Bolt Fitness Revolver Adjustable Dumbbells Review – Quick Changing with a Twist!

Hey guys, this is Michael with the Jungle Gym Reviews. Today we're reviewing one of the newest entries into the ever so competitive adjustable dumbbell space. These are the Bolt Fitness Revolver Adjustable Dumbbells. They go from 8 pounds to 93 pounds in pretty much 3 pound increments and can jump between any weight in just a matter of seconds.

Because all you do is just twist the handle and take it out of the cradle. Today we're going to talk about the specs, durability, some of the comparison to other options. So let's check it out. The handle goes in the cradle, twist the handle, more plates are now engaged. Back in the cradle.

And that's it. These go from 8 pounds. Actually, as you'll see on the handle, it says 8.8, but they list 8 as the lowest. All the way up to 93 is listed on the website.

But there we go. 91.3 is shown here. They adjust in pretty much 3 pound increments overall. So you'll see if we go 91 to 88 to 84.7 to 81.4. And the reason for that I think is because it's all in kilograms.

It's basically the imperial equivalent of that. 3 pound increments is pretty nice. And it's very easy to adjust them.

I just went from the max to the min. The cradle actually is one part of the locking mechanism that holds all of these plates together along with this top little latch here. So each individual plate, CNC machined steel, these are all locked into each other.

And at the very end, the plate locks into the cradle itself. So you have this 34 millimeter diameter aluminum handle. By the way, it's, I would say, lightly knurled or light to medium. The knurl itself is actually super shallow, but it does provide just enough grip.

I would say that's like some solid sandpaper knurling grip. Now there's a little locking mechanism so that it doesn't twist while you're, you know, you can't actually twist it while you're holding it here. But there's the little release that usually indicates to the weights that it's in the cradle. There are two rods, which basically extend and you'll see the hole in the weight plates. So when you twist it, it will engage the next set of weight plates. Just know though, it's very secure, both from the cradle being locked and the plate locking into each other.

They're not really going to go anywhere. And again, the handle itself, you want to do dynamic movements, somehow twisting. You're not going to like lose plates while doing this. Some of the other handle specs besides the 34 millimeter diameter handle is the handle length, which is about five inches of usable length from side to side. I have pretty average size hands.

I have plenty of room on here. The handle itself feels super normal, supernatural. You'll notice there's actually like a little semi circle cutout. And that's how it also achieves the weight increments in between.

You'll see these little half adder semi circle plates here. So basically depending on what the specific weight increment is, that's how it achieves those micro jumps. The problem with that or the thing to notice, even though these are round dumbbells, the weight is not distributed perfectly evenly all the way around. If I have it on eight pounds here, which is just the handle, you actually might even be able to see when I set it on the table, it will probably roll almost off the table. It wants to flip to the heavy side, which is going to be the side with the more weight on it until those half weights are engaged. So that's one thing to know when you put this in your hands, depending on which weight increment you have. So when these half weights are engaged, so I'm going to go to the next one here.

go up to 12 pounds. It's a little more evenly distributed all the way around, but now I would actually say it's a little heavier, biased towards the bottom. This is never going to feel the force distribution like a perfectly round dumbbell, just due to the weight and loading and locking mechanism. But that's the trade-off you get with being able to do these little bit of micro weights. I actually think though that can be a kind of unique thing if you take it out and you want to do something where you want to bias a certain portion of the movement, let's say for flies or bicep curls, I can actually rotate this sideways a little bit. And now I'm getting the weight actually going a little bit down and in rather than just down towards gravity. So depending on if I want to do a fly, again, I can bias the start of the movement or same thing with a bicep curl. I can potentially get a little bit more of a contraction at the bottom because I'm shifting the portion of the movement to be a little more difficult depending on my preferences to each their own. Some people, I know that's one of the big talking points with adjustable dumbbells is like how well balanced do they feel. Again, I think you can use that to your advantage. You cannot adjust this outside of the cradle, by the way.

So let's go all the way to the top weight, 91 pounds. You'll see kind of what the cradle looks like here. Very simple, literally just housing with a little latch on each end to lock in the last plates. Dimensions for the cradle are 20 inches long by nine inches wide. Right now, one of the hot products from a lot of different retailers is custom dumbbell racks. So just know if you do want to put this in one of those configurations, you need something that is least 20 by nine inches. And then as far as the dumbbells themselves, we have a seven and a half inch diameter on the plates by 17.75 inches long. A full set of this 91 pounds is pretty compact. All things considered, especially the plates themselves, they're the right size so that they're not huge. They're not too small and then extending longer. So when you're going heavy, bench crossing, rowing, you don't have any problems with like range of motion. So overall, I think like the packaging of these and the size is very compact and ideal as far as adjustable dumbbells. Now speaking to just how well these work, I've had no problems with these whatsoever. I thought, hey, yeah, I might have issues with the handle sticking or getting stuck, you know, or the plates getting jammed. Not the case at all. If you get really close, you can actually see there's enough tolerance and spacing between all of these.

So they're never going to get completely jammed up against each other. The next thing people always want to ask then is price. Price is 7.95 including free shipping. So honestly, that's actually a pretty affordable price. And part of the reason they can keep the price down is rather than all metal design, they actually have plastic internals, which then the next point is going to be the warranty.

The warranty for these is three years. Now they don't specifically mention drops or any sort of durability. They basically just say normal wear and tear. So I would not recommend dropping these. Probably don't hold up well long term to dropping as long as you don't drop them. Then these should last a long time. No issue.

It is just the one weight increment, just 8 to 93. But they do have a couple of different color options. They have black as shown here. They have a full chrome and two colors that I don't think they've released yet because this is still on the newer end offering from both finish in a red and a blue. Now the chrome will look very familiar to some of you who are pretty well versed and adjustable dumbbells because the chrome is actually pretty much the same thing as the True Lap 8592 G4 adjustable dumbbells. The warranty is the same. The weight increments the same.

The actual cradle handle plate diameter, everything is the same. This is not to knock True Lap. This is not to knock Bolt.

This is just part of the name of the game when it comes to home gym equipment. We have a lot of import products. Maybe there's some small things that I'm missing, but overall the packaging, the warranty, the dimensions, everything is just the same. The price is just the same, but I think the True Laps are actually out of stock.

So Bolt has these. You can get them now and in different colors. So I would just kind of chalk that up to whatever's available and or cheapest depending on sales of the time being for you. Some of the other options are going to be the Snodes AD80s, AD80, which are 80 pound adjustable dumbbells.

Those are all metal, no plastic gears, but those are the same price as these at around $800. Just don't go as heavy by about 10 to 15 pounds. Something else like the Iron Master can go way heavier, is actually cheaper pound for pound than these, but also takes a lot longer because here I just went from eight pounds to 38 pounds and on the Iron Masters I'd still be unscrewing the ends, although the Iron Masters I can throw off a five-story building and they won't break. Some of the other ones I have are Power Blocks.

Power Blocks are the couple of different models, but those are the square dumbbells with the cage. Those will be a lot more durable. Those are just about as quick and you can get replacement parts for them a little easier. They're about the same price, but again because they're square they're not quite as easy to use for dynamic style movements, but kind of like these you can also bias them to a little bit exactly how you want for each movement. Then the last one I can think of that's similar as far as a price range and or capability is the Rep and Pepin Fast Series Dumbbells. You've seen reviews of those on the channel. I still think those are the fastest because it just has a little sliding mechanism.

You pop out, slide down. Those are pretty much made of all metal. Those have, if I'm not mistaken, a lifetime warranty from Rep. Those have shown to be drop tested, but they're about 30 to 40% more expensive than this. So for a 90 pound pair from Rep, I think it's somewhere around $1,100, $1,200. Again, while these are about 800 bucks, my friends, my family, I recommend them actually something like this.

You get all the benefits of being heavy and it feeling like a traditional dumbbell. Price per value for functionality. I think it's a good deal. Just please don't drop these. Don't drop your dumbbells unless you have ones that are designed to and you've already tested those.

So guys, that's it for this review on the Bolt Fitness Revolver Adjustable Dumbbells. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please leave them down below. I'll be happy to answer or at least try. Thanks for tuning into the Jungle Gym Reviews. We'll see you next time. Take it easy. Peace.