I've had this Smith Machine for about 2 weeks now and one thing I can say for sure is that I am royally impressed with the quality-to-price ratio of this system. It does almost every exercise you could ever want or need. It also looks great sitting there in my family room. I have included a couple of pictures to give a closer and more detailed view of some of the attachment on the system because the picture that Amazon gives kinda sucks.
Well here is my rundown on this gym:
Pros are as follows:
1. Great quality/price ratio with it only costing me $969.94 and Free Super Saver shipping. It shipped with CEVA Logistics to get to me. (Just a side note here, be sure to call CEVA and have them lookup your tracking number because Amazon did not supply the correct tracking number and CEVA must contact you to schedule a delivery appointment or else they will not come out to deliver to you.)
2. This machine looks great in your living room, den, patio, or where ever you put so long as you have room for it.
3. Almost every major exercise known to man can be done on this system. I'm guessing there are at least over 100 different ones you can do on it.
4. Depending on your current weight collection, it will hold either regular 1" weight plates or 2" Olympic weight plates. It comes with these hard plastic adapters which slide over everything to make it Olympic size. It also comes with enough clips to go over every single weight peg; however, the set only comes with Olympic sized clips so if you want to use regular sized plates you have to get regular sized clips separately.
Unfortunately this system has some Cons (but that's ok, nothings perfect):
1. The chrome bars that the Smith bar and the rear cable weight slide up and down do not come with any type of lubrication so the smith bar makes an annoying grinding noise going up and down while the rear cable weight holder tend to kinda stick going either up or down. I highly recommend getting some lubricant for both of these areas. After I lubed'em up they slide up and down smoothly. Hey now, get your mind out of the gutter. :)
2. Build time for this system is staggering. Even though the instructions were not that bad and all of the nuts, bolts, washers, and bushings were labeled it still took 7 hours to put it together and that was with a buddy helping me the whole time. Be prepared to spend a lot of time building this if you get one.
3. It doesn't come with an Olympic weight set or regular Olympic bar but that didn't bother me any. I bought the 300lb O-Ring Olympic set from Sears for $250 and it works just fine.
I have another few tid bits of information, an "fyi" if you will, that I think everyone who is considering this gym should know. It has a spot on the bottom back support to hold an Olympic bar for storage. The smith bar has multiple locations to lock for varying heights and has adjustable emergency stops just in-case you can't stand back up. The big white Olympic bar holders in the very front can be moved to any location on the silver part of the front so you can stand and rack a bar if you are doing shoulders or put it low for declined bench presses. Last but not the least, its rated to support 600 pounds on the unit. That doesn't include the weight of the gym so it would come out to about 1100 pounds all together if you include the maximum plate weight and weight of the gym.
All in all I am 100% impressed and would buy it again if I ever needed to.
*UPDATE DEC 2014*
I sold the gym recently due to space issues with a new house I moved into but in the past 5 years I've owned it the only things that have broken or needed repairing was some of the pulleys having the bearing dust caps falling off and 2 of the plastic Olympic sized plate adapters breaking off but they were my own doing in both cases. I really wish I wouldn't have needed to sell it and miss it already but maybe I'll buy it again in the future space permitting. My original rating stands unwavering.
| Handle Type | Pulldown, Strap |
|---|---|
| Strap Type | Ankle Strap |
| Maximum Weight Recommendation | 135 Kilograms |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00096362999823 |
| UPC | 096362999823 400128605574 688962462281 |
| Item Package Dimensions L x W x H | 84 x 20 x 8 inches |
| Package Weight | 210 Pounds |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 95 x 79 x 86 inches |
| Brand Name | MARCY |
| Country of Origin | United States |
| Warranty Description | 2 YEAR LIMITED MANUFACTURER WARRANTY |
| Model Name | MD-9010G |
| Suggested Users | unisex-adult |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Manufacturer | Marcy |
| Part Number | MD-9010G |
| Style | Silver |
| Included Components | Warranty card, one adjustable bench, one Smith Machine, User manual |
| Size | One Size |
| Sport Type | Excercise & Fitness |
