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The reference index for home gym equipment: what exists, what it costs today, what's coming, and what other reviewers actually said — so you never buy the wrong thing the week before the right one drops.

155Products tracked
8Categories
15Buyer's guides
10Documented setups
RitFit Mega Multi-Functional Smith Machine
AnnouncedSteve fit: High

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RitFit Mega Multi-Functional Smith Machine

It is unusually explicit about routing different stations at the ratios that suit their jobs.

Show name only — as of Aug 2026 this name appears nowhere on RitFit's retail site, where the M2 line is the current naming

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Saturday, October 17, 2026

Today
DropFringe Sport

Fringe Sport's Crown does landmine and cable work from one part, and both handles spin on bearings

Fringe Sport published the Crown Landmine & Cable Attachment on Oct 16 and this index read it the following day. The Short Crown is $139.00, with two lengths sold separately or as a pair, and the brand publishes a weight capacity of 320lbs for both. The centre hole takes a barbell for landmine work and the same point takes a cable connection, so it is one part doing two jobs rather than two accessories; the Long adds end holes so it can clip to both cable ends of a functional trainer at once. Bearings in both handles are what Fringe Sport names as the difference from a standard lat bar. Two things to check before ordering: carabiners are not included and the attachment cannot reach a cable stack without them, and the three customer reviews on the page are all timestamped before the product's own publish date, so treat them as early-access rather than owner reports.

DropValor Fitness

Valor's new wall-mounted trainer undercuts every wall trainer in the index, but its mounting guidance covers concrete only

Valor Fitness published a wall-mounted functional trainer, BD-85, at $2,199.00 on Oct 16, and this index read it the following day. It is not cheap by being thin: Valor publishes two independently-moving 200 lb stacks at a true 1:1 pulley ratio on 11-gauge steel uprights, with J-hooks, safety spotter arms, a pull-up bar and two cable handles included rather than sold on. For comparison, the only other wall-mounted trainer this index tracks lists at $3,699.00. The constraint is the wall itself. Valor states that all mounting hardware is included and then specifies it as the hardware needed to mount to concrete; nothing on the page addresses a wood-framed wall, and stud spacing, wall type and anchor specifications return nothing. No assembled dimensions are published either, so the only figures on the page describe the shipping crate rather than the machine. If your wall is not concrete, settle the hardware with Valor before ordering.

Friday, October 16, 2026

Yesterday
DropREP

REP's Phantom bench finally has a real listing at $299.99 — an entry-level bench in REP's own words, with no decline and no ship date

The Phantom has been a show-floor name in this index since August with nothing published behind it. REP has now given it a full retail listing at $299.99 in three colourways, and the specification is on the page. REP positions it plainly as an entry-level bench for a first home gym: seven back-pad positions running from flat up to 85 degrees, three seat positions, no decline at all, a 70 lb frame in 14-gauge steel, a 500 lb weight capacity, and a built-in rubber-lined vertical storage post that REP says needs no wall bracket or rack accessory. You cannot buy one yet. All three colourways render COMING SOON on a disabled control beside a notify-me line, every offer publishes as out of stock, and REP publishes no ship date, pre-order window, lead time or launch date anywhere on the page. One compatibility fact to plan around: the bench takes no bench attachments, though REP says it is designed to work with the Ares 2.0 footplate.

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