Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

When I was looking for a new bench, the reviews with the pictures were very helpful, so I snapped a bunch of pics to hopefully help someone else. The bench came is a very heavy duty box, no damage. Other reviewers from the previous version had mentioned cases of mold or rust, but there was not a speck of either on my bench. All the metal parts were powder coated...no exposed metal anywhere. No rips tears or damage of any kind (I am going to use my old bench as a comparison because it is very heavy duty but lacks many of the features of this YouTen bench). When you take everything out of the box, there is VERY LITTLE assembly required. You attach the rear crosspiece that are like the rear legs, you attach the dragon flag handles, and the leg support...that is it. If you want to fold this up for storage, it is basically the size of the un-assembled bench right out of the box. I assembled it in under 20 minutes, which is very easy and straightforward. To adjust the bench to a flat position, I actually had to read the manual, LOL, but once I saw how it went, it is easy to do. The whole bench is very light and as I moved it around by grabbing the front handle and rolling it around, it reminded me of running a vacuum cleaner, so moving it with one hand was not a problem. (Moving my old bench, picking it up to move it, is a workout in intself) In the flat position, there is a gap of a few inches which I understand is necessary to make room for the bench to incline. My old bench has a small removable pad (my 6th picture) that maybe the manufacturer could add as an upgrade in a future model. For now, I had an old round back pillow that shoved in there which is working just fine. You could probably also use a piece of pipe insulation to fill it, but it's not necessary. I do like the added comfort of it though. I noticed a little bit of wiggle in the back support in the upright position at first. After looking into it, the wiggle was coming from the pivot point of the backrest (my last picture). I tightened the bolts just a little and the wiggle was almost completely gone. The covering on the seat and backrest is a very nice, soft covering but I am not sure how well it will hold up over time. I would set dumbells on my old bench between sets, with the heavy Naugahyde cover, but I don't think I will do that on this new bench. I don't want to press my luck. If you are a competitive powerlifter or professional bodybuilder benching obscene amounts of weight, you may not want this bench. But for the rest of us humans, it works just fine. Not super heavy duty, but it is adequate for 95% of the population, up to it's weight capacity (which is either 600+ pounds or 800 pounds...600 pounds would be a 200 pound man benching 400 pounds, to put that in perspective). It has some nice features; lots of positions from incline to decline, wheels to move it around, foldable for storage, dragon flag handles, leg hold downs, etc. I like it a lot. I'm still keeping my old bench with this one because of some of the attachments I can use on it, and in case I ever start benching the amount of weight as I did in my younger days, but I am pretty sure those days are long gone, LOL!, This is a nice addition to my weight equipment collection and I am glad that bought it. Update 12/16/2020: Added a picture of me standing on the bench in my socks, at 180 pounds bodyweight. Not too squishy.