Valor Fitness CHN-3 Straight & CHN-UP Multi Grip Wall Mounted Pullup/Chin Up Bars for Home Gym Exercise and Workout

First and foremost, this was a great purchase. The rig is built like a tank. I read a ton of reviews on pull up bars, of which there are a handful available. I picked the Valor for a couple of reasons, mainly multi position hand grips and distance off the wall. It's 30" off the wall, comparable with the more expensive models of other brands and far enough for kipping pull ups or muscle ups. The grip size seems ideal - I was worried it would be too small but it's really perfect, comparable to what's in a gym.Apparently Valor has read prior reviews because every concern listed here appears to have been addressed, or was unfounded to begin with. The packaging was bomb-proof, inside and out. The stickers on the side have been replaced with thicker plates/3 dimensional logo adhesive. The spacing is perfect - centers right at 48", in the middle of studs. The hardware was packaged together - nothing missing.I used some aftermarket materials to mount. I bought 2 5' pieces of 1x6, which frankly helped with mounting. I marked 6" in from the sides, then every 16". I drilled my pilot holes in the board, then found a stud, attached the upper board to the wall through one of the middle holes, leveled and attached through the other middle hole. I already had pilot holes for the braces. I drilled pilot holes into the studs through these holes to make sure I was in the studs and to ease the process of attaching side pieces. I bought 4" 3/8 lag bolts and washers - I think it came with 3" bolts. I figured going through 3/4 board plus another 1/2" of sheet rock merited a longer screw; plus, I'm a heavy guy. I hung both support arms (with lowers connected) and tightened 90%. I then attached the span across, about 50% tightened. The span will be 4" higher than top bolts. To get the right height, I measured on the wall to the top of my finger tips flat footed and used that as the height of the top of my 1x6.At this point, the bottom braces are leaning against sheet rock. I slid the other 1x6 under them; you'll already have pilot holes drilled 6" from both edges. Align pilot holes with lower brace holes (the lower braces should be tightened 100% to uppers right from the get go) and drill pilot holes into studs, then sink your lag bolts in.Now go back through and finish tighten every bolt 100%. Took me about an hour and a half without these instructions. Hopefully with this, it's a 45 minute job. I used a socket wrench to fully tighten to make sure I didn't strip out the studs.Easy mounting, sturdy design, great for pull-ups and supporting TRX or similar products from. I'd highly recommend.

This is first class. The design and the multiple hand grips made my decision, and the fact that Amazon shipped it. The original packaging was good and in tact, but Amazon put the icing on the cake when they put the whole thing, chin up bar and it's original packaging in their own box. There was not a scratch or a dent on Amazon's box. Inside the box was the chin up parts, diagram and hardware which was vacuum sealed to stay in place.Like others wrote, I bought a ten foot 2x8 board and had it cut in to two 5ft. pieces. I also bought 41/2" hex head lag screws to secure the chin up bar to the 2x8 board through the dry wall and studs in my garage, using a ratchet to secure. Solid as a rock. Of course I secured the boards to the wall with more lag screws. This unit is secure, the grip is perfect and it's on the wall rather than the ceiling. I would also like to add that my decision was a decision of safety. I felt that this was the safest of the chin up bars. This is made of 2" square steel tubing and although I am not an engineer I think the weight distribution put into the bottom bar is the key. Also you have the choice of which way you face while using the bar. You are not so close to the wall to the point your body may touch the wall.

I agree with other reviewers by being suspicious of this product’s craftmanship. The welds are sloppy and the tubing wasn’t cut precisely. Caution: do not overtighten during assembly. The tubing will dimple around the bolt head/washer because its not high quality meta. Also, I had to leave the four bolts that hold the support arms to the main frame loose when torquing the lag bolts during the wall mount process. I did that because if I left them tightened, one support arm wouldn’t align with my pilot hole into the stud. I also forewent the (imo) undersized lag bolts that came with. I purchased 4” gavlanized (5/16) lag bolts to replace the ones that came with the bar. I also cut two 5’ pieces from a 10’ 2x6 board so I could add four additional lag bolts to the mount in the center two studs. Overall, I’ve only been able to use this for a few days so far, but it seems sturdy. I’d definitey hesitate to use the issues hardware for mounting, especially straight into drywall. I weigh 215#, so maybe I over spec’d the mounting, but I think that’s better than having it rip off with the smaller, stock lag bolts. I prob invested about another $15 in bolts, washers and wood to get it mounted.

This product is as advertised. I like it and I use it regularly. Make sure you pay attention to the dimensions. It's wide, and there is also a pretty big gap between the pull up bar section and the lower end of the wall braces. It's very easy to assemble, provided you have enough space.The only thing I don't like so much about it is that when I have my hands on the 45 degree angled bars, I have to keep my face back away from my hands more than I'd like because there are horizontal bars on the front and back (on both sides). I'm not explaining this well, but this motion is more unnatural than pull up bars at most gyms allow for. I like to pull my face up through my hands, essentially, but I really can't with this bar. I knew this would be an issue before I bought it based on the pictures. I went with it because it still seemed like the best one I could find on Amazon, and I'm glad I did.As a side note, this bar also works really well with ab straps you can find on amazon for doing various ab workouts. They hang from the pull up bar and you place your elbows in them to perform the exercises.