Is This The Best Door Frame Chin Up Bar? – The Powerbar 2 Review

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*Update* I have since reviewed other doorway chin-up bars since doing this review as the Powerbar has been discontinued. See the article here.

I’ve found a door frame chin-up bar that won’t put my security deposit in jeopardy.

I’ve always been a bit apprehensive about doing doorway chin-ups at home. You have to make sure it’s secure to the door frame which means having a certain level of trust in the product and your ability to assemble it correctly…

**Note** No third party has paid me to do this review. The pull-up bar I am reviewing is the UK version of this product which I bought with my own money.

My First Chin-Up Bar

The first chin-up bar I ever had at home was a bar I picked up for less than £10/$12. It worked pretty well.

After I had secured it to the frame according to the instructions given. I got into a routine of using it every day.

Until one day it just broke off while I was using it. As you can imagine, I fell to the floor and was left dazed and confused.

I can laugh about it now, but at the time I was in a lot of physical pain.

There was the financial pain of having to arrange repairs on the door frame which got damaged by this chin-up bar too.

Safety First!

If you are looking at stepping up your chin-up/pull-up game then good for you, as you probably already know calisthenic exercises are all kinds of awesome for strengthening your body.

What’s also very important though, is that you make sure that the bar you use can hold your weight adequately, each chin-up/pull-up bar on the product description should tell you clearly what the maximum load is – if it doesn’t have this information, steer clear, as it may be a product of lower build quality that could very well be unsafe to use.

The Powerbar 2 Pull-Up Bar

There is a bar that I recently took a gamble on and has actually pleasantly surprised me. It’s called The Powerbar 2 and it’s made by a little-known company called Innovation Fitness.

*** Update 2023*** Since making this review I discovered that Innovation Fitness have stopped making the Powerbar 2, the good news is there are some near-identical doorway pull up bars that work in the exact same way for the same price, I have added them in the recommended section below

The reason I considered it a gamble is that it doesn’t look like any of the pull-up bars I’ve used in the past.

It was labelled as the strongest chin-up bar and requires no assembly.

This grabbed my attention because I weigh more than 200lb and I don’t like having to assemble things, especially things that have to support my full bodyweight.

Why is this The Best Door Frame Chin Up Bar?

This Powerbar 2 door frame chin-up bar fits a larger number of door frames and most importantly, doesn’t leave any marks on the door itself.

Has The Powerbar 2 Solved The Problem?

From my experience, some door frame pull-up bars just don’t manage the load properly and so with repeated use, they actually end up contorting and damaging doors and frames and in some cases breaking when you are halfway through a rep.

That is the very reason I began looking for an alternative pull-up bar and ended up trying the Powerbar.

The Powerbar 2 pull-up bar states on its website that it supports more bodyweight than any of the others on the market and requires no assembly.

It supports up to 280 lbs (20 stone) but can support up to 420lb (unofficially). This is very important to know.

Another thing I liked about this door frame pull-up bar is that it doesn’t need to be assembled. I opened the box, unfolded it and attached it to my door frame, it took less than 5 minutes to figure out.

When you’ve ended your workout you just lift it off, fold it and put it to one side. Simple.

For me the Powerbar 2 is definitely an unsung hero in the home fitness equipment area, I’m surprised that it’s only available online.

*Update*

The Powerbar 2 seems to have been discontinued by Innovation Fitness, however, I have found some equivalent models that have the exact same functionality. See the full article here

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