Best Kettlebells — Top Reviewed Brands for Homes, Gyms, and More

Kettlebells are some of the most versatile training tools around. They're great for strength athletes as well as people training to lose weight, build endurance, or improve coordination and speed. Whatever your training protocol, it's likely kettlebell movements can be a useful addition.

But with so many kettlebells on the market, picking the right one for your needs can be tricky. Factors to consider include materials, coating, handle and bell sizing, weight, price, and more.

That's why we've reviewed dozens of the top bells on the market to bring you our top picks for a variety of kettlebell needs, exercises, and goals.

What's the best competition kettlebell? The best kettlebell for your garage gym? The best for training focused around weight loss? The best for kettlebell swings, goblet squats, kettlebell presses, and other common movements?

And which brand makes the best kettlebell for beginners?

We're excited to bring you our roundup covering criteria to keep in mind when shopping for kettlebells, along with some of our top picks!

Have a question or want a personal recommendation? Please let us know in the comments below, and we'll do our best to get back to you ASAP!

[tidefanyankee]

Unless you KNOW you're going to be on a padded surface all the time, I would stay away from enamel KB's. I owned one with enamel and it hit some concrete when I was doing some high reps and it chipped, creating a sharp edge making it almost worthless in my opinion. I'm looking at the Rogue KB's. They have a decent reputation and are priced right. I own other things built by Rogue and I'm more than happy with all of them...very, VERY well built.

[lauradaugas]

*By functional I mean you can comfortably swing or carry it **bestgym.equipment** around as one would expect of a kettlebell weight. By versatile I mean the protective coating does not prevent attaching magnetic micro-plates to increase the weight, so, for example, a 35 pound kettlebell can be increased by up to 5 pounds in weight or possibly a bit more by attaching magnetic micro-plates.*

[jesusbarraza]

The best kettlebell is the one who offers free shipping.

[danielscott]

Really detailed video. I've watched a couple different reviews and no one ever seems to talk about the distance from one side of the handle to the other. I have big hands and with a lot of kettlebells, if I'm using both hands, leave almost no room for my pinky fingers. Adding that to your comparisons would've made this a more complete comparison for me

[RubenWhitter]

I love it when people go in to the nuances of things

[robbyclark]

I have the rep fitness bell and it’s been awesome. It’s also waaaay cheaper than other KB sellers! I don’t see paying a lot more $$ for a piece of iron with a handle just because of a warranty or the coating or something like that? Kettlebells USA are crazy expensive and so are kettlebell kings. Titan fitness also have some extremely affordable KBs.

[Matticus]

I wish the UK had this many options! Wolverson seems to do well in all areas.

[astorlvallejosaldana]

The best is the Prokettlebell made in USA not doubt about

[EnemyOfEldar]

I remember when a human being on planet earth could acquire a kettlebell without being scalped.

[rav]

I, too, like the rep kbs. For the cost the quality is great.

[carlosacarter]

Very thorough and thoughtful. Thank you.

[hobojungle]

I’m just now looking at buying my first KB and I see that basically all of the kettlebell kings KBs are out of stock. Has this been the case for a long time?

[peter-cal]

Thanks alot, by far the best “how to chose a kattlebell” video on youtube.

I’ve a very small hand, however I been working out with a amazon basics thick handle kb. Recently I tried a small handle kb and right the way im able to lift an extra 10 lbs without doing much effort lol 😂

now im debating between a small handle coated kb or a competition kb for home use strength/cardio training

[jeffreybabino]

Hi I am looking for some basic kettle bells for my home gym thanks

[imonmyway]

Thanks for taking your time to do that

[johndavid_]

Thanks for the review, very helpful! Useful added category would be handle shape. So not diameter, but straight vs diagonal. Very hard to find useful info on this design difference!

[ranulfocastillo]

Excellent video!!! Thank you for sharing!!

[chemystify]

Thanks for posting this. I own a Rep Fitness kettlebell. How would you rank the Rep Fitness, TRX, KB Kings, and KB USA for handle roughness, handle thickness, and handle width (from least to most)? I've read the Rep Fitness and KB Kings are essentially indistiguishable, but don't know if that's true.

[xagert]

I’d be interested in your views on the Dragon Door kettle bells. At one time, I believe this was considered the top brand.

[JakobPapirov]

Super in-depth video, thanks a bunch!

Have you tried the Eleiko KBs, would you say they are worth the money?