Soozier Seated Calf Raise Machine - Adjustable Leg Machine for Home Gym Calf, Waist, Arm Training

Love it. Love love love it. The plate loading is easy. Was simple to put together. I use it every leg day

The media could not be loaded. I was pretty wary about purchasing this. A too-good-to-be-true price, not shipped from a Prime warehouse and typical Chinese quality? A lot could go wrong here.But, I disregarded the poor reviews (as the good reviews implored me to do) and I'm glad I did.I could not build one of these out of steel for the $100 I paid. Maybe out of lumber, but then it'd be huge and cumbersome.And I definitely couldn't do it if I factored in my time.I also couldn't ship the large 45 lb box it came in for $100.Yet, I ordered it on Monday and Aosom had it delivered by Wednesday. How Aosom turns a profit on these is a mystery to me.Box took the brunt of some carrier mishandling, but the product itself was unharmed.Assembled in 30 minutes. No pieces missing, all parts installed. I am a machinist / fabricator / light welder by trade. The welds are typical of cheap mass production. Not pretty, but functional. Unit is powder coated with a gritty flat black.It is completely sturdy enough. Note that the weights are on a 3-4' fulcrum, so you won't be putting hundreds of pounds on this; you won't need to.No modifications or tricks need to be done. I am completely pleased. $100 well spent.

Highly recommend replacing the seat bolt with one that’s graded so you can tighten it down. Many comments note that it’s not the most stabile; this is due to slack in the seat bolt. The one that comes with it will shear if you tighten it down too much (as I learned) went with a 1/2 grade 8 bolt which was slightly too large so I had to bore the hole out for a snug fit. Before snapping your bolt I recommend using that to match properly and it will drastically improve this product

It’s not bad, but it’s not as good as the more expensive ones you can buy. It’s missing a plastic grommet guide that I showed in the pictures where I colored the area that’s missing in green. Not sure if the seller can replace it, but I checked the box to see if it fell loose during transport? And nothing. It’s still usable, but wobbly without that piece and it’s kinda annoying not having it. The only other critique I have is the weight plate holder sleeves? They could’ve used a hex screw to hold them on, but instead they have bar clips at the end of them. So you have to take off the clips to change plates, and the sleeves, which are heavy start to slide off too. I might drill a hole through them to add the screws myself to prevent them from falling off and hitting your feet.But it works, and is adjustable, it’s good for the price you’re paying. Vs others that are over $200 for a similar design.

Great investment

The only way anyone could write a 5 star review on this is if they were paid to do so. Assembly wasnt horrible even though some hardware nuts/bolt were mislabeled any reasonable person could figure it out. Then came securing the two bushings there is so much play and slop when tightend up I got some extra washers and placed them between the frame and the bushings on both sides to take up the play this was under the seat as well as the safety catch. Great I though that will take care of it. Unfortunately even snugged as far as they will go still enough play that the entire unit it wobbly. The cross member that gets mounted on the front to hold the weights also has play where it mounts to the frame. Not enough room there to slip in washers and the steel is too thick to bend to it stays loose. The knee pads are as tight as they can go but they still twist and turn so the pads collapse and the edges dig into your legs with just 90 lbs on the posts. And the entire unit wobbles because of the two loose bushing mounts plus sitting on level ground there is wobble at the base legs dont make even contact with the ground. With 90 lbs on it it feels like the unit is going to collapse under you when using Just absolute junk. I was not expecting commercial quality and i would be satisfied for the money if it wasn't such a death trap. I was going to just toss in the dumpster at this point and eat thee $100 since i have $100 of my time involved already so $200 in the hole. Instead I am going to drink a six pack so i get in the right frame of mind unbolt it all throw it in the box and send back and recoup the purchase price at least. Absolutely the worse purchase ever made.

The machine does what it's supposed to, strengthen your calves. Those customers who say it's wobbly it's because they aren't cranking down on the bolts that go through the bearing/bushing were the seat pivots. If you don't, it will wobble. But the bearing/bushings can be tightened to remove the wobble and will still pivot smoothly. I had to modify a few things to make it work better for me and my clients (I'm a personal trainer) but it's well worth the money spent. Why spend 6x as much for something that does the simple thing of holding some plates and moves in a short range of motion.The box was beat up really bad and was retapped. Somewhere along the line in shipping a part fell out. Not Aosom's fault. I contacted Aosom and Mehran helped me out. I got the part in 5 days! Thanks Mehran :)