It does its job. It's literally weights. I'm not a professional bodybuilder or a powerlifter but I do want to increase weight on my barbell to gain more strength. I've always bought different weights in my past life since I was a teen all the way to my late 20s now to my mid-30s. I've purchased a variety of brands from waider, Rogue, troy, standard, and so on. I bought two and they are almost the same weight as my York Olympic 45 plates. If you want to be a douchey bro tip specific perfectionist guy, it is not literally 45 pounds. It's mostly between 44.75 or 45.25 pounds but it does its job you really won't know the difference. would not recommend it for power cleans (prefer bumper plates) it gets clunky and it starts beating off the clamps. I'm not competing in any tournament it's just for home gym equipment. It does its job and it haves 3 handles for other training if you're not using a barbell like deltoid or traps exercises. I keep my gym outside in my yard yard. I left them out in the rain for a month or two and still haven't had any rust If you're wondering about resistance against the elements. It has a good coat of paint if I ever want to resell it. I already have four of them. I will continue buy more if I need more. But so far it's good and resourceful. It's good for beginners and average iron pumping Joe's