Fitvids Olympic Barbell Weight 1IN 6FT

Overall this bar is nice. It came appropriately packaged in a cardboard tube enclosed in a long cardboard carton. It looks fine. The inside-the-collars distance is 48" which makes it a close fit for my rack, but it does fit. The most concerning feature, though, is invisible until you try to use it. The 1" bar is a fraction too small for most 1" clamp collars. Even a 25 lb plate is heavy enough to defeat the clamp and slide off the end of the bar, which would be catastrophic during a lift with heavier weights. This is very serious: you cannot use most plate clamps on this bar. The only ones that work are the ones using a set-screw. Friction clamps, whether plastic or metal coil designs do not clamp tightly enough to secure the plates on the end of the bar. Fortunately, I have some of the old-fashioned set-screw clamps so I can use the bar. But the real problem is that I only discovered this by accident! I clamped a 25 lb plate on each end just to check the rack on my home gym equipment, and as I lifted the bar, the plate and clamp slid off the end! What if someone tried a really heavy lift? So BEWARE. The 1" bar is too skinny for most clamps.