The bar came in decent shape, a couple scuffs, but nothing that noticable. The welded collars are straight, with consistent welds all the way around. The diameter where plates are loaded fits normal olympic plates and my tighter diameter spec cheapo fat black bumpers from Titan and Pendlay. The normal spec barbell collars from Rogue fit without issue as well. The finish is a smoother powder coat, nothing as grippy as Rogue's. I athletic taped out the standard powerlifting knurl marks to align myself on the bar and to give me a fighting chance gripping it. Overall it's held up flawlessly, though I have yet to use it in a rep range lower than 10, so nothing really heavy yet. I'd buy it again, and it was easier than finding someone to cut and weld me one from scratch.