HulkFit 2.35" x 2.35" Upright Poles

Purchased this at the $299 price point, and I'm very satisfied. Time from order to delivery on my front porch was an astounding 36 hours (sorry, UPS guy), and product arrived securely packaged in a heavy-duty shrink-wrapped carboard box with Styrofoam spacers between the larger pieces of hardware, and each component was plastic wrapped. No damage in transit at all. Flanges for the steel posts were unbent, no scratches, no dents, everything in great shape.Assembly was not an issue. For those who've read the reviews, yes, there are four slightly shorter bolts. These are for the "front" posts where you're connecting only the side cross members on the floor and the flanges for the upright post. The remaining bolts are for all of the connection points where you have three things to connect: the cross member, the flanges for the upright post, and the perpendicular cross member that is bolted at this point (this occurs twice on the back/bottom, and for all four points at the top). If you have a 17mm socket, this process will be infinitely easier on your wrists and knuckles. Heed the instructions and don't tighten everything down immediately. Bolt it together enough to give it a little rigidity at each connection, get everything together, and then insert the safety pins to make sure you're well-aligned. If it looks good and the pins slide in/out at a few test points without issue, then you can ratchet everything down securely. Don't overtighten, either, or you'll bend the post flanges or otherwise deform the crossmembers, and potentially weaken the steel.Total assembly time was about 45 minutes, going slow, and letting my seven-year-old do some of the wrench-turning. Having someone to help hold the upright crossmembers while assembling is a good idea, and will keep you from an accidental drop that will bend your bolts or cage.The cage itself is solid. I'm 6'1" and 200 lbs. I've done both pull-ups and dips (love these attachments, by the way) with no issue. As with any cage in this weight range, you'll probably experience a little vertical shimmying, but at no point has it indicated that it's tilting forward with me hanging off of it. Nor does it give the feel of "ricketier" cages that I've been in that don't weight as much. I haven't measured the steel to verify, but it looks close to the advertised 11-gauge to me (which is 0.120" for cold rolled steel).So far I've had roughly 250 lbs. on the J-hooks for both squatting and benching. No issues, and I've been able to rack these with a fair bit of force (but not slamming the bar as hard as I can into the rack), and again, nothing's moving in a way that I wouldn't expect or gives me any concern about the stability of the cage. I will note that there's enough play in the J-hooks that they will pull away from the upright post with a loaded bar in them. Obviously the steel backstop for these prevents them from pulling out, but do be aware that if you have them flush against the post when unracking, you will probably get a little wiggle movement when you re-rack and these pull slightly forward, which may catch you by surprise. The safety pins are right at an inch in diameter and solid, and there's no buckle or bend with a loaded bar laying on them. I might grab a set of metal pipes from the hardware store to go around these just to dampen the impact of any drops, but that's not strictly necessary for safety -- more for bar preservation.Full disclosure, I did buy several sets of the weight pegs for this cage, and with the big plates at the bottom, this thing is essentially bolted to the floor. If you're looking for these, Walmart.com has them under the "Everyday Essentials" version of this cage when they're in stock. Would have picked them up from Amazon, but I couldn't find them under either brand name.If you're considering this cage, I'll give it full-throated support if you're looking for an economical power cage solution for your home gym. What you're not going to get is a 300-pound steel behemoth that will stand motionless in an earthquake. Similarly, the spacing on the holes for the posts are three inches apart, as opposed to every inch (or less in some cases) with a Westside/EliteFTS/Rogue rack. For me, that means my bench rack height and squat rack height are a good bit lower than I'd ideally want them. So if being able to set up millimeter perfect max-rep attempts is your end game, this may be an issue for you. If you're planning on doing some heavy lifting in the sub-500 pound range and want something that can both hold the weights and keep your spine in one piece if and when it all goes wrong, this is a great buy at this price.