Missing Hardware

I bought this about a month ago when I brought it home from Dick‘s I started opening the boxes and going through everything and organizing and realized I am missing hardware the hardware is on backorder 4 to 6 weeks. It is extremely frustrating to buy something and there’s no hardware to put it together. I called Marcy and it sounded like there was an issue with the hardware so they just gave me double of other hardware instead of giving me what I need and they should’ve just waited for the hardware to come in to put it in the box. I went back to Dick‘s to talk to an employee to see if they could help me maybe open a box and take the hardware out I need or call other stores to see if they had the Marcy smith machine to take the hardware out and mail to me but I got the impression that they didn’t want to do it so instead of arguing I just chose to wait for the hardware to be delivered.

Proper Motivation

This system was bought to increase the size and speed of our high school age boy for football. It is a very nice set that has got him motivated to work out. Assembly was not not difficult. Take your time and follow the directions especially on the pulley's and cables.

Outstanding!

I love this smith machine! Great quality and easy build!!

Cable System

Cable system is very confusing to install

I Love This Thing!

I had the 150 stack from Marcypro and loved it! I just felt the need to be able to do a little more and this paid the bill

Great Machine

Still use it at least three times a week, even after six years. The family uses it pretty often too.

Great for home gym

Cage System

Love this system. I can target every muscle I wish with this machine. My husband and I were able to assemble this together with ease. The cable part was a little tricky but we figured it out.

Marcy Home Unit

Once the unit was fully assembled, I enjoy using it at home. All the big pieces fit together, perfectly.. the cable system, however, was a little bit challenging. Diagrams were not quite clear as to connecting. Most parts were labeled approximately 98% leaving guesswork on a couple of items.

Family Loves It

Great machine, great price. Very versatile. Only downside is the feel on the peck deck, that's expected on a machine so versatile.

Excellent Machine

I bought this machine to replace my gym membership. I have spent almost 18 months in a gym, working with a professional traniner. This unit provides an opportunity to work every major muscle group. This was relatively easy to assemble, with the cables being the most difficult (just some commen sense needed here). The unit was delivered in 3 packages, allowing two people to carry to the second floor. This fits in a 10 x 10 bedroom with room to use all parts of the machine without restrictions. This has sucessfuly replaced my gym & pt, love this.

Good Product For My Home Gym

The Marcy smith machine is good quality. I gave it 4 stars because the bottom cable does not extend very far. You need to stay close to it in order to use it. Other than that it's a great product.

So Close To A 5

This review is for the Diamand Elite Smith Machine MD-9010G. I received delivery in December 2024. Here’s the brief: I give it 4 stars out of 5, and I’m close to giving it 5. Marcy did a great job, I’m very satisfied. The one I received is well made. It is not commercial grade equipment and Marcy does not advertise it as such. Assembly is a challenge but worth it. The sliding weight post for the pully system could be better even for home use grade, but it’s good enough and easily upgradable if you’re so inclined. The smith machine bearing mechanism is very good for the price. Here’s more detail in case you’re interested: I am so close to giving this rack 5 stars. The sliding weight post for the pully system is not as smooth as it should be and easily could be with the correct material insert. This is the insert that serves as the interface for sliding up and down the chrome plated guide post. There are silicon like pads normally used for this purpose that have much less friction than the plastic installed on this rack. I’ll fix mine very soon. Also, this rack really should have a pull-up bar included. I’ll be adding that too. Those 2 things are all that’s keeping me from giving it 5 stars, not a big deal really and Marcy could easily fix. I understand though it comes down to making business decisions on pricing and the market. Assembly is way more than I expected but it’s worth it. I’m really impressed how well Marcy organized it with all the piece parts. No parts were missing and I found only 1 minor error in the instructions that at this point I don’t even remember what it was. Don’t unpack and separate the bolts, nuts and other stuff from the shrink-wrapped cardboard. I almost did that before I noticed the cards are marked to reference numbers in the assembly instructions. The instructions are mostly all exploded view assembly steps, very few words. Reference both manuals provided when assembling. You need to have some minor level of experience in such assembly. If you don’t you can probably still do it, it will take even longer, and then you will have the experience. For those that don’t have much experience, when you’re assembling metal components like this leave the nut and bolt connections loose until all are in place, then go back and tighten everything. Loose is about an 1/8” gap relative to snug and you may need to go back and open the gap up more on specific bolts if you find some parts are not aligning. It took me over a day to assemble. Assembly could be made easier if it were shipped in more preassembled pieces but that would make shipping more expensive and larger pieces for you to handle to get to where you are setting it up. Like everything it’s a tradeoff. Though assembly is a pain, I think Marcy did the right tradeoffs. As with any new rack you may get, it will take a little time using it to get it setup to for your preferences. For example, I needed a longer chain extension (not included) on the 2 pulley cables for doing chest fly movement. I finally found the right length for me that also works well for hooking the lat bar in the center to both pulleys. I had doubts the lat bar centered between both pulleys would work well, but it does when you get it right. The leg extension/curl could have been designed to be easily removable. That piece of equipment is not something you want to have to deal with when you’re using the bench for other purposes. I’m going to fix mine to make it removable. I think most people would not do that themselves and may find it annoying when using the bench for other movements, and then end up leaving it off and not using it much. There are several ways to make it easily removable. The easiest being to just make a through pin insert design with a flat head and safety clip on the other end, both of low enough profile to avoid too much contact with the inside of the knees when in use. This will require a different bushing insert setup with ID sized to fit the pin insert.

Family Time Well Spent

We got this for Christmas as a family gym. I look forward to many memories and stronger bodies to be built.

Marcy Smith Machine Cage System

This is by the far the best workout equipment ever. The whole family finds something to do on it. You wont be disappointed.