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Nearly perfect bench

OVERALL: This is a very solid piece of equipment that is worth the investment for your home gym if you frequently use a bench in your workout routine. The overall quality makes me think that I will have this bench for quite some time. A few tweaks would make this bench perfect. PROS: - The pack...aging the bench was shipped in was excellent. Everything felt secure and arrived undamaged. - Assembly was super quick, the instructions were easy to follow. - The bench itself is absolutely solid. There is *the slightest* lateral movement in the seat due to the pin and bore sizes for the seat hinge, but you won't notice once you are sitting on the bench. I bring this up because anyone who has done arm rows knows what a pain wobbly seats are, and this is a non-issue with the 5.1S. - The materials the bench was made from are heavy duty, and make it feel like the commercial benches I would use at the gym. - The different locking positions (including the decline!) are great. CONS: - My biggest problem with this bench, and the reason I only gave 4 stars, is that the "pin" for locking the back position is a screw. I would have loved a spring-loaded pin like some of the higher-end commercial benches have. It's a minor problem, but sometimes it can be difficult to get the screw to line up while holding the bench back in place. Nit picky/ trivial things: - The leg bar is a little annoying to work with. For anyone who has used heavier weights, you want your legs free to be able to "kick back" the weights. Ultimately, I took the leg rest off (only takes about 2 minutes) because of the way I use the bench, but it would be great if there was an easier way to add/remove it, like a lynch pin system. - The pleather doesn't cover the entire back of the seat/backrest and so there is a bit of exposed wood on the underside. It's a small issue, but I suppose if you were trying to do a deep clean of your equipment, it could be hard to clean that part properly. #sweepstakes