REP Colorado Bar Review: Rogue Ohio Bar Killer?!

REP has challenged Rogue to a showdown!


0:00 - REP Colorado Bar Review: Rogue Ohio Bar Killer?!
0:47 - Overview
1:40 - Unboxing the REP Colorado Bar
3:25 - The Review
5:58 - Knurling Quality
7:31 - Colorado Bar Sleeves & Bushings
8:38 - Tensile Strength
9:14 - Finish Material Options
13:27 - REP's Lifetime Warranty
13:57 - Value & Comparing to the Competition
15:07 - Coop's Recommendation
16:36 - Final Thoughts

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[uberaustin]

Glad Rep is really closing the gap between contenders. Competition for quality products is always good for the consumer.

[dillondrew]

REP Black diamond power bar please. Im interested in seeing how agressive the knurling is.

[murdog]

I own the Colorado Bar and I absolutely love it! Huge fan of REP and this product.

[TheShanehansel]

With how close they are in quality of bar, I think I'd go with Rogue's Ohio bar, simply because it's made in the USA

[xbhazardx]

Just got the Colorado bar in hard chrome. Love supporting Colorado just wish they still had their showroom here.

[chiptune_]

YESSSS I've been so excited waiting for reviews on the new bars. Think I'm most interested to hear about the Hades DL bar, especially since it doesn't come in bare/stainless steel like Texas, Rogue, and Kabuki offer for their DL bars

[j.hartle]

I got the Eleiko XF bar and so happy with it 4 years in, 28mm is definitely the way to go, 90% of people aren't squat, dead, benching enough to matter. Pulled 515 on it and still not super bendy but still has good whip for Oly

[samrmills]

Nice green stick! I picked up the red Cerakote and the Hard Chrome. I prefer smooth sleeves over ribbed, so I'm glad I went with REP. Knurling on the Hard Chrome is noticeably slightly more aggressive and for my teens compared to the cerakote. I'm guessing Hard Chrome might be more durable than that shiny chrome stuff. Personally I prefer the Hard Chrome too over shiny chrome. The HC feels more quality and similar in looks and feel to SS but not quite when comparing to the SS Double Black Diamond I just opened.

[tonya]

Smooth sleeves(check), better knurling, better construction.... it's just an better all-round product. Def my next barbell.

[dgheonmd]

Nice review Coop! I would love to see a bar comparison between the Rogue B&R bar and the Texas Starting Strength bar.

[robelbelay]

Was about to cough up for the Ohio bar literally tomorrow based on all your other videos of constantly recommending it, but this seems like the better manufactured bar and at a lower price for the cerakote options and i doubt I'll lift enough to bend any high quality bar, so just changed my mind to the Colorado bar. Thanks for the honest review!

[jyoung]

I have the Rogue Stump bar purely due to space limitations. Would love to see a review of this and other shorter bars, mainly for those of us in more confined spaces who don’t need a crap ton of weight.

[FiveStripedFalcon]

Just bought the Ohio Bar yesterday. Was holding my breath when I saw your video pop up. 😂. Good stuff Coop. Fair and honest review.

[sscarbon]

I preordered this bar. I chose it primarily based on price and secondly because I have a rep rack and I like my stuff to match.

[Osprey]

I went with the Synergee Regional on your recommendation, and honestly I think it's spot on. I had access to Rogue bars at the gym, and the Synergee feels almost as good. The almost factor is legitimately just the knurling for me.

PS. I don't know what Rogue is going on, BUT with bolt carrier groups in rifles hard chrome is comsidered excellent. I feel like if it's something you can depend on for durability in a firearm, then you can probably depend on it in the gym. But that's just my line of thinking.

[Maome]

Please review the Double Black Diamond Power bar!

[stephennolan]

Hi, I'm the guy that snips all the tips of the knurl peaks. It's tough work with such little scissors, but I'm glad you appreciate my work.

[GavinBrown]

Cheers for the review. [10:22] Just in case you didn't notice, you selected 25mm for the bar. It doesn't change the outcome but it should have been 28.5mm for clarity.

[trevorforbes]

I want to seee the double black diamond power bar. I think that that it the bar most people are looking at unless there more of a cross fit guy. I definitely wanted the center knurling.

[katarlus]

Would love to see a review of the best Stainless / Stainless bars. Double Black Diamond vs Rogue Ohio Power vs American Barbell vs Eleiko