Marcy MWM900 Home Gym Review

vladimiro — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:19:11 +0000

The Marcy MWM900 Home Gym isn’t the best of home gyms, and it does fall low on reviews all over the internet. The quality isn’t the best, but you can’t also ask too much for a couple of dollars that you pay for this cheap home gym. It can only be considered a good choice for beginners and those that cannot buy a better home gym for a few more dollars.

There are even home gyms with better quality that are sold for less than the Marcy MWM900 Home Gym. This home gym is widely available like any other Marcy product, on CostCo’s and box stores. Our advice before you buy one of these home gyms is to look further into other options and buy the Marcy MWM900 Home Gym if it is your last choice.

Marcy MWM900 Home Gym Specifications

Independent motion pec fly arms
High and low pulley stations
4-inch pulleys with sealed ball bearings
Includes lat bar, rotating straight bar and ankle strap
Weight stack: 100 pounds
Dimensions: 63″D x 37″W x 84″H
Warranty: 90 days

Look somewhere else for quality

The Marcy MWM900 Home Gym isn’t the best of home gyms, still we will try to give you a fair view of the thing and let you do the decision of whether to buy one or not. If you look at other reviews at the same price range, or even lower, you will find lots of alternatives that are much more attractive.

There are some things you can enjoy in this home gym, even if they do not surplus the minuses. It has the arm press that can be used as chest press, you can actually work your pecs without changing anything. It has stations like a lateral bar, pulley station and straight bar that give you some choices of exercises, but not many.

You have padded rollers for extra protection, and the pads for your back and lumbar areas are contoured. It is supposed to be quiet and smooth, but it isn’t really that much as it is raved about. If you ever try other home gyms from other brands you will see the difference and rather wait some months and save some money to buy a better home gym.

Marcy MWM900 Home Gym at a Glance…

Pros:

Cheap and good for beginners

Cons:

Low quality materials
Poor construction
Expensive for the value you get
Poor warranty

The Marcy MWM900 Home Gym isn’t a real choice if you are serious about getting a home gym and you get informed about what you are looking for. It is easy to find better alternatives with better value and even for lower prices.

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Marcy Smith Machine Review

vladimiro — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:39:37 +0000

The Marcy Smith Machine is easily found at any CostCo store nationwide. That means something about this gym, it is sold at a low price and it has also the quality you would expect from such a big machine with a low price, the quality isn’t that great.

It is a good all-in-one solution for someone looking for an affordable gym equipment to have in the house, but can’t extend much the family budget. For an entry level home gym it may be an option if you are a beginner and want to try this sort of multi gyms in your house. But don’t expect too much and not as much quality as other Home Gyms.

Marcy Smith Machine Specifications

“Ultra-Guide” bushings
Adjustable bar catches and safety stoppers
6 Olympic plate storage pegs
Includes lat bar, triceps rope, shiver bar, ankle strap, single handle and chromed V-bar
Multi-function bench included with preacher pad and Olympic sleeve
Dimensions: 69″ x 78″ x 83″
2 years Warranty

Not the best Home Gym on offer out there

The Marcy Smith Machine looks good on a catalog and it has an impressive list of features, unfortunately they are all subpar compared to other Home Gyms from other brands. There are some features that will make you think twice whether this is a good gym or not, like for examples: a 7 degree carriage, the self spotting safety catches on the front or the bench with leg developer. But it just won’t be if you know what to look for.

One major problem with the Marcy Smith Machine is the fact that the leg developer can’t be adjusted, meaning that either you fit in there or you don’t, and if you don’t then you are losing one of the few selling points on this Home Gym. The bushings also are not the best you can find, they do not provide such a smooth and fluid movement.

Just to finish, there are only 8 latch points on this Home Gym for the weight carriage, meaning that it is also one of those things that either you can manage to work with considering how comfortable you can lift weights from those points, or it just isn’t the Home Gym for you.

Overall there are a lot of minus in my book than there are pluses for this Home Gym, and to buy it is a risk that no one should take if you are not willing to find yourself disappointed and losing all your motivation towards weight lifting.

Marcy Smith Machine at a Glance…