help on weights/dumbbells

[wjones]

I'm not familiar with weights. What type of wieghts are those? Are they iron, sand filled, etc? Someone from craigslist.org wants to sell it for $30 (around 130lbs). Are they good?


http://www.neffing.com/pics/albums/userpics/Weights.jpg

 

[Encryptic]

If you're looking for dumbbells, there's no shortage of them on ATOT.

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: Encryptic
If you're looking for dumbbells, there's no shortage of them on ATOT.

 

[CPA]

Those could be sandfilled or cement filled. Cement filled will tend to crack over time as the cement expands and contracts with temperature.

If you want good weights go with metal. Usually you can find a 310lb set with barbell for <$100 at sports store.

 

[wjones]

Originally posted by: Encryptic
If you're looking for dumbbells, there's no shortage of them on ATOT.

LOL

 

[Silverbullet28]

Those are definitely not iron weights. The weights are made of hard plastic and they are filled with something - I am not quite sure what you can hear stuff bouncing around in some of them as they get older. I always wanted to break one open and find out.

$30 dollars sounds like a reasonable price for those. If you go to a sporting goods store a 130lb weight set with a bar bell and dumb bell will run you somewhere around $100. I think most of new sets are cast iron anymore.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: wjones
I'm not familiar with weights. What type of wieghts are those? Are they iron, sand filled, etc? Someone from craigslist.org wants to sell it for $30 (around 130lbs). Are they good?


http://www.neffing.com/pics/albums/userpics/Weights.jpg

Avoid these. Sand/concrete filled weights are a HUGE waste of money. You want iron weights. If you want to get pricy, they have rubber covered iron weights.