Best Overall
TRX All-In-One Home Gym
Key details
- Weight
- 1.7 lb
- Anchors
- Door, beams, trees, posts
- Max Load
- 700 lb
- Warranty
- 1 year
A 700-pound safety rating is the number that settled this one for us. It's twice the rating on the cheaper TRX GO and nearly three times the Bodytorc's 250 pounds, and it covers the whole system rather than just the webbing. For a heavier lifter, or for anyone who likes explosive rows and jump squats, that headroom is the difference between a strap you lean back into and one you treat gently.
What else the extra money buys is a box that covers both places you'll hang it: a door anchor for the apartment and a separate anchor for a tree, pole, or post, so the same strap goes to the park on Saturday. We counted the printed material as a real feature rather than filler. A 65-minute DVD, a 35-page workout guide, and a couple of bonus circuits give a beginner somewhere to start on day one, and that matters more than it sounds if you've never used straps before.
At 1.7 pounds it folds into its mesh bag and disappears into a duffel, which puts it in the same weight class as the TRX GO — the difference between those two is the load ceiling and the programming, not the packing. One practical note: the mesh bag is for carrying rather than protecting, so pack the strap against something soft. Otherwise this is a kit that stays rigged on a door and gets used, which is more than we can say for most home equipment.
Pros
- 700-pound rating, the highest here
- Door and outdoor anchors both included
- Printed DVD, guide, and bonus workouts
- 1.7 pounds with a mesh carry bag
Cons
- Costs more than every other pick here
The kit we keep set up on a door: 700-pound-rated, anchored indoors or out, and packed with a printed program worth following.