The World’s THINNEST Bumper Weight Plates…

45LB Bumper plates at HALF the width of traditional bumper plates... Too good to be true?

0:00 - The World’s THINNEST Bumper Weight Plates…
0:14 - Weight It Out's Other Products
1:06 - Coop Unboxes The 45LB Urethane Plate
2:58 - Coop Breaks Out the Calipers
4:07 - PREMIUM Lettering....?
4:30 - Coop Tests for Weight Accuracy
4:50 - Coop Drops These Puppies
6:26 - Coop Compares to the Eleiko Competition Bumpers
6:52 - Pricing
7:20 - Coop's Take
7:43 - Final Thoughts

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[ndle_king]

Aside from the potential damage to the barbell I'm curious to see how the plates themselves hold up after a large number of drops compared to traditional designs.

[eklimas]

I don't really get it. If you need bumpers, buy quality bumpers/deep dish that spread the load across the sleeve and floor on impact. If you want thin/compact, buy iron and mix/match accordingly to your lifting needs.

If buying for aesthetics, so be it I guess, my comment is more function over form

[MushookieMan]

You'll never lift enough to need to fit more on the bar. Better to just buy ones that will last longer and not cut your flooring up.

[jamescoyle]

Coop, thanks for the review! I think one thing you could have spoken to is the specific applications that are benefitted by this design. To me, they are for someone that wants to load the bar HEAVY, and wants some added protection for the floor (assuming no rubber floor). For example, heavy deadlifting on concrete or an epoxy coated garage floor. I would not be dropping these from above waist height (or at all, really) so I think the benefit is pretty limited for the detriments. Anyway, love the channel, keep up the good work!

[FrogsStacked]

I could see these being used in tandem with larger 45's. would be great for deadlifting and dropping the bar

[GoldbergDaBoss]

I don’t get it they kinda defeat the purpose of buying bumpers plates…

[srt]

i dont consider a iron wrapped plate as a bumper plate.

[weightitout]

Thank you so much!! We are definitely coming out with the other sizes and making them black with a different design.

Work in progress and should be launched early 2025

[zacharylaschober]

I get thin steel plates and such for say plate loaded machines, but even Lasha is not cleaning enough weight to need these. Also, when plates get narrow and heavy without a good and solid ridge they're hard to move around one handed, and these look to be thin enough to be harder to hold.

[RathOX]

If u want thin just buy steel, this is just a gimmick. This isnt a bumper plate

[importantstuff]

I think the only real life use case would be for ppl who can deadlift over 600 but want to do it somewhat silently. Or 550 when we are talking about Hexbars with shorter loading dpace etc.

[makeitgo]

Weider made thin bumper plates back in the 70's/80's. I have their 20kg, 25kg, and 50 kg bumper plates. The 20kg plate is 1.25" thick.

[northeastcorals]

These look like rubber coated plates rather than bumper plates?

[sirlost]

I’ve had them for a while. I love them so much… one issue: they’re very slippery

[trogdor]

Two use cases i could see.
1 In addition to your bumpers maybe a pair or two if youre running low on room on the bar.
2. On selectorized weight stacks can fir sure get one of these on the pin go get more weight.

these play well with the bar that has the built in collars? (Gunginer?)

[JuanHugeJanus]

I have had both 15, 20 and 25 kg bumper plates as thin as these 10 years ago...

[Wyrdrock]

When will you review the Mack Clamps Collars? We all see you using them, along with that Uesaka barbell. We'd love a review on that too. Maybe a three way comparison between the Eleiko, the Uesaka and maybe rogue to compare all three IWF certified Olympic bars.

[aznoak]

I don't really see the market, if I wanted tons of weight I'd get calibrated steel, if I want cool looking bumpers I'd get eleiko comp or similar

[nikobolanca]

in this case there is no more room to reduce the thickness, the steel has the density it has. The only thing I see is that a spring with high absorption is installed around the perimeter to replace the otherwise thick layer of rubber used in the bumper.

[starvin-marvin-the-martian]

Not sure how I feel about this as a bumper, I guess based on the drop test I don't feel very good. As someone who doesn't drop their weights and has a somewhat "tight" home gym, I appreciate the thinner plates because I can have smaller weight horns, and a shorter barbell (C70S). The 6-inches or so saved on the barbell lets me open a nearby door without having to move stuff around.