So most of us are pretty firmiliar with the concept of home gyms. What I'm building is a bit different. I'm building a "small 1 bedroom apartment gym".
This has some differing challenges. For example, when I looked for a bench press a few months ago, I COULD have spent a few hundred dollars on a really solid built bench with no give. But in a small apartment gym the first and most important question is "where am I going to put this?"
And in my case, I bought a bench press at the end of December, which appears to no longer be on amazon anymore. But I found this one which looks identical just to give you an idea of what I went with. Just imagine this, with no logo printed on it. I swear this company just bought the one I have, and printed their logo on it. Otherwise mine looks exactly the same.
So, you can see how it folds up.
Well now I've got an oppertunity to buy either this machine for $75. Condition is said to be "as new as possible".
Or I could buy this machine for $575. Condition is listed as new.
There's a $500 gap between the two, but it looks like I could put either one under my bed.
Is there any reason I don't get the $75 one? Or is the total gym THAT good, that it justifies an extra $500?
With a bench and adjustable DBs, already have most muscles covered. The biggest gap I see is vertical pulling, and this pulley thing does cover it somewhat, but I'd be wary of any piece of equipment that has way more moving parts than necessary. You can get the same thing out of a pull-up bar with resistance bands, assuming this is something you care about. Alternatively, if you have a place to hang them, you can also get some gymnastic rings. Those would be much more space efficient and gives you access to exercises that are very similar to the pulley thing you're looking at.
But more importantly, I suggest that you figure out what you want to do first before making additional purchases.