PayLessHere 7Ft Olympic Barbell: Solid Chrome Bar for Strength Training, Weightlifting, and Powerlifting - 2Inch Diameter, 700lbs Capacity Chrome BarBell

I'll give you five stars for the product. Three stars for the packaging. One star for the handling/delivery.The barbell appears very well made (haven't used it yet.) The clips/weight-stops fit well. The rotation is good.Now for the packaging;My barbell was shipped in a fairly stout carboard tube. However, both ends closing the tubewere ripped open and hanging by what was left of the tape that had held them to the tube. I assume that was caused by the weight of the heavy barbell slamming back and forth during shipping. Maybe some additional packaging inside both ends, taking up the empty space inside the shipping tube, would help prevent the barbell from banging against the end caps? Maybe a stouter heavy plastic end cap stapled several times around a stouter tube, and attached by stronger tape to the tube, would prevent the ends tearing out during shipping? Also the tube itself had opened up in two places along the length of the tube. I assume this was also caused by the movement of the contents inside the tube during shipping. Especially by contact of the cardboard tube with the two clips and weight-stops? It looked like someone along the way had attempted to repair the two open areas with tape. That tape didn't work too well. That is why I gave three stars for (Poor) packaging.The one star for Handling/Delivery was because the shipping tube was covered in loose dirt, which I have to assume was due to throwing of the long heavy (45 pound) unwieldy package from the truck to the ground where it was left leaned against our cattle guard. Most times there is only one delivery person, many times a female. I assume (again) that the weight and awkwardness of the package was too much for the delivery person, as it was for me. And that may have also contributed to the open ends and tears along the cardboard tube? Perhaps a couple of well attached heavy duty plastic 'lifting handles' placed in line along the center of gravity would help in the loading/unloading of the package. I realize the possible poor handling during delivery was not the fault of the manufacture.Side-note; A couple minutes of editing on the enclosed English language instruction/warning sheet might be a good idea. Which overall was well done except for a word here and there.On a happy note; The very well made barbell arrived intact and early, even after a long holiday weekend.I'm sure it will last much longer than I will .

Great bar no complaints!

Price was right and it looks like good quality for the amount of weight i will be lifting.

All good so far except the shipping part, box was all torn and in pieces and the shipper left the item in the rain (to lazy to put it far enough to be under the over hang).

This is good

Wonderful

Excellent

Bar seems solid but was missing one of the lock collars.