Highly recommend
I purchased this set for my 28 year old son. Prior to purchasing we checked out weights at sporting goods stores, used sporting goods stores and craigslist and found some high quality, very expensive weights and some not-so-great, very overpriced weights. This is a very good weight set for the price. The bar is solid (not 2 pieces to be assembled, like some I saw). The 1" plates are coated, which is a nice touch, as they won't rust on my floors. I saw several reviews with people thinking it didn't contain the full weight. It does-- add it up. My son is a moderate lifter, 6' 1", 190 pounds and it is both sturdy enough and contains enough weights for what he wants (strength, not bulk). I found this set via an online shopping search (which I did not do initially thinking that the shipping cost for weights would be very expensive). This particular set was on sale for ** at a sporting goods store located 2 hours a way, or for $128, including free shipping, on Great Offer Stock. Did I want to make a 4 hour round trip? Nope. The Great Offer Stock price is a fair price and the weights arrived two days after I placed the order. It was well-packaged and arrived in excellent condition. The only reason I did not give the quality an excellent rating is because I know there are better weight sets out there. But you won't get them for anywhere near this price. I highly recommend.