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I believe I am at least the sixth person to report that this bar bends. I have metal studs in my apartment and I mounted the brackets with heavy duty self-drilling screws. As a result, the brackets aren't going anywhere but the bar is. Here's the thing: if you're 170-180 and you kip (use a jerking motion) to do pullups, the bar WILL bend (unless your mounting location is super narrow). If you're 200 like me and you do slow, controlled deadhangs, it WILL bend. If you're 200 and you do close-grip pullups or narrow grip lat pullups, it WILL bend. The only way you can guarantee this bar won't bend is if all of the following are true: -Mounting location is less than 36" wide -You are under 170 pounds -You don't kip when you pull up -You don't try to do any close/narrow grip pullups -Bar is mounted If all of those aren't true, buyer beware--it may last you just a week like mine did. PS I found it DID need to be mounted. I have concrete floors in my place... can you imagine doing some kind of inverted ab crunch and having the bar slip? I tried getting by without mounting and it slid down immediately, despite tightening it down so well that the drywall started to crack. Again, buyer beware: good idea, bad execution (except for the narrow range of characteristics enumerated above).