Pro Power 20kg Cast Dumbbell Set - 4.5 Stars

We have a special today. Sometimes an item is so controversial that the niceties of reviewing etiquette are blown apart. The Pro Power 20kg Cast Dumbbell Set is just such an item . . .

By dexter from bristol (Source)

"quality product, you cant go wrong wiht these."

Review of Review: Oh, Dexter, you naive, incapable-of-writing-eight-words-without-making-three-errors lamb. If only you knew...

By brad from Cleveland

"I would suggest to buy some weight lifting gloves as my fingers got sore with the bar having a rough edge for grip. I purchased the york gloves and everything is fine now even better."

Review of Review: Poor Brad. There must be nothing worse than picking up a heavy weight, only to find it's a bit rough. Still, the York gloves are making things fine, if not even better. No, Brad, I don't think you're a big jessie.

By Malinky from Ayrshire

"I also took the advice of the other reviewer and bought the York leather weighlifting gloves. Essential as the bar is rough metal almost like sandpaper."

Review of Review: And this is why I don't think Brad is a big jessie. There's clearly something wrong with the grips on these weights, something that puts carrying them ungauntleted beyond the power of mortal man.

By KK from leicestershire

"Grip is good but not that rough that you have to have gloves."

Review of Review: Hear that, Brad and Malinky? You big jessies. Now let that be the end of the controversy.

By MARECKI from london

"GOOD PRODUCT, BUT IS ONLY 18.5KG NOT 20KG."

Review of Review: What? What??? But it says 20KG up there. Are you sure?

By ken from merseyside

"whilst these dumbbells are very well made they are in fact under-weight coming in at only 18.6kg including the bars"

Review of Review: Let's imagine the scene. Ken from Merseyside excitedly unpacks his weights. He assembles the dumbbells, checks the heft of them. "Ey, this isn't 20kg!"

"Ey, ey, calm down, calm down," says Ken's common-law wife.

"I will not calm down. Lilo Lil is A TART!" says Ken. "Fetch the scales, we've been had."

By spamula from Annesley Woodhouse

"Not sure what the confusion is from other buyers regarding the weight printed on the box but ours said 20kg's and it contained 20kg."

Review of Review: I don't know, Ken from Merseyside and MARECKI from London, perhaps you should be giving your scales a bad review rather than these blameless dumbbells. You probably did. I can't be bothered to look.

By Ali from Essex

"Hi, bought these dumbbells a few back days and have been using them ever since. Advice: If you are making an in-store reservation, make sure that you are either on a car or have some way or carrying them back as they are obviously heavy."

Review of Review: Good advice, Ali from Essex. If you haven't got transport, you might want to buy lighter weights.