Mikolo Power Cage, 2000LB Squat Rack, Dual Pulley Cable Crossover System, Multi-function Free Weight Home Gym Workout Machine with Attachments

I have waited 6 months to write this review, to make sure I could honestly recommend this power cage, and in hopes that it will help others determine if this cage is the right fit for you. I spent a few months agonizing over budget versus need, as we first started with a yard sale light weight cage, that we quickly outgrew. My top consideration was how durable the construction would be, as my son and I lift 5 days a week. Second, I was concerned with the build quality, fit and function. Lastly I was concerned with the cables and quality of included handles. After 6 months of routine usage, I can absolutely recommend this as a good home gym.In the box is the cage, attachments, hardware, and instructions. I put this together with my 14 year old son with no issues. The instructions aren't great, but if you've used a weight cage before the construction is relatively intuitive. I purchased the red/black color option and did have a few scuffs in the paint on the top back cross member. As this faces the wall, and it lives in my gym basement, I didn't find the need to have customer service replace, so I left it as is. I also had one clip for the top cross member arrive bent (see photo), but that was relatively easy to straighten and finish the build. Everything else was great, no dents, chips, or defects. Putting the cage together, everything fit better than expected. I did put all screws in loosely to make sure the alignment was right, then went though and tightened it all down.A few things to note - attachments are good to get you started, however it does not include a v-bar, and the 18" straight bar doesn't rotate for things like standing curls. The safety arms, j hooks, and dip bars all fit into the cage uprights snugly, so no concerns with shifting. The pulleys are much better than expected. The action is smoother than many machines, providing you weight the bar evenly on both sides. I can get away with a small difference, say if you need a 2.5 lb addition on one side, but it will stick with 10 lb difference. The pulleys are independent, which means I can set one up for high pulls and move the other one to the bottom of the upright for low lifts. There is a foot pad on one side, meaning I can turn my bench to face the cage, put the pulley even with the bench and do rows as well. The cage is large enough that a spotter can still get in and spot for squats, but compact enough that it worked well in my basement.As far as operational, due to my limited space to the side, I find that the landmine attachment digs into my rubber mat. Not an issue for me, but if you can't take your landmine further to the side, it may scrape into the floor. The weight holders in the back are ok, however I do not keep more than 60 lbs on each side, with 2 tubes, this is 240 lbs spread between 4 weight pegs. The reason for this is accessibility, since its backed up close to a wall, I find it's easier to have a free standing weight plate holder. I also have not found the need to bolt this into the ground, however we aren't squatting more than 250 lbs, and typically nothing heavier than 180 on either pulley. My son can also jump up to grab the pull up bar, and the cage doesn't budge. I can also either loop bands over the top for pull downs, or around the bottom pegs for resistance. After 6 months of use, I have seen enough stretch in the pulleys to take up the tension by one hole, but I feel that was more design tolerance than stretch. As always, your mileage may vary, especially if you've stacking on heavier weights.Bottom line, for two people lifting at the same time, I like the efficiency this compact cage brings. Yes, if my son is squatting and I'm using the pulley, we will have to take down the olympic bar since the pulley would rub against the j-hook, but that's the only limitation. Otherwise, he and I can set up the pulleys at different heights for different exercises, we have the spotter arms so one of us doesn't always have to drop everything to go spot, and the flexibility allows for me to do 90% of the workouts that I can achieve across multiple machines at the gym. If you were hesitating due to build quality or functionality, I have not had any issues there. I think this is a fantastic versatile cage that helps save space but also allows you to incorporate pulleys and various other lifting outside of your standard cage functionality.

Bang for you buck budget rack, I picked this out of all the amazon and others. I bought the rack with aluminum pulleys for roughly $600 as of spring of 2025. The normal non promo price is $800, if you wait a week or two they are always running this promo and would highly suggest waiting just watch for it.Back to the actual review. Is this not a $3000 Rough rack! But is this the best out of a the under $1000, from what research i did for about a month! Aluminum pulleys all run smooth, i did not try the plastic, but for a $100 on initial purchase vs $200 if you want to upgrade later on they are on there actual website.Assembly, all machining holes were spot on and besides 2 holes with Red over spray drip but no big deal. The instructions are 9 pages and you really need to pay attention to what they are saying in the photos. I was a B level auto tech and I was watching Youtube an assembled this on a Saturday night and it took me over 2 hours to assemble with an adjustable wrench and a 17mm wrench. Could I have done it way faster yes but it was tedious. Also the instructions are in box 2 not 1, that had me confused for a couple minutes.Shipping everything came in with in a week of purchase. Box 2 came and the pulleys came in 7 business days and Box 1 came on the 8th business day which was a Monday. Couple nicks in shipping, to be expected. If you are a welder they are china welds but fully assembled it seems very sturdy and would not be worried at all putting weight on this thing. Again not a all american rack your not going to be Ronnie Colman on this rack but it will get you on the road there 2 years from now.It does have a large footprint in my eyes but its not a wall mounted. As of day 1 I have 0 complaints.

Got the upgraded version with Aluminum pulley and I do not regret it at allArrived in 2 huge boxes + a small one with the Aluminum pulleyFirst impression when opening the boxes is that the quality is great and much better than what I originally had in mind, all pieces were complete and packaged very well..... there were a few scratches here and there but not a big dealBuilding instructions were OK, the rack itself is very sturdy and stable, the pulley system is very smooth especially with the aluminum pulleys..... no need to add any lubricants "yet"The size is very compact and efficientI researched this rack for over a month and had it shortlisted with Major Fitness Drone 1 model but after assembling it I am glad I chose the Mikolo HR05The 1:1 dual pulley system simply multiplies your training weight capacity by 4Worth mentioning that over this month Mikolo customer service answered and are still answering a lot of my questions in a very detailed, quick and professional mannerThe only reason I am taking out a star is that the aluminum pulleys come as extras over the plastic pulleys which come by defaultAlso they send you the aluminum pulley package of the K3 model which has 21 pieces while this HR05 model only needs 18Now after the assembly I ended up with 18 new plastic pulleys and 3 new aluminum pulleys, this is an unnecessary overhead on the price and a hassle to store, would be great if Mikolo just avoids this redundancy