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Customer Review
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 October 2010I am a God
"This item requires self-assembly." A seemingly inconsequential sentence, but one of the few which has the ability to strike sheer terror into me at fifteen paces.
As one of the least practical men in the known universe, I would rather sleep on a bare floor than make my usual ham fisted attempt at putting together, for example, a 'self-assembly' bed (the last time I did foolishly have a go at something like this, I ended up with a kind of non-symmetrical bedroom hut).
So when I decided last week - against all rules of common sense - to buy a fairly simple-looking weight bench (an exercise thingy), little did I imagine that it would arrive in exactly 107 pieces (OK, that's counting every nut and bolt, but 107 is a big, scary number). After picking myself up off the floor, and almost as if to add insult to injury, the exploded illustration of how the accursed thing was supposed to piece together looked like someone had entered the National Confusing Drawing of the Year competition, and had come in a clear and resounding first place.
My first thought, naturally, was to phone a (female) friend and beg her to put it together for me. However, wishing to retain at least some morsel of macho pride, I decided (in a quite heroic way, I thought) to have a go without any aid whatsoever; I reasoned that the whole thing looked pretty sturdy, and at least there was little chance of my breaking anything.
Anyway, to my own utter incredulity, one hour and fifteen minutes later, I had done it: I had succeeded in putting together something that, for once, actually resembled the picture on the box. And I am so glad there is no CCTV in my front room, because I stood there grinning like an idiot to myself. Then I took a photo of the damn thing. Life doesn't get any better than that.
So, in other words, if I can do it, you can. And the finished result is extremely solid and sturdy, and compared to some I've seen in shops (e.g. JJB Sports) this thing verges on the professional in terms of build quality. You won't be disappointed.
