Keppi Weight Bench 5000 Review: The Cheapest FID Adjustable Bench...Quality or Hype?
Introduction
This is the Keppi Weight Bench 5000. You may have seen this over the last year popping up on YouTube and Amazon, and I can personally see why it’s frequently inquired about as being a viable maximal functionality for minimal price home gym adjustable bench option. It’s a FID bench, meaning it does flat, incline, and decline with an included adjustable leg roller holder attachment. On top of that, it’s a zero-gap bench, not the trademarked technology just the terminology, meaning it can eliminate any pad gap between the seat and back pads since the seat is adjustable front to back on roller bearing track. It also boasts a 1600LB weight capacity, 10 different back angles, 6 seat angles, and best of all it only costs around $300, or even less when on sale, including the free shipping. Let’s check it out!
Hey guys this is Michael with the Jungle Gym Reviews. Today we are reviewing the KEPPI Weight Bench 5000. This is very intriguing adjustable weight bench that essentially takes some of the best ideas and features from a couple different benches on the market and combines them together for a really affordable price.
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Price
Ok so I have seen this bench asked about on Reddit, to my email, in the home gym Facebook group, on YouTube, you name it. Reason being – it is a FID bench, meaning it does flat, incline, and decline, and it can typically be purchased at $300, or less if you get it on sale. For that price, it’s almost seems to good to be true considering benches in a very similar $200-300 price range usually are only incline adjustable benches, and don’t have a lot of the quality of life or additional features this one offers.
Zero/Adjustable Pad Gap
Speaking of those features, besides the FID functionality, the other primary feature in my opinion is the zero seat gap meaning that you can adjust the seat forward and backwards with a pop pin because it has roller bearings built into it underneath, so you can eliminate the pad gap between the seat and back pads. For most people, the pad gap isn’t typically an issue or is just a normal part of having an adjustable bench, but once you have a bench that has this ability to close the pad gap, I will say it’s really nice feature to have.
I used to have two of the REP AB5000 benches which are the original Zero-gap bench, but now it’s replaced by REP’s newer version in the Blackwing. One thing I have learned from using these Zero gap benches is that especially when doing flat bench, it is nice to quickly remove the gap so then you have essentially a big, long continuous pad and you don’t have to be as conscious about setting up for whatever pressing movement you are doing and where your torso is positioned. You just hop right on to your super long flat bench and go. The zero gap is also nice when you want to do any decline movements you also have that long continuous surface that your shoulder blades or something can’t get stuck in the gap.
Adjustment Angles
Other than the ability to adjust and eliminate the pad gap, this bench offers a ton of adjustments for back and seat pad angles themselves. Most benches only typically only offer increments in every 15 degrees or so, but this bench can go from -30 in decline mode all the way to 90 degrees in incline mode, and in only 10 degree increments. So that’s 13 different angle settings to those from which is really cool and gives you just a little more variety to fit that to your training. For me personally, I like having the higher angle decline options for sit-ups. Also for things like bench pressing or shoulder pressing, the 10 degree increments allow you to get utilize angles you usually don’t have access to in order to either add versatility or just to help you find which ones work best for you.
Included Attachments
So besides the bench itself, as I mentioned it does come with the decline leg roller/leg holder attachment, and the attachment is adjustable to allow you to change the foot holder pad position to accommodate the users individual height. My AB5000 that I owned in the past did allow me to adjust the leg roller attachment, but required removal and retightening of bolts to do so. This one just had a threaded plastic knob so you can tighten and loosen it on the go. I was skeptical it might come loose while using it but after a few months have had no issues and have not even had to retighten it once. Besides that it also comes with a little prop insert that you pop into the tube attachment slot, where the decline leg roller attachment goes. What this does is allows the bench to freely stand to store vertically which is another nice feature that I think every bench should really have these days.
Specifications
One of the main specs for this bench is the whopping 1600LB max weight capacity. Granted this is likely static load just them stacking on weight plates till it breaks, but is likely indicative of a proportionally higher than average, especially for this price range, dynamic loading capacity. So it’s nice to know that 99% of people won’t be able to max out this bench weight wise according to the ratings. The other spec to note is the bench itself weighs approximately 80 LBS. I will say 80LBS for an adjustable bench definitely feels light to me personally, especially coming from a benches that all weigh 110-130 pounds, but this lighter weight is actually a pretty goldilocks feeling in that it is heavy duty enough and sturdy enough to where it never seems unstable, but light enough, despite its decent size and footprint, that it is still very easy to manage, move around, and even store in tight spaces.
Dimensions
Speaking to fitting this in tight spaces, this bench’s footprint is 20.5 inches wide and 68 inches long, so it’s definitely on the longer side compared to similar benches in the category. Some of the other dimensions to note are the bench pad height being 18 inches to the top of the pad while in the flat setting, which is within a pretty typical range for adjustable benches, so it feels just fine.
The dimensions of the seat pad is 17 inches long and tapering evenly from 11.5 inches to 9 inches in width. The back pad is 36 inches long, with the same taper from 11.5 inches to 9 inches at the narrowest. What I think is nice about this, especially for the back pad is that you can slide up or down the bench and “change” the effective width of the pad, especially for flat bench. I don’t know if you would do this often in real life, but it could be an interesting way to utilize different pad widths without just by changing the placement of your torse to the wider or narrower part accordingly.
Functionality
As far as the functionality is concerned, it works really well and overall, just isn’t too much to write home about because it does exactly what a FID bench is intended to do. The added center post while in the flat setting makes flat benching very solid and even in the incline settings there is no noticeable wobble or movement.
The adjustment of the seat is smooth, the seat has a ton of angles to use, and the back pad has a ton of angles to use, so you can dial it in to your specific preferences.
On the topic of angle adjustments, there is actually a built in safety mechanism they add which is another cool bit of functionality. The pop pins for the seat angle and the back pad angle actually also have a thread built into the pop pin handle so that you can effectively lock it in place by screwing the pop pin knob clockwise and then it’s for sure never going anywhere or going to back out. I have owned plenty of pop pin style benches and have never seen or heard of this problem in the real world, but have seen videos and in theory understand a pop pin could somehow be not be fully locked or become disengaged in theory while using it, so this threaded pop pin locking mechanism is a nice touch.
Build Quality/Fit/Finish
So the overall build quality, fit, and finish, is just ok. The bench I received, on day 1 was pretty heavily scuffed and scratched on the frame and the logo and decal stickers were falling off. I personally don’t mind the cosmetic defects or issues, especially in this price range, but other people may be less tolerant when spending a few hundred dollars on any purchase.
The pop pin to my seat was also defective upon arrival but Keppi promptly sent me a replacement within a few days. I am sure if I mentioned the cosmetic damage they would have tried to help or potentially even replace the whole bench, but I didn’t want to go through that hassle.
As I mentioned this bench is lighter than some of the others I have owned and you can tell it’s because they are using a thinner gauge steel than Rogue and Rep or others big name brands respectively, but it is part of the reason they can offer a better price on this type of bench. Side by side to those benches or my XMARK black diamond bench, which is a tank, you can tell this one feels a little cheaper with the overall stability, quality and materials.
The padding is also just ok, it’s not a great vinyl, and it is on the slippery side just due to not having really any sort of texture to it. The padding feel and density also just feels lighter and cheaper than others I have used but doesn’t compromise the integrity of my lifts.
Overall Rating
Functionality: 8
Features/Design: 8
Fit/Finish: 5.5
Value: 8.5
Overall: 7.5
Overall, the Keppi Weight Bench 5000, is really just a good and solid all-around bench for the price. It has plenty of high-end features which are competitive and unique to this price range. However, since it is on the lower end of the adjustable bench price range, you do get some of the lower end fit and finish to go along with it, but when the difference is hundreds of dollars in cost increase, I think that is a worthwhile tradeoff for most people just looking to maximize sheer functionality.
One other thing I forgot to mention, is that Keppi apparently offers a 5 year warranty, which I think is a nice gesture for them to stand behind their product. Although I don’t know the terms of the warranty or if they will still be making this bench in 5 years, again I think it speaks to either good hopeful advertising or the fact they did put together a pretty decent bench here.
One thing found I really like is using this bench for is decline situps, the differenct angles and the leg roller and holder actually feed much better than my REP bench did for some reason, so I really enjoy doing those a couple time a week on here, and it’s very easy to pop on and off that leg roller attachment, to use, and then to store.
Improvements needed
As far as improvements go, the only thing I think they could do without bumping the price significantly would be to improve the padding vinyl surface itself. After having somewhat grippy benches for so long I am not sure I really like this glossy and sometimes slippery feeling vinyl finish they have. One way they could compromise would even be to offer a separate purchase for an upgraded pad texture or even density or different sizes, I think that would be a really cool option.
Second, I think I see what they were going for and while in theory I like the idea of the tapered bench back pad, I personally would rather just have a straight pad same width the whole length. Sometimes I felt like I either had too much or too little of my back on the bench and coupled with the slippery vinyl, could never quite feel like I was in the right or consistent plate for benching every time. It was pretty minor, and I am sure in time I could get used to it, but just my two cents side by side with some more commercial and grippy bench offerings.
Signoff and Q&A
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