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Final length at lighter settings, stand design, warranty language and whether production units match the drop-test prototype. The end-of-2026 window is explicitly not guaranteed, and the "end of October" date for the next pre-order round is the brand’s own estimate rather than a commitment. The per-weight pricing trap this entry documented is moot while the round is closed but will return when it reopens, so it is recorded here for that moment: Freak Athlete publishes three pre-order SKUs in its structured data - DEP-ADB-085 at $1,099.99, DEP-ADB-105 at $1,299.99 and DEP-ADB-120 at $1,499.99 - while only the middle figure has rendered in the product page’s visible text and $1,499.99 has rendered nowhere. With a flat $100 deposit regardless of weight, a buyer reserving the 120 LB pair commits against a balance $200 above the figure the page showed them. When the next round opens, get the weight and the balance confirmed in writing before paying.

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This entry's standing rule was that a price must hold across two consecutive daily checks before being recorded, written after a $799.99 figure appeared on Aug 22, 2026 and vanished within 24 hours. That rule is now satisfied: $799.99 rendered on both Sept 16 and Sept 17, and "Price Coming Soon" renders zero times. The price is recorded. One caveat a buyer should know: the structured data on the same page still carries "price": "0.0", so $799.99 is a rendered-DOM figure that REP's own JSON-LD does not corroborate. The practical position is unchanged regardless — the SKU is out of stock, the only control is a notify-me, and REP's ship sentence still renders with the date missing entirely ("estimated to start shipping by ."), so there is no way to tell when one would arrive.

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ChiselFit now states a shipping window where it previously stated none: "Shipping begins Fall 2026 in the order received", with "earliest pre-orders fulfilled first". That is a season, not a date, and no firmer commitment is published. Understand the money structure before ordering: the $1,995.00 figure is not a list price, it is $2,995.00 less a $1,000 discount that is conditional on placing a $500 fully refundable deposit, and the "Remaining Balance Due 2 Weeks Prior to Shipping" — so the balance falls due on ChiselFit's schedule, not yours. In-home professional assembly is a separate $195.00 per unit. Independent reviews still do not exist; nobody outside the company has used the Dynamic Angle Motion mechanism. Also note the page still advertises "we are offering Free Shipping until August 1st", an offer that expired over five weeks ago and is stale copy — do not count on it.

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The $6,999.00 full-price listing sits $500 above the $6,499 implied by the two-payment route ($399 up front plus a $6,100 balance), so which number a buyer pays depends entirely on which path reopens - confirm the all-in figure before committing. The October 2026 balance window is unchanged and has not firmed, stated verbatim in the collapsed Pre-Order Terms modal as "We expect to invite customers to complete their balance payment in October 2026 (the exact timing may be adjusted due to production, inventory, or logistics conditions; the latest official notice will govern)". That sentence renders zero times only because the modal is collapsed, not because it was removed - do not read its absence as a change. No second batch has opened and no date narrowing has appeared. Subscription terms, offline mode, eccentric limits, attachment storage, repair path and what happens if software support ends are all still unstated.

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The $50 deposit buys a stated 10% off the final purchase, worth $200-$440 by bundle, but Speediance publishes no bundle price on the preorder page - the $1,999 to $4,398 figures there are the spend thresholds the discount tiers attach to, not configurations. Accessories and the Gym Nano Standalone setup are excluded from the offer. The page advertises 220 lb smart resistance and five training modes. Anchoring, usable exercises, battery and power needs, app dependence, force accuracy and the eventual list price all remain unstated.

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Whether the late-October window holds, having already moved once from late September, and whether the $500 discount returns. Three reading traps on this page, all verified Oct 1. The compare_at_price is 249999 against a price of 249999 — equal to itself — so the "Sale price" label is not a discount and no sale should be recorded from it. A $1,999.99 string appears on some loads and vanishes on re-read; a targeted DOM hunt found zero visible nodes containing it, and it belongs to a rotating recommendations carousel rather than to this machine, so the old note attributing it to the M4-2.0 Elite is also not something to rely on. A sitewide "FALL SALE: Save Up To $600 | Oct. 1-15" bar is live and is not product-specific. Trolley adjustment, centered cable routing and whether the bench and footplate align cleanly are still unpublished.

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The listed 77-in width is substantial; verify the production footprint, handle path and plate clearance.

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Force USA has stopped calling the C20 sold out rather than telling anyone when it ships. The page reads as straightforwardly in stock now, which is a weaker signal than it looks: the shipping-date field it used to fill is still empty in the source, so there is no published date behind the cleaner presentation. Get a ship date in writing before paying rather than trusting what the page displays, and treat the absence of the old warning as a presentation change rather than evidence the backlog cleared. The add-on tiles remain the other trap on this page: every visible disabled SOLD OUT button belongs to an accessory tile, never to the C20 itself. As of Oct 1 four are sold out, at $849, $249, $199 and $60. Tile counts and prices on this page churn week to week and two tiles have shared a price before, so walk up from any SOLD OUT button to its own container before attributing it to anything. The redesigned 2027-model C10 ($4,699) is retail-exclusive and not sold online, a real constraint if you were planning to order the cheaper sibling instead.

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UNBell told registrants on Jan 28, 2026 that pre-orders would go live "in the next 60-90 days". That window expired in late April 2026, and roughly eight months on the site still offers registration only, with no pre-order path and no published price — so treat any timing UNBell gives as aspirational. The first run is stated as "Limited to 200-400 units total" and "US-only shipping for the initial release", with pre-orders "offered in the order people register", so registration order is likely to matter more than it usually would. Published adjustment range is 5-65 lbs.

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Reviewers flagged a steep price jump versus the source hardware — Snode's own AD85S sells for about €670, while this REP-branded 85-lb version launched at $1,099.99, roughly 64% more for the same weight. Confirm you are paying for a real difference, not just the badge.

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This is a batch-preorder product on a store that is currently closed to orders. Every variant reads unavailable and the next window is October 2026, so there is nothing to put money down on today and no published ship date to plan around. The strapless option is real and now priced: carriages and MagPins alone are $279.00, straps add $80.00 to reach $359.00. Hardware size (5/8" or 1") and length (30" or 43") do not change the price. The 2-inch side hole spacing requirement rules out a lot of racks, and wider spacing costs height adjustability. The 1,000-lb figure is Dialed Motion's own drop test, not third-party verification.

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Fit across forearm sizes, pressure points, whether support changes the intended exercise and final handle weight.

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Do NOT equate this with JD Gym Equipped's "Adjustable Angle Pull-Up Handles" ($420.00, made to order, out of stock but available for pre-order, 7-8 week lead time). Re-checked in full on Sept 17, 2026: that product's complete configurator offers Handle size (1.25" Stationary Handles or 1" Stationary Handles), Mount Type (3x3-1", 3x3-5/8", or pull-up bar mount at +$40.00) and Knurl Pattern (semi or extremely aggressive at +$20.00) — every handle option is stationary, and the words rotating, rotate, rotation, swivel, pivot and articulating each return zero occurrences in the rendered page, the live DOM and the raw HTML. Rotation is the defining feature claimed here, so the two are not the same product and the $420.00 price does not belong to this entry. Clamp security, grip spacing, rotation smoothness, ceiling clearance and crossmember fit all remain unverified.

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Rack space consumed, adjustment speed, minimum and maximum height, pad length and price.

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Two buying facts worth knowing. The $109.00 is for a pair, not a single hold — the page states "Sold as pairs" — so a rack setup using both a jug pair and a sphere pair is two purchases. And availability is variant-deep: the enabled Add to cart you land on reflects the one in-stock combination (5/8" hardware, Kodo Blue), so if you need 1" hardware or the Stealth Mode finish, the jug is currently unavailable to you. The visible "Variant sold out or unavailable" labels are badges on the other radio options, not a statement about the product as a whole, which is the theme ambiguity that blocked the earlier read. Two catalogue facts this entry did not carry: there is now a White Sand colourway alongside Kodo Blue and Stealth Mode, and the sphere hold comes in a 4" size. The separate "Sphere Climbing Hold Rack Attachment" is $109.00 for nine of its ten variants with one at $125.00 (4"/Stealth Mode/1"), and only the two 3"/White Sand variants are in stock. A third series member exists that this entry does not track at all: a Climbing Hold Pinch Block at $45.00, $49.00 or $59.00 by width, all in stock. The brand's own retail name is "Jug Climbing Hold Rack Attachment"; this entry's title comes from the show listing. Texture comfort, spin resistance, hardware fit, clearance and sensible progression for elbows and fingers all remain untested.

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Conversion time, RowErg warranty implications, mount rigidity, floor protection and whether low-ceiling kneeling work is appealing.

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Which of the two dates governs — the 11/27 in the product title or the 11/06 in the preorder notice — matters most if you are ordering the kit alongside in-stock items, because the notice says the whole order waits for the kit. Get the governing date in writing before combining orders. Neither date carries a year, so do not read either as 2026. The purchase restriction this entry reported on Sept 7, 2026 — that kits were "currently reserved for new and existing Get RX'd RX3 Tornado rack owners" — is no longer on the page: that phrase returns zero occurrences in the rendered page, the deep DOM and the raw HTML after full accordion expansion, and the page instead publishes an explicit non-RX3 option, "I am installing this on a non-RX3 rack (No cable)". Two things to check before ordering: replacement cables are included only for RX3 Tornado racks, not for third-party systems, and a rack-model selection is required so Get RXd can match the cable. The Shopify listing displays $0.00 as its headline figure with the kit added as a required option — that is a bundle-shell artifact, not a price. Get RXd's own July 8, 2026 blog post announcing the Tornado X still links to a product URL that 404s. Whether this entry should become the retrofit kit, fold into the pivot-arm set, or stay a separate announced product remains an open naming decision.

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Vesta’s stated hook is a patent-pending variable force system with a knob that switches between a 1:1 and 2:1 pulley ratio - confirm that the switch changes both arms and holds under load. Naming is inconsistent at the source: HomeGymCon’s release list calls it the "VForce Series" while the same site’s vendors page calls it the "Force Series", so expect either name at retail. Starting resistance, cable travel, safety under load and final model pricing all remain unpublished.

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Price per pair, occupied upright space, usable range near the floor and how linking affects the line of pull.

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Starting resistance, depth, belt path, loading access, price and whether the glide feels natural across different body sizes.

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Price, total installed depth, cable interference, trolley feel, stack upgrade path and attachment standards.

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Our only source for this system has stopped listing it. HomeGymCon's new-product-releases page no longer carries an entry for The Oxen and it does not appear on the vendors page, both re-checked verbatim on Sept 9, 2026. Williams Strength has not published a product page for it that we have found, so nothing about this system can be verified today and it has never carried a price. That is not proof it is cancelled, but treat the specification below as a show-floor description that no longer has a live source behind it. Changeover time, carry ergonomics, total weight, storage when disassembled and residential pricing all remain unknown.

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Every one of Sensol's seven listed products is sold out, so there is currently no direct buying path at all. A site-wide banner still directs buyers to retail partner Vesta Fitness to purchase "an in-stock Sensol unit before June 2026" - a deadline that has already passed and has not been updated, which makes the real purchase route unclear. What separates RS02 from RS03, and standard from PRO, is not stated. Hardware resistance range, ongoing software cost, offline use and repairability remain unverified.

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This entry has lost its only live source, which is now the first thing to know about it. HomeGymCon's vendors page — the entry's stored source, and the origin of the claim that M-Plate's microloading is compatible with the REP x PÉPIN FAST Series — was rebuilt by Oct 1, 2026 into a bare booth table with every vendor description removed, and M-Plate is also absent from HomeGymCon's new-product-releases page. So the compatibility claim no longer appears on any approved source. M-Plate's own catalogue was read in full on Oct 1 and contains no REP, PÉPIN or FAST product: all ten products fit NÜOBELL, Snode AD80 or BowFlex 552 only, and the brand's own search returns zero products for "REP", "FAST", "PEPIN" and "microloading". What is confirmed is that the approach is real and shipping for M-Plate's other lines — the product copy describes "custom-formed extensions that fit into the second plate of the dumbbell, creating a more stable magnetic connection" and contrasts that with "flat magnetic add-ons" — so the prototype shown is plausible, just unlaunched and now unsourced. For price expectations when and if a REP-compatible version appears, M-Plate's comparable products run $39.99 for two 1.25 lb plates and $79.99 for four on the NÜOBELL and BowFlex 552, with a 2.5 lb Snode AD80 set at $134.99 (sold out) and racks at $29.99. No 7.5 lb step exists anywhere in the catalogue. Still worth settling before buying, if it ships: what this offers over the 2.5 lb micro-plates REP already includes with the dumbbells, since REP's own product page publishes 2.5 and 5 lb increments as standard. M-Plate is a separate company from REP; the original blurb claimed compatibility with the REP x PÉPIN FAST Series, not a REP partnership. Retention during dynamic reps, cradle clearance, interference with weight selection and final pricing all remain unverified.

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Mounting time, storage, compatibility, resistance curve across positions, arm width, Dialed Motion's production capacity, and — per the founders — whether it ships self-manufactured or through a partner like REP; pricing is still undecided but founders guessed 'right around' $1,000, likely broken into packages by attachment.

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The rack-fit question this entry carried is now answered, and the answer narrows things: Mythic will build for 1" racks only and says it will never offer a 5/8" option, which rules the line out for a large share of home racks before any other consideration. Check your upright hardware size first. There is also no pre-order for the first run, so plan on joining the email list rather than reserving a unit. Note the brand distinguishes Standard J-Cups from Roller J-Cups as separate launch SKUs, where this entry tracks only "J-Cups". Pin security, clearance, UHMW coverage, upright wear and independent verification of the load rating all remain unverified, and no price exists to compare against.

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Two of this entry's open questions are answered. Length: there are two, Standard and Shorty, sold as separate SKUs. Rack compatibility: 1" racks only, with Mythic stating it will focus exclusively on 1" racks and attachments, so a 5/8" option is not planned at all — check your upright hardware size before anything else. There is also no pre-order for the first run, so plan on joining the email list rather than reserving a unit. Installation speed, left/right consistency and proof of the load rating all remain unverified, and no price exists to compare against.

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Hand-size fit, pressure hot spots, free articulation, durability and whether the benefit survives heavier loading.

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Do not infer features from the name. Wait for pad dimensions, angles, weight, storage approval, price and production timing.

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Early 2027 is the brand's own figure and it is a quarter-level estimate rather than a date, published while Mythic says it is still making design changes in response to show feedback — so expect the specification to move before it ships, not just the timing. The brand will build for 1" racks only and says it will not offer 5/8" hardware, which is likely to govern this attachment's bench and rack compatibility too, though Mythic has not said so about this product specifically. Real-world stability on universal mounts, ankle-pad fit, range of motion, storage and the production compatibility list all remain unverified.

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Whether the concentric-only profile suits the buyer's goal — it is self-limiting and safe to failure but gives up eccentric loading. Also: platform stability for heavy pullers, no fold-flat storage, and rack fit — it is sized for a 49-in Monster rack but will not fit if crossmember hardware is already installed. The $1,295.00 figure is the stand-alone configuration. Rogue also lists two rack-mount versions at $1,395.00 — IP0950-58RM for 5/8-inch hardware and IP0950-1.0RM for 1-inch — so confirm which one a quoted price refers to before budgeting.

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This entry no longer has a live source, and that is now the most important thing about it. HomeGymCon's vendors page — the entry's only source, and the only place the phrase "next-generation flywheel resistance training systems" was ever attributed to Freemax — was rebuilt by Oct 1, 2026 into a bare three-column booth table (Vendor / Space / Booth #) with every vendor description stripped out. A check on Oct 1 found no match for "flywheel" anywhere on that page, and Freemax appears nowhere on HomeGymCon's new-product-releases page either. So the claim that Freemax is building flywheel systems is no longer merely unconfirmed by the brand; the third-party text that made the claim has been deleted. The brand side is unchanged and was re-verified the same day against Freemax's full catalogue, which has grown to 40 products: there is still no flywheel product of any kind. The catalogue is weight releasers, loading pins, loop kits, a squat harness, calibrated plate sets, loadable dumbbells and apparel. The single occurrence of "flywheel" across all 40 product descriptions is a compatibility aside in the copy for Core-Saber, a $69.00 knurled aluminium bar: "It works great with resistance bands, flywheels, or cable pulleys." That is a mention of other people's flywheels, not a flywheel product. The earlier framing of this as "two sources disagree" is therefore obsolete — one of the two sources is gone. There is nothing here a buyer can act on, and this entry is now a candidate for retirement rather than continued watching. That call is editorial and has not been made here.

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Our only source for this machine has stopped listing it. HomeGymCon's new-product-releases page no longer carries a "Nolan Machine" entry, it does not appear on the vendors page, and a site search returns "Nothing found." — all re-checked verbatim on Sept 9, 2026. Bulletproof Fitness has never published a product page for it that we have found, so there is currently no live source describing this machine anywhere. That does not prove it is cancelled, but it does mean nothing about it can be verified today and no buyer should plan around it. Setup time, lateral stability, safety stops, rack compatibility and whether the final product is simpler than the concept description all remain unanswered.

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Fold depth, wall requirements, deployed rigidity, safety length and whether attachments can remain installed while folding. Nearly two months on from the show preview there is still no price, no ship window and no catalogue listing, so treat this as a concept Body-Solid showed rather than a product with a release path.

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Upright and hole standards, attachment cross-compatibility, base stability, expansion cost and production timing.