Mikolo Smith Machine, 2200lbs Squat Rack with LAT-Pull Down System & Cable Crossover Machine, Training Equipment with Leg Hold-Down Attachment

I bought this unit to replace a measly Marcy all in one gym. I was super unsatisfied with The marcy's quality and ability to perform exercises i saved up money and waited till a super prime day deal and pulled the trigger and upgraded BIG time to this.The machine is great! super beefy construction, smooth operation and looks fantastic. My wife helped me assemble and it only took us a couple hours from in box to done. The instructions can be a bit hard to figure and see, but with some common sense and attention its not too bad. Everything came perfect and complete.The machine works flawless, super smooth operation, fitment is perfect and for being a big unit, it actually has a decently small footprint.I love all the excerises you can do. From the independent cables to the smith bar to all the included attachments the only thing i can't accomplish is leg extentions. This has made my workout so enjoyable and efficient.So minor cons: The unit comes in multiple deliveries. I dont know if thats Mikolo, Amazon, or FedEx but it was confusing and i thought i didnt get the entire thing, only to find out it came in 2 seprate deliveries. So keep that mind so you dont freak out like me. The instructions are a little hard to decipher and see the illustrations like stated above. And obviously you'll need to buy weight plates to use the unit, but thats part of the deal. Also even though the instructions dont really say, i'd keep up with quality silicone lubricant on the slide bars.All things said and done, I've been using this 4 days a week for a few months now and the machine is flawless, and perfect. I've loved every minute with it, and i see it lasting a long time. Highly recommend. Get it on a prime day or big holiday sale and nab yourself a STEAL!!!!

I have a few complaints, but want to be clear up front: THIS MACHINE IS EXCELLENT. I AM VERY PLEASED.My first review was very low because the packaging for shipping is inadequate. All the pieces will arrive scratched and paint chipped off which bothers me very much. One piece (a pully) was completely snapped off. This was not FedEx because the box was in perfect condition, but all the stuff inside was rattling all over dinging each other up.That said, they replaced the broken piece and also a missing piece. The shipping took a couple weeks, but they eventually got it to me. Those replacement pieces were packaged perfectly and are actually the only pieces on the entire thing that are not scratched up.Either way, it is all put together now and it works AWESOME! This is a very good and sturdy machine. I am very happy with it. Their customer service was absolutely perfect. They fixed all my issues, so I am very happy.As for the functionality of the machine, there are a few minor things that were poor design choices, such as the weights smashing into each other on the rack. If you load up your weights onto one of the pullies, for example, and have weights on the storage part (on the back sides) then use the pully, the weights smash into the top storage (unless you have tiny weights stored I guess). So that was a poor design choice having it slope towards the top. Very annoying.Also, if you have weights on either pully system and then go do to a smith-machine workout that goes low down (like a squat or dead lift) then they smash into the weights on the pully. This sucks a lot because you cant do any workout that alternates between pully and smith, you gota constantly unload the weights which is a huge pain.Those are just minor complaints though. I want it to be clear that I LOVE this machine. Minor complaints but the rest is awesome. The smith machine is SUPER smooth and stable. It has a TINY tiny bit of "wobble" (seriously TINY bit, barely noticeable), but I actually like it because it makes it feel a tad bit more like a free barbell so you get a bit of stabilizer muscle work. I think it's the perfect setup.As for putting it together, I did it 100% by myself and it took like 8 hours across a couple days. Maybe 10 hours. The instructions are flawless. Excellent excellent instructions. They are written in perfectly clear english and the steps are very simple. They also package the bolts and everything BY THE STEP! So it says "STEP 1" and all those bolts are packaged in their own "STEP 1" package. Setup took a long time because it's a big machine but they really did a perfect job at making it easy with no errors in the manual.Every time I THOUGHT there was an error, it turned out the piece was just hiding in a spot I didn't expect. For example, step 9 had two screw/bolt packages which I didnt realize at first so I thought I was missing some bolts, but I eventually found them.Also, do NOT take the plastic bag off any part until you are at that step. Otherwise you will not know which letter corresponds to that part. Take it all out of the boxes, but leave the labeled plastic on it until you are ready for that part. Including mixed-bag parts (bags with like 5 or 6 different parts in them).All in all... Highly recommend.