SincMill Home Gym Multifunctional Full Body Workout Equipment for Home Exercise Fitness

First of all, the TL;DR of this review is that I found the whole set to be good but not great. Depending on your height you will have a lot of difficulty finding full range of motion especially with the leg press, extension, and leg curl. The quality of the machine is overall good and I would recommend it ONLY for absolute beginners, people shorter than 5'8", and people not weighing more than 350lb for safety.Let me start by saying that I am about 5'6", 180lb, and I have very limited experience with working out. I am still a novice at workouts but I know what "feels" right when performing an exercise. So, please keep that in mind when I describe my limitations in this review.Moving on to the shipment and building process. All four boxes arrived at the same time days earlier than what I was originally expecting them to come. The boxes were a little beat up but all the parts inside were seemingly none the worse for wear. I built this whole set over the course of two nights for a combined total of 6hrs including the time it took to add lubrication to pulley wires and joints for best movement. I built it by myself with my own tools and I would recommend that if you were to build this to have a friend help you when attaching the top bar. The instructions provided with the set are straightforward and the pictures are better than the written instructions especially when it came time to set up the pulley wires. Initially I one of the pulleys one peg too low which cause the whole resistance to be off but once I raised it I had optimal resistance. But what about using the set?Beginning at the top, the lateral pull down was too short for even me. I did not use a chain like you may see on the product images above because even just hooked straight onto the cable the lateral pulldown bar provided no resistance at the top which forced me to lean a little more back than I normally need to when using commercial gym lat pull down machines. Using the provided adjustable hand grip attachments I was able to get a very good feeling triceps pull down, face pulls, and triceps extension exercises from the machine with just low weights.Next the chest press, flys, and rows. The chest exercises were about just right. I had to raise the seat two the second hole to be able to exercise my chest rather than my shoulders when doing chest presses and flys although once again I felt that tension was being released too early before I even had the arms pulled back to resting position. One of my major complaints about the whole set is that the seat is not adjustable forward or backwards which I felt could have resolve a large part of my range of motion issues I experienced. Such as when I tried doing upper seated rows but could perform them well because the only way I could keep enough distance to let my arms extend to stretch my back muscles was to sit way back almost on the leg cushions.Next are the lower body sections of the set. I was really excited to use this particular set because of the leg press, extension, and curl parts of the machine. Unfortunately, this is the part that let me down the most. When you see the pictures of these fine gentlemen demonstrating the leg press attachment on many of the machines you see on this sight you may notice that their legs look almost completely extended while at rest. It's because they are. I found that if I sat normally in the seat my legs would be 3/5ths of the way extended out before even pressing which only provided at most a half rep of what could be considered a good leg press. I needed to scooch myself down to where most of my lower back was on the bottom part of the seat to be in the correct position to perform a full range of motion leg press with tension remaining in the hamstrings, quads, and glutes. Furthermore, to my shock, I felt that the 160lb limit was too light to use the leg press for anything other than high rep sets. The leg extension was almost fine but I still needed to sit up further in the seat, my back off of the back rest, to have my legs keep tension for more than half the movement. The leg curls were a nightmare to adjust to. I needed to lean on the handle bars, push back with the leg that was going to perform the exercise with but plant the other leg much more forward to brace myself to perform the movement without the leg cushion rolling under my shoe at the bottom and top of the movement.Lastly are the bottom attachments. The rows may have been the most straightforward exercise of the whole set and I have the least to say as it worked just fine. However, using the same lower cable to perform a bicep curl and modified RDL were not as uneventful. At just 70lb of selected resistance I was lifting up the entire front end of the set when performing curls and a modified RDL lift using the lateral pulldown bar. I used a weighted vest in the seat to help reduce the amount it was lifted but I still felt the need to stand directly on the bar slightly to keep the set steady while using the lower attachment when performing these exercises.As you may have gathered from this review so far, I was not overall satisfied with my purchase and I decided to return this set. I was very nervous about completing this return and after only using it for nearly 3 weeks I considered if it was worth returning due to the size, complexity of disassembly, and repackaging. Thankfully, I was able to reach out to the seller of this particular set and this is where the 5 star review comes in. I used amazon's message seller feature and within an hour was in contact with the seller who was empathetic to the struggle that I faced with their product. I am happy to say that through discussing with them my dilemma I was able to be provided with a very satisfactory solution to complete my return and received a full refund without any issues.I do fully believe that this gym set is of good quality, can provide good resistance and adequate exercise but with a few caveats. I do not believe that any over the height of 5'8" or over the weight of 350lbs would be able to use this set without having worse range of motion issues. I believe that if you are considering this set you must be aware that this set will work better if you plan to use it for high reps (15-30), high sets (5+), at lower weights (60%-80% of your working sets). Mixing in a little bit of free weight exercises as well as some body weight exercises along with this machine can provide a decent workout routine for a good price value especially when this set is being sold on sale. If you are a brand new beginner with no experience at all this set can be a solid starting point but I encourage anyone looking for more resistance, heavier weights, or more strength training oriented plans to consider before buying this review.So overall I would rate the quality of this set to be a pretty solid 4 stars for exercise equipment. For beginners this set could be what you need but for the more experienced or for people who want something more similar to what is available in commercial gyms I would say consider other options. Once again, I give this product a 5 star review only because of the wonderful customer service I was provided by the seller despite my issues with the set.Respectfully,An Amazon Bargain Hunter

UPDATE: A WARNING ABOUT A PARTThe ankle strap velcro isn't very good quality. I'm taking off the old fuzzy part and replacing with the real stuff (Velcro brand). I've been using this since July, and the pokey part of the velcro has not only damaged the band itself, where it's been in contact, it's damaged the fuzzy part of the velcro itself.I'm doing 20 pounds or less with this thing so it's not excessive weight, and I'm not doing that many reps, either.I found a few spots where a bit of clarification might ease confusion:Part #22, the guide rods, are the same at both ends so it doesn’t matter which end goes up.Part #81 is a black rubber bushing; there are a lot on the fourth cardboard of parts. You start needing them before you get to that cardboard, in case you wonder where they are before you get there.Part #*82 is a big black buggy bumper sized thing that goes at the bottom of the weight stack; each is about 2” in diameter. Pictures don’t portray them accurately size-wise.Part #86 is a carabiner. It’s called a gourd hook, a clip hook, and a spring hook in the assembly manual and on p. 22, in the same sentence, called two different things. It’s a carabiner.Part #101 maintains tension on the cables when no weight has been selected. Tip: if you’re using the machine with low weight, and you find that the selection rod’s come out of the stack when you are lowering the weight, just lift a little bit and it should go back in.Part #103, foam roll tube, is metal and used for the leg exercise foam rolls to fit on (there are two of them). Tip: Slide the foam rolls on with a twisting motion, and back up the roll a tiny bit to seat it against the end cap after you've put on the cap.Part #106, strap, is in the box just to mess with you. It doesn’t get used (I searched the .pdf version of the manual; no stated purpose).Part #4, handles for the press/butterfly, may need one end trimmed to accommodate the carabiner assemblies you use to attach the single straps (#87). These are attached in step 14. I used scissors to trim the handle foam flush with the ends.When you place the base frame with the attached rear stabilizer and guide rods, make sure you leave enough room to be able to place the preacher curl cushion assembly on one of the storage posts on the stabilizer. I placed the support, then put the cushion against it and moved the frame out until it fit. If you can’t put it that far from the wall, be aware that using the storage post may be impossible.Step 2: do NOT forget plate (#24) on the bottom of the vertical frame piece. Trust me on this.Wait on step 4, #3 until after you place the pulley that sits at the top of the weight stack guide rods. Otherwise, part 91 will block your view and get in your way and you’ll have to undo it.You can leave step 6, #s 2 and 3 (putting in the seat and back supports) until you attach the supports to the pads later. Tip: you can get another inch of room with the back support placed directly against the upright. To keep it from rattling around, I used a plastic wedge (you can get them in packages of 12 or so at hardware stores) and snapped off the excess and used a file on the rough edge. No wobble in the back.REVIEW: There are things that could be improved in the manual (like the aforementioned ‘carabiner of many names’ issue). My biggest gripe is that step 11, which is the installation of the longest cable, doesn’t have a clear enough view of the cable path for the 6th and 7th pulleys (F and G) and that the directions refer to the pulleys not by letter, as in the path diagram, but by number. This is an editing issue much like the carabiner part. A good way to eliminate that would be to have an editor assemble the thing using the manual. ; )Aside from that, assembly was easy, and I think it could have been done by one person (my housemate and I assembled, so it was faster, especially the second time after my reassembly after removing and replacing the weight stack). I have no sense of the machine as poorly constructed; it seems very solid and the welds all look good, and the few cosmetic blips were minor. It’s in my garage, not my living room, so I don’t really care about a few small paint scrapes. I’d recommend it.