Weider has a history of making decent fitness equipment for an affordable price. These adjustable dumbbells aren’t decent, they’re awesome! The Weider Powerswitch 100 lb. weight set has outperformed my expectations by far, and I hope to be able to use these as often as I have been for years to come. These are dumbbells adjustable in 5 pound increments starting from 10 pounds and go up to 50 pounds.
Weider Adjustable Dumbbells Review:
My first fear of the weider powerswitch 100 dumbbells after I bought them was of the integrity of the weight-switching mechanism failing. The switching mechanism of the adjustable weight dumbbell has a tendency to fail or be sticky with some sets. But with the Weider set it’s been as smooth and easy to use as it was on day 1. I have recently read some reviews of these same dumbbells saying the mechanism can get a little stiff, but that some all purpose lubricant like WD40 makes them like new again. I have not had to use any WD40 on my set.
I love the grips of these dumbbells. The part-metal-part-rubber grip fits very comfortably in my hand and facilitates the exercises that I do. Often when I’m away from home and use other dumbbells I immediately notice the difference in comfort when holding some traditional dumbbells. Most that I have used have a smaller diameter grip, which, when compared to the Powerswitch’s grip, is much less comfortable for me.
The other thing I love about the Weider Powerswitch adjustable dumbbells is that they come with a nice, heavy, sturdy stand. Not all sets come with a stand included in the price. The stands makes picking up and setting down the dumbbells very easy. The only thing about the stand I don’t like is sometimes when I have the dumbbells loaded all the way to 50 pounds the weights seem a little too snug coming out of the stand unless you lifted them out at a certain angle. After some time using them I got used to this and it’s no longer an annoyance.
Weider Dumbbell Bottom line:
After a year of use and abuse these weider adjustable dumbbells are still in awesome shape- really as good as new. I’m very pleased with them, would buy them again, and recommend them to anyone building a home gym who is limited in the space they have for equipment.