Which pully thingy should I get?
So most of us are pretty firmiliar with the concept of home gyms. What I'm building is a bit different. I'm building a "small 1 bedroom apartment gym".
This has some differing challenges. For example, when I looked for a bench press a few months ago, I COULD have spent a few hundred dollars on a really solid built bench with no give. But in a small apartment gym the first and most important question is "where am I going to put this?"
And in my case, I bought a bench press at the end of December, which appears to no longer be on amazon anymore. [But I found this one which looks identical](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F6L1KW9W?psc=1&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9kZXRhaWw) just to give you an idea of what I went with. Just imagine this, with no logo printed on it. I swear this company just bought the one I have, and printed their logo on it. Otherwise mine looks exactly the same.
So, you can see how it folds up.
Well now I've got an oppertunity to buy either [this machine](https://images.offerup.com/miaM7aUiHFIanOBjFSbENTScx8w=/250x250/5219/521963c0cfa74989b8226def6e90b19d.jpg) for $75. Condition is said to be "as new as possible".
Or I could buy [this machine](https://totalgymdirect.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/total-gym-xls-2.jpg) for $575. Condition is listed as new.
There's a $500 gap between the two, but it looks like I could put either one under my bed.
Is there any reason I don't get the $75 one? Or is the total gym THAT good, that it justifies an extra $500?
This has some differing challenges. For example, when I looked for a bench press a few months ago, I COULD have spent a few hundred dollars on a really solid built bench with no give. But in a small apartment gym the first and most important question is "where am I going to put this?"
And in my case, I bought a bench press at the end of December, which appears to no longer be on amazon anymore. [But I found this one which looks identical](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F6L1KW9W?psc=1&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9kZXRhaWw) just to give you an idea of what I went with. Just imagine this, with no logo printed on it. I swear this company just bought the one I have, and printed their logo on it. Otherwise mine looks exactly the same.
So, you can see how it folds up.
Well now I've got an oppertunity to buy either [this machine](https://images.offerup.com/miaM7aUiHFIanOBjFSbENTScx8w=/250x250/5219/521963c0cfa74989b8226def6e90b19d.jpg) for $75. Condition is said to be "as new as possible".
Or I could buy [this machine](https://totalgymdirect.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/total-gym-xls-2.jpg) for $575. Condition is listed as new.
There's a $500 gap between the two, but it looks like I could put either one under my bed.
Is there any reason I don't get the $75 one? Or is the total gym THAT good, that it justifies an extra $500?