I’ve been eyeing this bar for a long time. Before it had the chrome sleeves, but they changed to the cerakote. It looks awesome, maybe a little too awesome to where you don’t want to mess up the finish. I love the bar and functionally, it’s perfect, but if you’re neurotic like me, just expect the sleeves to get scuffed up. If this is something that will bother you a lot, maybe look at the ohio bar with chrome sleeves instead. otherwise, I love it. a dream come true to be able to lift at home.

The bar looks great and is very well built. The detailing is crisp and looks good. The stainless steel and knurling provide great grip even with the cerakote coating. The cerakote will help provide maximum corrosion resistance. I just wish that I could have opted to add stainless steel sleeves instead of the matte black. The matte black looks very cool but it scratches the first time I slid a bumper plate on. It is just going to show all the scratches where as stainless would last longer and not show as much wear. Overall though great bar.

Favorite bar…ever the feel, whip, aesthetic…all of it

I do love this bar. It took a while to grow on me, partially because I did quite a few movements where my hand would have been inside the knurl, and the spin is literally the worst of any Rogue bar I've had by far (so it's not great for Oly movements, as advertised). What it is great for though is pulling (duh) and, as it turns out, every other powerlifting movement I do. I find myself reaching for it over my stainless OPB for a variety of reasons: 1. On pulls, even though I prefer the OPB knurl (mostly because of the cerakote), the diameter of this is better - and I often use straps anyway. 2. On bench/press - my OHP grip is now the same as my bench grip which has my index fingers exactly where this knurl starts, so lining it up is easier and more comfortable. 3. On Squats - I've switch to high bar and I've found the slightly smaller diameter feels more comfortable and stays more secure in my musculature. Additionally, again, my grip is exactly where the knurl starts so it's easier to line up. 4. The warnings about the sleeves getting ruined quickly has been a total non issue for me. The sleeves look 95% as good as when I bought this thing, which is true for my other bars' sleeves. If I'm really looking, I can find scratches in the coating, but I rarely notice. All that said, it's not perfect. I really wish: 1. The center knurl had more bite. Passive is a complete understatement. If this had the same knurl as the Ohio bar as a center knurl it would still be fine on front squats and be easier to feel on back squats. 2. The shaft were just stainless steel with no logos. Sorry. The logos are distracting. I don't want stickers on my barbell. And the cerakote just dulls what would the perfect in between knurl (Ohio and OPB) 3. The sleeves had the same spin as the Ohio Bar. It's supposed to be a hybrid bar but it's really built for slow movements. Again, the spin on this thing is really subpar. Which is fine, and even good, for powerlifts, but makes power snatching and power cleaning (things I wanted to do with it) not worth it. I do think it's worth taking a star off for the above. As plenty of others have said, it makes no sense to cover SS with Cerakote, therefore making consumers pay SS costs with the inferior feel of Cerakote just so you can stick some ugly logos on there.

Been using pretty much everyday for the past month. Mostly squats and power cleans: bar has good feel, easy spin - but not over the top, perfect stipling (grippy, but doesn't rip your hands) Overall this is perfect for my needs.

Best products on the market. Quality is top notch!

I bought the Chan Bar about a year ago and I absolutely love everything about it, and it looks great (I have the black sleeves). All Bars are not created equal and once you use this bar you won't want to lift with anything else.

I have been using this barbell for about 5 months. I use this barbell primarily for squats and deadlifts. It's a fantastic barbell, but the left and right play of the sleeve is too much. The Rogue barbell's composite bushing has more noise and play compared to the bronze bushing. The difference is evident when using Ohio Power bar's bronze bushings. Whip, grip, and knurling gap are all satisfactory.