if you're just starting out.

Iron or sand?

Ooh look, An attention seeker

I LIFT BUILDINGS FOR BREAKFAST AND IT TAAASTES GREEEAAAAT

Do chin ups / pull ups instead.
Check out bartendaz on youtube for inspiration

Oh I'm wrong because you kept yours? Can I see the results of the survey you carried out off the other 99 people who purchased it?

You're one of the 10%. Don't worry, basic maths and logical deduction isn't for everyone. Some people prefer to be always guided by emotions.

What I'm saying is, one man's aphrodisiac is another man's allergic reaction, regardless of proportion, object, item, environment, etc.
Just because you find something useless doesn't mean it has no value to others.
I don't care whether it's durable, or made of egg. My point is this item, regardless of price is perfectly adequate for some
People.

got these from Argos a while ago , decent weights and this is a stonking good price , Heat well deserved :smile:

Adequate for some people, yes - you, and another 9 out of 100 people like you. I already covered that.

Anywhere in stock for these or know of an alternative? Thanks.

where is your survey then to get the 10/90 ratio? :neutral_face:

Also if there's no stock in your area the same sets on eBay for more or less the same price.

Irrelevant. I made a claim and he replied "WRONG" and offered an n=1 annecdote about his life in return. My claim was based on more factors than 1 single person's experience. Happy to be proven wrong though, so please go ahead and present your facts/data/estimations.

not really irrelevant
perhaps he is correct in saying that you were wrong, perhaps to give a percentage without any data is equally wrong
but i am happy to look at your data

Like I said, my claim is based on a number of factors - his was based on anecdotal evidence. He did not attempt to refute my claim, he just said I was "wrong". This is a pointless statement.

Suppose I claimed that beer is the most popular drink amoung young men, and then someone comes along and says "wrong! I don't drink beer, I drink whisky". Does that make my statement wrong?

yes and i am happy to look at these factors to check the validity of the claim

it wouldn't prove your statement wrong, but that lack of proof wouldn't mean your statement wasnt actually wrong.. .especially if you failed to back it up

Great, so we both agree that my statement probably wasn't wrong. Let's move on with our lives. Life would be improved all around if people understood that their anecdotes mean very little in terms of the balance of probability.

we could probably agree that you plucked the 90% figure out of thin air in an aid to reinforce your own biased opinion but with no data to back it
on balance its very likely that your statement is wrong as it would be pretty lucky to guess the exact figure

Nobody has data on this, so no one should say anything, right? Go away you boring person. I was trying to help people with saving their money by suggesting an alternative product that would be better value for money in the long term, but you and your anecdote loving friend just love to argue.

Popped by to read the comments - just as ridiculous as usual! :laughing:

funny how when your own argument is applied to you that you have a little fit about it :laughing:

ofc you can comment, as long as you provide your opinion as that... opinion... and not present it as a fact

imo this set is useless really but i would guess (yes guess) that the same proportion would find an olympic version as 'useless'
you just state 'a bar' which would suggest a straight bar which are bad for curls and at your price would be poor for other lifts and too short to be caged anyway
if you mean an ez bar its a big expense to just do curls with your wrists fixed in a potentially unnatural position
niche product, could use dumbells which could be used with other exercises
many people wont graduate to olympic weights anway either from lacking the strength or from doing the heavier lifts in a gym environment
ofc its up to people to decide on what they need

I'm not even going to attempt to read that wall text missing punctuation and basic grammar. Captial letters are just a key stroke away.
Here's some data for you: 28,600 posts, which means you have to have a little say about everything. Get a job or a hobby.

English please.

you may wish to look at your own sentence construction before replying with 'English please.'
still... you dont have any other points so by all means hypocritically whine about my grammar to cover your inadequacies

I just had a quick look at your post history. Nothing but whining. Whining about search feature being useless, whining about infractions, whining about faulty links in the HUKD site. Call it "stalking" if it makes you feel better.

I think you just come here to vent your frustrations. I'll stick to offering advice on subjects that I am familiar with.

so... in fact you dont have any points about this thread and your sole contribution is to stalk me? awesome work fella
but why not get a job or a hobby instead? :man:
anyway, as you have nothing to add i dont think i need to bother proving you wrong again - toodle pip.

Where's your data?

Weights to get the dates