
| Screw-in bar | This bar | |
|---|---|---|
| Goes up without drilling | ✗ | ✓ |
| Comes down without leaving holes | ✗ | ✓ |
| Adjusts to your doorway width | ✗ | ✓ |
| Built-in level for a straight fit | ✗ | ✓ |
| Moves to another doorway in a minute | ✗ | ✓ |
| Holds 330 lb | — | ✓ |
For guidance only, compared with a screw-mounted pull-up bar.
The reason most people never install a pull-up bar is not the pull-ups. It is the drill, the four holes, the wall plugs, and the fact that holes are permanent and apartments are not. This one holds itself in the doorway by pressure: you twist the middle and two arms push out against the frame until it locks. A minute to put up, a minute to take down, nothing left behind. It carries 330 pounds and has a spirit level in the tube so it goes up straight. Mounted high it is a pull-up bar; dropped low it becomes a handle for push-ups and an anchor for crunches. A Déniche find, the kind we like.

No drill, and no holes to explain later.
You hold it in the doorway at the height you want and twist the middle. Two arms push out against the frame until the bar stops moving. That is the whole installation, and it is the reason this one actually goes up instead of staying in the box.
Taking it down is the same thing backwards. It moves to another doorway, or into a cupboard when someone comes over.

The gym you actually go to is the one in the hallway.
Most home training dies at the friction: the bag, the drive, the twenty minutes before anything starts. A bar in a doorway you walk through eleven times a day removes all of it. Three pull-ups on the way past is a set you would never have driven anywhere for.
That is the whole argument for this thing. Not that it replaces a gym, but that it catches the days you were never going to one.

A level in the tube, so it goes up straight.
There is a small spirit level set into the bar and a pair of markers on the arms. Between the two you get it even the first time, and you get it back in the same place every time after that.
It sounds like a small thing. It is the difference between a bar you trust with your whole weight and one you keep glancing at.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Will it fit my doorway?
It adjusts from 28 to 38 inches, which covers most standard door frames. Measure the gap between the two side walls of the frame, not the door itself.
Can I move it to another doorway?
Yes, and that is half the point. Untwist the middle, lift it out, and it locks into another doorway in about a minute. Nothing to unscrew and nothing left behind in the first one.
Will it mark the door frame?
The contact pads are an inch and a half wide and padded, so the pressure spreads rather than digging in. If your frame is wallpapered or freshly painted, slip a sheet of paper under each pad.
How much weight does it hold?
330 pounds. Put your weight on it with your arms straight before your first full pull-up, every time you move it — that is thirty seconds well spent.
What can I do on it besides pull-ups?
Mounted low in the doorway it also works for push-ups, crunches with your feet hooked under, and leg stretches. Same bar, four exercises.
