LIONSCOOL 4ft Olympic EZ Curl Bar, 2 Inch Sleeves

The LIONSCOOL Olympic Barbell takes first place in this guide to EZ curl bars. The title describes it as both a straight bar and an EZ curl bar; it is a 4 ft bar, 47.2 inches overall, sold at £69.99 and rated 4.9 out of 5 from 189 ratings. The listing puts it at 20 lbs in the bullet and 9 kg in the specification table, which is the same weight written two ways, and covers curls, upright rows, bent over rows, deadlifts, presses and hip thrusts. LIONSCOOL states a lifetime warranty against bending.

The number to hold on to here is the lower one. The bullet claims a 500 lbs weight capacity; the specification table on the same page says 250 kilograms, which is about 551 lb. Two other figures also fail to line up. The bullet says the loadable sleeves are 7.1 inches long, while the spec table lists a sleeve length of 9.5 inches. One bullet says there is one knurl mark at either side; the next bullet says there are no knurl marks. Whichever is right, 500 lbs is the figure the page gives you twice as a ceiling, so plan around that rather than around 250 kg. Everything on this page comes from the Amazon listing for this product — we have not handled or tested the bar, and we cannot tell you which of the two figures the factory works to.