Ohio Power Bar Black Zinc Review

The stainless steel one is 100 more but feels better and requires much less maintenance.

Ohio power bar black zinc review.

Read more about the ubs here. I got to test drive an opb out and have decided i want to get one as my secondary bar mainly to deadlift and row with. It s important to note that this review is based on the black zinc version of the bar. Every other finish option rogue offers would score a higher rating.

You know just on the off chance you thought there was a shortage of materials finishes and colors to choose from already. With the kilogram version you only have the zinc option. The rogue ohio power bar is rated based on the garage gym lab universal barbell score. Otherwise can t get any better than this.

The rogue ohio power bar is one of if not the most popular power bar ever created. I have heard the knurling on the bare steel model is better and rougher but i had a couple questions. It was actually the first bar i ever purchased. I prefer a meaner knurling.

I recently decided to upgrade to the stainless steel version for two reasons. 2 machining every bar shaft is machined in columbus ohio. No because i think it looks kind of cool and considering i purchased the ohio bar to beat up not too look pretty i m okay with it. Rated 5 out of 5 by tx1775 from thank rogue awesome power bar i use it for pretty much everything.

Rogue recently added yet another finish option for the 45 pound version of the ohio power bar that s right now in addition to bare steel stainless steel black zinc and cerakote you can pick up the opb with rogue s black e coat finish. I have smaller hands so for clean and jerk movements i prefer the 25mm bella bar. If you go with the 45 pound version of the ohio power bar you get a choice between bare steel or a black zinc shaft with bright zinc sleeves. Does this make me upset.

I ve been a user of this bar for several years in the black zinc variety. Black zinc shaft bright zinc sleeves or bare steel lifetime warranty against bending for powerlifting you generally don t want your bar to have the same whip that that weightlifting bar would have because you don t want it to start bouncing around while you re trying to hit a max lift except maybe a deadlift which then. My ohio bar has a black zinc shaft and over time that black zinc has rubbed away down to the silver metal. Ohio power bar finish you have a little bit of flexibility when it comes to finish.

Rogue ohio power bar bare steel vs zinc. A great deal of pride is built into each bar as the knurling process is an art.