The bar and plates are awesome awesome! only thing was some of the plates didn't arrive with the first shipment. i wasn't expecting that and was worried they'd gotten lost or weren't delivered for some reason. As I type, it looks like there's a second delivery en route (next biz day after 1st delivery). I'm assuming those are the rest of the plates, but it would've been great to know everything wouldn't be delivered together so I didn't have to worry. but back to the actual products -- bar is super smooth spinning. weights are pristine. set my home gym up right away and had a blast doing my first sets of DL's and cleans on the super comfortable bar.