Dumbbells Item ID: #183Bowflex SelectTech 1090 Single Dumbbell
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Item DescriptionCreate the ultimate strength building workout with Bowflex Select Tech 10-90 lb Dumbbell. Two 1090 dumbbells (each sold separately) replaces up to 34 individual dumbbells. With just the turn of a dial, you can automatically change your resistance from 10 lbs all the way to 90 lbs, in 5 lb increments. Item Reviews5 Responses to “Bowflex SelectTech 1090 Single Dumbbell”Leave a Reply |
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I read other reviews of this product and was a little hesitant to go to them for a couple of reasons: 1-complaints on the action of the dials and 2-complaints of the bulkiness. I found the dial action to be excellent…very easy to use and smooth! Also, I am not a large guy (5′9″, 190 lbs), and I have used iron hex dumbbells for some time, hence the fears about the size…the dumbbells appear to be bulky on sight, but when actually using them, they proved not to be…in fact the length of the dumbbell is actually useful when using them for bench presses, 1-better dumbbell position to move from sitting to laying position and 2-helps to regulate form during exercise. I would HIGHLY recommend this product!!
I’ve owned these for a year and a half now and have really enjoyed them. With the purchase of these and the Bowflex bench, I was able to cancel my gym membership and have saved quite a bit of money in the long run.
A few complaints:
1) The bars are really wide, so it’s not really possible to do close-grip lifts that you could do with other dumbbells. I don’t think there’s really a way to fix this, and isn’t a huge problem, but should be mentioned.
2) The bars require you to wear lifting gloves, or the grips will hurt your hands for anything more than 40lbs.
Anyway, other than those two things they’re exactly like you expect. They’re easy to switch weights, easy to lift out of the holders, etc.
I bought these about 3 months ago and am pretty pleased with them so far. Agree with some of the reviews that they are kind of long for certain exercises, but are fine for most. Being able to switch weights quickly is really handy. Going up to 90lbs is going to be great for pretty much all the exercises I want to do. I could see needing more than 90lbs for some back exercises eventually, but I am not quite there yet. Once I go past that point I will probably have to get a full gym membership. An associate of mine has an older version of the 50lbs model and he actually had one of the small weights fall out of the unit in mid rep and although I haven’t had that problem, when I am holding them over my head for things like bench press I always make sure that they are positioned in such a way so that if the holding mechanism did fall gravity would still hold it in place. This is actually the natural way to hold the db as you pick it up, so it is really easy. I strongly recommend lifting gloves as the handles aren’t very comfortable for anything over 50lbs. I didn’t buy the roller stand that comes with this although it would be handy, I am just to cheap to spend that much money when I can just put it on a stand I already have. Get this if you don’t have a lot of room in your house and you want to save some money rather than buying a huge rack of weights.
I bought these dumbbells back in February and have been using them almost daily since then, they are an amazing space saver and extremely well build product. That being said- there was a small issue with one of the dumbbells not locking in the weights. I didn’t notice this until after my 30 return window with amazon, so they were unable to replace the dumbbells for me (they offered a partial refund) but amazon’s customer service was still very helpful. They gave me the manufacturer contact information, and I called them. I only spent about 1 minute on hold and they were extremely efficient. They had a replacement sent out to me the very next day. Could not be happier with the purchase!
I guess my testosterone level was really high the day I order this dumbell. Its total weight is 90lbs. I workout with 25~30 lbs. But it was exactly what I ordered, was quickly delivered, in perfect shape. Adjustable dial of weights so nice for my workout area. It’s great.