Mikolo Smith Machine, 2200lbs Squat Rack with LAT-Pull Down System & Cable Crossover Machine, Training Equipment with Leg Hold-Down Attachment

Few things. Want to say if you need this seller for anything, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second. They are knowledgeable, helpful, and quick to respond. A pleasure to work with. Only had this smith squat, cable combo thingy for a few weeks. I really like it. Adde Adds a lot of variation to what I could do at home before. Also want to say I’m only 5’7”. This machine is perfect for me. Directions are a bit sketchy, but good enough. Took me 3.5-4 hours to assemble. I trust it. It’s stable, and gets me a smith machine and cable machine. You can do a lot with it, has a good sized footprint. So be aware. If you like to work out at home, and think this would work for you, I’d recommend it. Good value for the money. Great customer service, and that’s rare these days.

Throughout my long assembly process, I told myself I would write a review. For the price of this Smith Machine, it doesn't get anything less than five stars due to the amount of functionality you receive. I felt like every alternate option I looked for (and I searched for weeks) had a compromise somewhere. This is the one that has the most amount of workout options, and that alone is what caused me to purchase.I really like the way the cable racks are designed for the plates. Other machines I looked at only used one bar for the cable racks and I knew over time that the uneven pressure would cause issues with sliding/squeaking.The actual Smith bar itself is incredibly smooth and feels very high quality. I can tell while I'm bench pressing that the cage isn't quite as large as one you would use in a gym, but those are several thousands of dollars and typically only have the Smith bar.Lastly, and this is what stood out to me the most, was the quality of everything. You have to be careful with the instructions because it's mostly visual without explanation, and it could be easy to mix-up the lines if you aren't focused. However, every single item was accounted for and nothing had so much as a scratch. The metal components feel extremely solid, and I love that small plates are used at connection points to protect from buckling. The packages for the screws, bolts, etc. were very well organized as well with the item names affixed below each set which helped immensely. My recommendation for assembly is to grab a marker, and each time you start a new page do a quick inventory of everything you'll need for that page and mark it off and set it aside before working on that portion. I did not take all of the nuts & bolts out at once and instead only took out the pieces when I needed them. Lastly, you'll want to use a socket and impact drill as it will save you A LOT of time and effort.Aside from the miniscule compromises like the metal rings that you use to stack your weights and the weight holders being plastic in certain areas, you just can't beat this Smith Machine for the price. I'm honestly shocked it's not at least $1,500 for the base M4. If the two things I mentioned bother you, you can just go buy a pack of weight rings for $20 to replace the basic ones that this comes with.

I have a few complaints, but want to be clear up front: THIS MACHINE IS EXCELLENT. I AM VERY PLEASED.My first review was very low because the packaging for shipping is inadequate. All the pieces will arrive scratched and paint chipped off which bothers me very much. One piece (a pully) was completely snapped off. This was not FedEx because the box was in perfect condition, but all the stuff inside was rattling all over dinging each other up.That said, they replaced the broken piece and also a missing piece. The shipping took a couple weeks, but they eventually got it to me. Those replacement pieces were packaged perfectly and are actually the only pieces on the entire thing that are not scratched up.Either way, it is all put together now and it works AWESOME! This is a very good and sturdy machine. I am very happy with it. Their customer service was absolutely perfect. They fixed all my issues, so I am very happy.As for the functionality of the machine, there are a few minor things that were poor design choices, such as the weights smashing into each other on the rack. If you load up your weights onto one of the pullies, for example, and have weights on the storage part (on the back sides) then use the pully, the weights smash into the top storage (unless you have tiny weights stored I guess). So that was a poor design choice having it slope towards the top. Very annoying.Also, if you have weights on either pully system and then go do to a smith-machine workout that goes low down (like a squat or dead lift) then they smash into the weights on the pully. This sucks a lot because you cant do any workout that alternates between pully and smith, you gota constantly unload the weights which is a huge pain.Those are just minor complaints though. I want it to be clear that I LOVE this machine. Minor complaints but the rest is awesome. The smith machine is SUPER smooth and stable. It has a TINY tiny bit of "wobble" (seriously TINY bit, barely noticeable), but I actually like it because it makes it feel a tad bit more like a free barbell so you get a bit of stabilizer muscle work. I think it's the perfect setup.As for putting it together, I did it 100% by myself and it took like 8 hours across a couple days. Maybe 10 hours. The instructions are flawless. Excellent excellent instructions. They are written in perfectly clear english and the steps are very simple. They also package the bolts and everything BY THE STEP! So it says "STEP 1" and all those bolts are packaged in their own "STEP 1" package. Setup took a long time because it's a big machine but they really did a perfect job at making it easy with no errors in the manual.Every time I THOUGHT there was an error, it turned out the piece was just hiding in a spot I didn't expect. For example, step 9 had two screw/bolt packages which I didnt realize at first so I thought I was missing some bolts, but I eventually found them.Also, do NOT take the plastic bag off any part until you are at that step. Otherwise you will not know which letter corresponds to that part. Take it all out of the boxes, but leave the labeled plastic on it until you are ready for that part. Including mixed-bag parts (bags with like 5 or 6 different parts in them).All in all... Highly recommend.