I purchased this item about 6 weeks ago. Here're my impressions/thoughts: Pros: - Effective (but not Perfect) for dips: You might say, "Well I hope they're effective for dips!", but let me clarify. Ideally, dips should be done with straight legs. However, given the height of the dip station, you'll have to bend your knees (likely at a full 90 degree angle). All home dip stations akin to this one that I'm aware of have this limitation, but just wanted to be clear about this. - Pretty stable: Some folks have noted a wobbliness. I personally haven't noted any such issues. That could perhaps be due to the fact that I only do dips via a '3 sec down / 3 sec up' cadence (at the fastest). So if you bang them out faster than that then perhaps the dip station will wobble. I think you need to be relatively careful on dips b/c it's easy to injure yourself if you aren't, but to each their own. Also, I'm 5'10, 150 lbs (pretty lean, fortunately), so that could also be an issue (meaning if you're a lot taller or heavier, your results may differ). - Pretty Useful for "Aussie" Chin/Pull-ups: I like using this for Aussie Chin/Pull-ups as well (particularly using a 'neutral' hand grip; if using regular chin/pull-up grip you WILL need to brace this dip station with weights at the base to help keep it stable). Obviously if you don't exercises other than dips you won't care, but just thought I'd pass that along - Easy to put together: Some folks noted that they used tools other than what's included to put it together, but I didn't find the need to use anything other then what was provided (and once again, it wasn't difficult at all to put together). Cons: - CANNOT adjust width: For my height & weight, this isn't an issue per se. Once again, it's effective for dips. That being said, if you are a lot taller or shorter than I am (particularly if short), I think the width of this dip station might be too wide for you. Also, even though it's fine for me, it'd be nice to be able to adjust the width in order to challenge the muscles involved in slightly different ways. And if you're a lot heavier, perhaps you'll get the wobbliness other folks noted (but I've never experienced that). - Bulky: This isn't an issue for me, but since you can't fold it up or modify it any way, this does take up a bit of real estate. It's fine w/ my home gym room, but you may not care for it aesthetically if you don't have such a room in your residence. Bottom line: for the price, I recommend it if you're comfortable with the Cons noted above.. It's definitely been a well utilized piece of home gym equipment. I will say that if I ever replace it, I'll get an adjustable width one (and perhaps one that's taller so I could extend my legs)
