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Door frame pull-up bar recommendations?

  • 28-07-2016 5:37pm
    #1
    diusmr8a504cvk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    Hi, looking to get a basic pull-up bar that slides into a door frame. I'm only about 11 Stone and 5'6 so I don't need one to hold a lot of weight as I'm just looking to improve at pull-ups in general.
    The two I've come across so far are this one from Argos and this one from eBay.
    Now I'm sure that there are better options out there but I said I say that I've seen these in case they do the job. Not looking to spend a whole pile of money either but if it's a case that I have to then I will.


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  • #2
    videopirate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭videopirate


    Can only speak for the Argos one. Got mine a good while ago and it's perfect. Strong and reliable. Never had a problem with it. And I was heavy enough at the time too.


  • #3
    Nikolas Hissing Boar
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Nikolas Hissing Boar


    I think i got mine in argos
    It's great


  • #4
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    I got mine in Argos, does the job perfectly. They don't seem to have the exact model any more but it was one of these sort of dealies: click


  • #5
    The Codemaster
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 38 ✭The Codemaster


    Do these ever work? All I ever see on YouTube is people falling using these.


  • #6
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,694 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    The Codemaster wrote: »
    Do these ever work? All I ever see on YouTube is people falling using these.

    Yeah. There's a YouTube channel and all it shows is people using these without any problems and there are literally tonnes of subscribers


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  • #7
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    The Codemaster wrote: »
    Do these ever work? All I ever see on YouTube is people falling using these.
    They are probably not using the cup/socket things you are meant to screw onto the door frame.

    cap_doorway_pull_up_bar_b.jpg

    They are probably just unscrewing it and hoping the force of the bar pushing apart is enough to hold them.

    21 euro is a lot for a standard telescopic one, pretty sure I got one in lidl for 6 euro.

    I would sooner get the removable type.
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  • #8
    videopirate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭videopirate


    The Argos one is removable and doesn't require screws.


  • #9
    diusmr8a504cvk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    Thanks for all your posts, I got the Argos one in the finish.


  • #10
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,501 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    The removable type that hook onto the frame work fine. But it did damage my door frame over the course of a year of use.


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