Selectable Dumbbells

UplandHigh

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has any experience of selectable dumbbells?

I am (was) a regular gym goer minimum 3 times per week for last 2 years but due to work changes and change in family life I am not able to get down to the gym that often anymore maybe once per week if I am lucky. I am missing it and seeing a negative change in my body shape.

I was considering buying some dumbbells for home use but due to lack of space I was considering a selectable dumbbell set. something similar to (if you search Amazon):
Bodymax 25kg Selectabell Dumbbells - Pair

Anyone have any experience of these specific weights or anything similar?

Thanks

Gloomendoom

I have a couple of sets of dumbbells that take standard iron weights.

I'm struggling to see what advantage the"selectable" dumbbells have over those. Particularly at five times the price.

wesleyad

I used to have a set of these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marcy-Bruce-Lee-Dumbells-Adjustable/dp/B008JEBWDS

They were great for me at the time, compact good range (2.5-25). I used them for 4 years and then resold them for 50% of what I paid so I was happy.

The clear benefit is the ease of use, especially if you are doing things like drop sets or pyramid sets, you have instant control over the weight.

Downside is they are more cumbersome than regular DB's and more expensive than Glooms suggestion.

UplandHigh

Gloomendoom wrote: »

I have a couple of sets of dumbbells that take standard iron weights.

I'm struggling to see what advantage the"selectable" dumbbells have over those. Particularly at five times the price.

Space saving, I have very little space to store numerous different plates etc. The selectable dumbbells are compact and self contained though expensive.

Most of my dumbbell workouts use weights ranging from 7.5kg to 25kg that would equate to needing to find storage for 16 different plates plus the bars if I purchased the bars and weight plates etc.

mailmannz

I do like the idea of the power blocks, especially if you are really tight for space.

There is another adjustable option but it only goes up to 12.5KG (on the flip side costs only £89).

If you get these you will have to let us all know how you get on with them.

Regards

Mailman