DreamGYM Doorway Pull-up Bar - Chin-up Bar - Swing Support Bar

I’ve had this installed for a couple years without any issues. It’s not very easy to remove and replace the bar from the brackets, but easy to install and sturdy.

Works as it should! Great permanent way to have an exercise device inside your home to do a pull up or two each time you walk through the doorway it’s in!

After years of pressing my luck using a clothes bar removed from my closet and installed in my doorway, I decided it was time to upgrade to an actual pull-up bar. I was surprised how few basic, low profile bars there were. This one fits the bill. Easy installation and sturdy. It's a nice diameter. Not a lot of grip to it, considering it's stainless steel, but I'm used to that. I may addi a grip tape later. If you're considering the other one on Amazon that's only $25 dollars, don't do it. That was my first choice and I immediately returned it.

Solid bar! Buy the grip tape though. The finish makes the bar slippery. Without bar tape, you will destroy your hands going for reps.

I found out about the DreamGYM Doorway Pull-up Bar from a friend that I use for triceps pulldowns that's shown in the attached photo. My friend uses it for a lot of other things but I like it for the triceps pulldowns because it allows my body to move the way the joints want to and really hits the triceps better than anything I've used in the gym in 50 years.

I first purchased this very same bar when I moved into my dorm a long long time ago. It served me and the whole floor very well for the entire four years. Did not bend or break. The brackets are thicker gauge steel than comparable products. I was surprise to see that it's still on the market after so many years, so it was a no brainer to buy it again. I'm sure the bar in my old dorm room is still there and is still being used by students. Highly recommended.

Update: I sent it back in favor of a pressure adjustable model. But I think with engineering improvements in the brackets, it could be the best on the market. Brackets need to fit bar ends like they were made for each other. Original post: I’ll keep it because it’s the only one on Amazon that screws in, doesn’t use outward pressure that would potentially damage my door frame, is adjustable, and locks rotation to avoid spinning the bar which is annoying when I’m doing pull ups. However, if there was a similar product out there that was better engineered for the same purpose, I’d buy it. This one is so loosely engineered it’s as if it was designed by a high school shop class. The hex shape of the wall slots has nothing to do with the hex shape of the bar ends. Wall slots might as well be circular and fit to the bar. And the wall slots are far wider than needed to accommodate the bar ends, so it’s loosy goosy. I’ll see if I can find a shim to make it a tighter fit. The little tabs that rotate in to “lock” the hex end in place are also a design/engineering kluge. For $45, I would expect better. But alas, all the other products out there have their own flaws (outward pressure potentially damaging, circular ends that can spin/rotate while doing pull ups, or non adjustable).

Sturdy and multipurpose

This is the best solution I could find for a door mounted pull-up bar that wouldn't damage the door frame. It's solid and doesn't bend under my body weight (>150lbs). I feel completely safe using this. It's a bit tricky to remove the bar from the locking tabs, but if you're leaving it in place that's not a concern. Installation was easy. I replaced the included screws with #9 x 1-1/2 wood screws and used a 1/8-inch drill bit for the pilot holes. I'd strongly recommend using #9 x 1-1/2 screws if you're installing this in a wood door frame. This style of door mounted pull-up bar has been around since at least the 70s. It's much less complicated than many of the alternatives and it won't damage your door frame if you install it correctly. I'm happy with the quality; it's entirely possible this bar might outlast my house. Thanks DreamGYM. I like this product a lot.

This is a good pull up bar. Easy to fit and feels firm. I had to add a couple of pieces of timber to my doorframe because the brackets were a little wider than section of frame they need to fix to. I also added some heat shrink wrapping over the bar, the type that's made for fishing poles. It's available from Amazon and gives the bar a nicer grip.

It is a very sturdy product.

This bar is made of solid steel and has a very good feel for pullups. Before buying, make sure the doorway width isn't shorter than the minimum length of the bar. If the doorway or walls on which it will be installed aren't very solid / stable, some extra reinforcement via additional screws/bolts (than the ones provided) might be necessary as an extra safety precaution... But for most normal frames / walls, the bolts and screws provided should be fine.

Straight out of the box I could see that this piece of badly welded equipment made from thin, shiny piping was a piece of chrome-plated trash and dangerous when considering its intended use. As a welder myself I can't stress enough how badly put together this thing is and how badly chosen its thin piping and fixtures. DO NOT BUY this so-called DreamGYM bar; it a nightmareGYM bar and ought to be taken off the shelves. Also, to add insult to probable injury, getting my refund took many weeks and a lot of messing around.