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Monster Lite Sandwich J-Cup Pair is rated
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Rated 4 out of
5
by
RationaLogic from
Solid
These are excellent J-cups. I mean what else can one say, they're J-cups. They do their job while adding extra protection for your bar. As for people saying they "sway" too much.... I have no clue what they are doing to cause this. I mean if you have a bar on them and want to center it and just drag it..... yeah... they're rotate a bit. I mean the connection point is just a peg that goes through the rack - what do you think is going to happen. I would assume this same thing would happen with ANY J-cup as they all only attach through the rack with that one peg. I've had 0 problems with "swaying" or them not staying in the spot I want them to stay in.
That said, I bought these with my 490 rack to replace the standard J-cups. I also replaced the pin/pipe safety setup for the safety straps when I ordered. With the safety straps having a little bit of metal above the connection peg to the rack coupled with these much larger J-cups..... for Bench Press I can't get the J-Cups to the hole I'd like to get them on, 1 more lower. This is because if I wanted to put it there I'd have to lower my safety strap one hole and right now that is at the PERFECT height. Also.... I'd rather have the safety there for... you know... safety reasons. So as a result, on bench I have the cups 1 hole probably too high. Makes it a bit tricky to unrack and rerack. Some would rag on this saying it's a "design flaw" and give it 1 star. Me on the other hand am rational. These work SUPERBLY for every other exercise in the rack. For bench they even work beautifully. I just can't get them to the proper level due to my safety straps. That could very well be my own anatomy's fault and not the design of this product. Still.... I'll knock off 1 star. That's only because I do feel these are excessively long. I'm currently waiting on the standard J-cups to come in the mail that I just ordered so I can do bench at a proper level. I bought them because as far as height goes, the standard ones are about half the height as the sandwich J-cups (6" tall vs. 10" tall). Also, if you look at the design of the standard ones, the backplate bends to become the hook. Look at the Sandwich J-Cups. You have the hook, but then there is a ton of metal below it..... blocking holes on your rack.
So if you're looking into getting these, just be aware of that. This is ONLY with the safety strap and sandwich J-cup combination. These should be just fine if you have the pin-pipe safeties, because those don't interfere with holes above or below the one their slid into unlike the safety straps. If you have these and the Pin/pipe safeties and want to upgrade to the straps..... I'd order a pair of standard J-cups too.
Date published: 2018-12-01
Rated 5 out of
5
by
MarkW from
Sandwich J-Cups
I have both the original J-Cup and these. These are great. They create a lot more clearance using a 20kg Ohio Power bar compared to the original J-cups. They are are much better on the bar then the original with no possible way for metal on metal. I've read the other reviews about the screws, and they are not an issue at all.
Date published: 2018-03-21
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Darryl VA from
Excellent for the bar
I bought these J Cups to protect my bars, and they work exceptionally well. I love these things and would buy another pair for my west bench. These work great when racking on heavy squats. You do not have to worry about scratching the knurling at all.
Date published: 2018-01-08
Rated 5 out of
5
by
aknollme from
Great quality j-cups
Great Rogue quality, exactly as advertised. I really like these because I use a wider grip on squats and these j-cups give me about 3/4" extra width on each side as to not pinch my fingers re-racking. The design also helps re-racking squats. I walk my squat to the j-cup where the pointed end touches my palms and I can safely re-rack without pinching my hands.
Date published: 2017-11-16
Rated 5 out of
5
by
ronski from
Essential!
I bought a pair of these last month as I wanted to ensure there was no metal to metal contact with my nice barbells. They are big, heavy and well made and for me a total necessity for my rig.
I like the fact that the UHMW is also on the underside of the J-Cup in case of any inadvertent contact during pressing.
I like them so much that I have an ordered another set - one for bench and one for squats.
Date published: 2016-10-24
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Benjiro from
Good Product, but One Suggestion
When trying to move the bar side to side, to center it, sometimes the hooks will swing to the side a bit. This could be avoided by adding another bit of metal to the bottom of each hook with a hole, so that you could put one of those orange handled pins through. That is how the monolift arms attach, and it works quite well to keep them stablized.
Date published: 2016-07-29
Rated 4 out of
5
by
cmarker from
Great, but bolts tend to rust
These are excellent j-cups. The plastic liner protects the bar really well. I have only had these for about a month and I noticed the bolts having a coat of rust on them. It is a highly humid environment, but I wouldn't expect this to happen so quickly. Coat them with oil to protect from rust.
Date published: 2016-05-21
Rated 3 out of
5
by
Irongripman from
Nice but over priced!
Purchased these to keep my bar from getting beat up. I was also hoping there would be less bar. The cups are built like a tank but for $125 would you expect less? The small allen head screws and nuts could have been designed better.
Date published: 2016-04-27
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