Hey Buddy, Thank you so very much for posting this review. I was on the fence with a lot of different choices regarding Lever Jammer Arms. I have some standard Frey Fitness ones that I got on a whim for a Black Friday Deal, they work okay, but the setup was daunting with moving the Spotter Arms to function the way I liked them too with the exercises I choose the setup and it was marring and beating up my uprights in the process. All that being stated, I was heavily leaning towards the Vendetta Strength upgrade kit with the Kaizen Gympin adapters, I also considered the Bells of Steal and after market over seas options, but after watching your video I decided this was a great option as well and ordered the Griffin Lever Arms for my Power Rack. Thank you again for your help. Take care-
Not sure if you made your decision yet, but I suggest going with the shorter 35” Rogue lever arms to attach to the inside of your center rack posts. Assuming you have a 41” rack inside measurement and an Ares system too. This way it gives you more options to lower and raise the lever arms to various heights by using the fold down safety arms instead. This is a more economic work around and leaves the front posts free to move the pulleys up and down without a lever arm being in the way or a vendetta system that takes up additional post space. Good luck with your decision.
I did end up getting them and I ended up putting them on the outside of my rack. I see your point and recommendation. So far they work better then I previously had, but they are heavy to move. Thank you again for you help on this matter @@garybritting1892
Do you feel the horizontal safety pin is always needed? My rack does not have pin inserts on the sides so curious to know if it feels secure enough without the side pin added when working out
@@greg3jensen thank you for the reply. You are literally the only review on these arms and the free movement is definitely more of a sell than others. Thanks!
Depends on your needs. I ordered the REP PR5000 and the Ares 2.0 and will get jammer arms that will just stay on the front posts. Chatted with a guy who has the Ares 1.0 and he mounted his arms below the pulley handles. It prevents him from using the bottom from pin slots but he said it's not an issue and worth the benefit that the versatility the arms provides.
I think Vendetta is probably the industry standard. If someone has the money to buy rogue or REP or whomever and then Vendetta add ons I think it’s a sweet combo. Griffen seemed to do a good job with trying to get vendetta like trolley and of course they have the articulating function. Even after my purchase I wonder if I should have done the Vendetta route? Either way I think they are both good set ups
@@greg3jensen I've said this other places and i'll say it here too - its criminal that most manufacturers don't design in articulation/stops into their arms. Spend $400 -$1000 for the arms then another $300-$400 for vendetta, just to give you this basic function? Dealbreaker. The only 2 I've seen with these functions designed into them are Griffin and Crandall.
Thanks for posting this. Ordered the PR-5000 rack and the Ares 2.0 and have been looking at lever arms. These look great and I like the articulation feature. I'm waiting to see what the new PRx Halo arms will look like when pre-orders are announced next month. I've heard rumors and based on Coop's first look at the Ares 2.0 last month that REP is releasing new jammer arms: th-cam.com/video/07sCZCOTSzQ/w-d-xo.html
The PRx looks very nice especially if the price is good. Has some upgrades. More hole spacing and can lock out the articulation function at different angles. Curious what REP will do. We will see soon.
About time someone done a review. Thank you Sir
Hey Buddy,
Thank you so very much for posting this review. I was on the fence with a lot of different choices regarding Lever Jammer Arms. I have some standard Frey Fitness ones that I got on a whim for a Black Friday Deal, they work okay, but the setup was daunting with moving the Spotter Arms to function the way I liked them too with the exercises I choose the setup and it was marring and beating up my uprights in the process. All that being stated, I was heavily leaning towards the Vendetta Strength upgrade kit with the Kaizen Gympin adapters, I also considered the Bells of Steal and after market over seas options, but after watching your video I decided this was a great option as well and ordered the Griffin Lever Arms for my Power Rack.
Thank you again for your help.
Take care-
Not sure if you made your decision yet, but I suggest going with the shorter 35” Rogue lever arms to attach to the inside of your center rack posts. Assuming you have a 41” rack inside measurement and an Ares system too. This way it gives you more options to lower and raise the lever arms to various heights by using the fold down safety arms instead. This is a more economic work around and leaves the front posts free to move the pulleys up and down without a lever arm being in the way or a vendetta system that takes up additional post space. Good luck with your decision.
I did end up getting them and I ended up putting them on the outside of my rack. I see your point and recommendation. So far they work better then I previously had, but they are heavy to move. Thank you again for you help on this matter
@@garybritting1892
Thanks for the review
Would love to see some workout videos with them they look super cool
These are great for the money. I’m so glad I own them
Do you feel the horizontal safety pin is always needed? My rack does not have pin inserts on the sides so curious to know if it feels secure enough without the side pin added when working out
I imagine it would be fine. You could always put a pin under the arms in case they did fail but they feel pretty solid to me
@@greg3jensen thank you for the reply. You are literally the only review on these arms and the free movement is definitely more of a sell than others. Thanks!
I didn't know you cants take its apart. I have a rep 5000 ares. That might be a problem.
Depends on your needs. I ordered the REP PR5000 and the Ares 2.0 and will get jammer arms that will just stay on the front posts. Chatted with a guy who has the Ares 1.0 and he mounted his arms below the pulley handles. It prevents him from using the bottom from pin slots but he said it's not an issue and worth the benefit that the versatility the arms provides.
What brand is your power rack?
He says in the video, but a REP PR-5000
Is this the new version
Original.
So are these better than the rogue with vendetta?
I think Vendetta is probably the industry standard. If someone has the money to buy rogue or REP or whomever and then Vendetta add ons I think it’s a sweet combo. Griffen seemed to do a good job with trying to get vendetta like trolley and of course they have the articulating function. Even after my purchase I wonder if I should have done the Vendetta route? Either way I think they are both good set ups
@@greg3jensen I've said this other places and i'll say it here too - its criminal that most manufacturers don't design in articulation/stops into their arms. Spend $400 -$1000 for the arms then another $300-$400 for vendetta, just to give you this basic function? Dealbreaker. The only 2 I've seen with these functions designed into them are Griffin and Crandall.
Thanks for posting this. Ordered the PR-5000 rack and the Ares 2.0 and have been looking at lever arms. These look great and I like the articulation feature. I'm waiting to see what the new PRx Halo arms will look like when pre-orders are announced next month. I've heard rumors and based on Coop's first look at the Ares 2.0 last month that REP is releasing new jammer arms: th-cam.com/video/07sCZCOTSzQ/w-d-xo.html
The PRx looks very nice especially if the price is good. Has some upgrades. More hole spacing and can lock out the articulation function at different angles. Curious what REP will do. We will see soon.
where do you buy these??
Griffin, where else
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say Griffin's website.🙄