The Perfect Fitness Multi-Gym Elite is an over-the-door pull-up bar rated to 300 lb, with padded neutral, wide and chin-up grips and rubber door bumpers; it also flips to the floor for push-ups, dips and sit-ups. GamerBody, after 30 days, called it the most stable doorway bar it had used and found the bumpers left no marks on the frame, and Chris Pinedo of Lean With Style likewise found it sturdy for pull-ups and kind to the door. Both found it weaker as a floor station: Pinedo said dips have very little range of motion, and GamerBody uses it only for pull-ups. It suits people who mainly want steady pull-ups on a door they care about; anyone wanting a real dip station should look elsewhere.
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Barely moves under a 185 lb user
GamerBody, weighing 185 lb and adding a weighted backpack for progression, said it barely budges and called it the sturdiest doorway bar it had used, ahead of the same maker's Pro and Compact models. The standard grips sit nine inches from the wall, so knuckles no longer brushed the frame as on the Pro, and the extra foam padding stopped sweaty hands slipping. Chris Pinedo of Lean With Style saw the bar flex a little but found it sturdy for neutral, wide-neutral and chin-up grips, and rated it 9 out of 10 as a pull-up bar. GamerBody measured it at 39 inches long and 17 inches deep.
Door bumpers that leave the frame clean
Both reviewers singled out the red rubber door bumpers. GamerBody said its older Pro had marked the door when foam padding fell off, but after a month on the Elite it had seen no new marks or damage. Pinedo, who said earlier bars had left black marks and dents, found this one did not mess up his door, and noted the bumpers are screwed on rather than glued like those on the cheaper version he owned. Assembly took him two attempts because he skipped the directions, but he called it quick and straightforward otherwise, with the tools supplied and a holder for them on the bar.
A pull-up bar first, a floor gym second
The floor modes drew the main complaints. Pinedo found push-ups on the handles steady, but said dips have very little range of motion and gave them about 5 out of 10; sit-ups wedged under the door slipped on his hardwood floor. GamerBody went further, advising against using it for push-ups, dips or sit-ups at all and treating it purely as a pull-up product, though it does hook a resistance-band ankle strap to it for cable-style exercises. GamerBody also noted it is the bulkiest of the three Perfect Fitness bars it owned at about 8 lb, which matters only if it comes down after every session.
Strengths
- +GamerBody called it the most stable doorway bar it has used, even at 185 lb
- +Door bumpers left no marks or dents in either reviewer's door frame
- +Standard grips sit nine inches out from the wall, so hands clear the frame
- +Padded grips in several positions, including neutral, wide and chin-up
- +Assembly tools are included, and assembly is quick once the directions are followed
Watch-outs
- −Dips on the floor have very little range of motion
- −At about 8 lb it is bulky to put up and take down often
- −Sit-up mode slipped on a hardwood floor in Chris Pinedo's test
How it compares
Like the Iron Gym Total Upper Body Workout Bar and the Pullup & Dip Doorway Pull-Up Bar, it hangs over the door without drilling and also works on the floor, but both of its reviewers rated its dips as weak. Its door-width range of 29 to 39 inches and padded neutral, wide and chin-up grips make it an alternative to the ProsourceFit Multi-Grip Pull-Up Bar for buyers who care more about stability and door protection than grip count.
Rating sources
Our 4.6 score is the average of these published ratings. Ratings marked * were derived from the reviewer’s written analysis or video transcript — the publisher didn’t print an explicit numeric score, so we inferred one from their own words. Click through to verify. More about methodology.
