Accurate plates

[StillbornSoul]

Who makes accurate and affordable 45lb iron plates?

I wanted to buy some York legacy plates off rogue, but a pair with shipping is over 300 dollars I believe. The Rogue irons have poor reviews and I'm just not going to bother.

[Domicron]

how accurate do you need them to be? if you want calibrated plates, you're looking at a pretty penny.

your best bet might be to check the used market. get some older plates that have been milled for accuracy maybe, and at least try to put together a set where the plates are all consistent in weight, so they're not uneven, and you can just mark them with the actual weight.

[StillbornSoul]

how accurate do you need them to be? if you want calibrated plates, you're looking at a pretty penny.

your best bet might be to check the used market. get some older plates that have been milled for accuracy maybe, and at least try to put together a set where the plates are all consistent in weight, so they're not uneven, and you can just mark them with the actual weight.

Within a pound. The Rogues were reviewed to be off by as much as almost 2.5 lbs. (47.4lbs) No thanks.

http://www.roguefitness.com/rogue-olympic-plates

[drewsedg]

Just curious, why does accuracy matter to you?

[Stasher1]

If you're not competing, 100% accurate plates are a waste of money, imo. Weigh your current plates and try to pair them up as closely as possible so the bar is balanced.

[Domicron]

the Troy HO plates are 2% accurate +or minus, which means you're looking at plus or minus 1 pound. here they are with a cheap barbell:
http://www.dumbbellbuddy.com/weight_...rade_grey.html

any more and i think you're looking at the much higher range in price.

like i said before: you're probably better off shopping the used market and find a good set of older, used weights.

[StillbornSoul]

Just curious, why does accuracy matter to you?

Because I rather not have to worry about weight distribution imbalance.

[CliveWarren]

Because I rather not have to worry about weight distribution imbalance.

Lot's of workarounds:

1 - weigh your plates when you buy them. This is an option at stores where you can buy a la carte and not in sets. Digital luggage scale and a short loop of rope is very cheap.
2 - weigh the plates in you possession, mark the plate weight with a grease pencil
3 - take your plates above and machine overweight ones to accurate weigh and discard underweight plates. Just hit the backs with an angle grinder?
4 - ignore plate weight differences, just turn around your bar or body on alternate sets
5 - don't worry about it, just lift

[chadsalt]

Because I rather not have to worry about weight distribution imbalance.

Then don't. I lifted with 'junk' for better than a decade, got stronger the whole time and never fell over due to an 'imbalance'.

If you're not competing, 100% accurate plates are a waste of money, imo. Weigh your current plates and try to pair them up as closely as possible so the bar is balanced.

^^ This.

Lot's of workarounds:

1 - weigh your plates when you buy them. This is an option at stores where you can buy a la carte and not in sets. Digital luggage scale and a short loop of rope is very cheap.
2 - weigh the plates in you possession, mark the plate weight with a grease pencil
3 - take your plates above and machine overweight ones to accurate weigh and discard underweight plates. Just hit the backs with an angle grinder?
4 - ignore plate weight differences, just turn around your bar or body on alternate sets
5 - don't worry about it, just lift

^^ And this.

[StillbornSoul]

Problem solved:

Rogue wanted $293.29
Gtech fitness wants only $215.00 for the same plates.

[daniel327]

don't worry about it, just lift

exactly

[1651Naismith]

Who makes accurate and affordable 45lb iron plates?

I wanted to buy some York legacy plates off rogue, but a pair with shipping is over 300 dollars I believe. The Rogue irons have poor reviews and I'm just not going to bother.

Git it done right. Just add a 0 to your budget and go here: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...11&pagenumber=

[davidk131]

adamantbarbell.com/Olympic-Weights/Plates-Wide-Flange

[CanadaBuilder2]

If you want accurate plates but not iron, lots of bumper plates are within 10 to 15 grams of claimed weight.

York also has "calibrated" iron plates, which they claim are within 15 grams too, but they cost more.

I wouldn't worry too much about bar imbalances, just do as others have mentioned above and weigh the plates. I can't weigh my plates right now, so I'm not even going to bother until I get a scale.

[chadsalt]

Git it done right. Just add a 0 to your budget and go here: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...11&pagenumber=

That's what I'm talking about, workout equipment members not afraid to spend the other man's money. LOL

[Sullivan0930]

just lol at not getting a 24hr gym membership, going there late at night and just stealing a plate every other night. just lol

[Domicron]

That's what I'm talking about, workout equipment members not afraid to spend the other man's money. LOL

that's the whole point of this forum, no? to spend vicariously through others?

[Nebamartinez]

That's what I'm talking about, workout equipment members not afraid to spend the other man's money. LOL

^^This^^

[Nebamartinez]

If you're not competing, 100% accurate plates are a waste of money, imo. Weigh your current plates and try to pair them up as closely as possible so the bar is balanced.

My lifting partner brought his calibrated packing scale today so we could weigh my plates... The Ivanko plates were heavier than 45 lbs... Some weighed in at 48.9 HOLY CHIT!!! I knew these suckers were heavy 😋

[chadsalt]

My lifting partner brought his calibrated packing scale today so we could weigh my plates... The Ivanko plates were heavier than 45 lbs... Some weighed in at 48.9 HOLY CHIT!!! I knew these suckers were heavy ��

O or OM? I had three pair of OM, every one of them was 45.3#.

[Nebamartinez]

O or OM? I had three pair of OM, every one of them was 45.3#.

M-series is etched on flat side of weight near hole... I believe that these are OM series after reading the Ivanko archives. I'll still keep them... I have nearly identical pairs ranging from 45.1 to 48.9 ish

I think three plates were 48.x so the 48.9 was paired up with one remaining 46.2 I'll just have to add 2.5 to balance them out some.

What's funny is that my CAP and Hampton weights were very close to the advertised weight... My really cheap Olympic standard weights were all 43.x to 45.x lbs so pretty close to advertised weight.

M-Series 45 lb plates are: 44.8, 45.3, 47.1, 47, 48.5, 48.3, 45.1, 45.1, 46.9, 46.9, 48.9, 46.2

O-series 45 lb plates are: 45.4, 47.3

York 45 lb plates are: 47.3, 44.9

100 lb plates are: 100.7, 100.6, 98

12 various 45 lb olympic plates range from 43.x plus

[drewsedg]

Weighed my Nautilus 45s. My scale isn't accurate enough to read them consistently so I measured each plate like 5 times and looked at the trends. Other than 1 single measurement of 44.6 every measurement was within 45.4 and 45.8 with most plates having several 45.6 or 45.8 measurements. These are old and chipped with rust spots so maybe they have slowly dissolved away to a mostly even weight.

[CanadaBuilder2]

A couple things you can do to make it exactly what you want:

1. Machine or shave off or drill holes into, to reduce weight.
2. Weld something onto, to increase weight. (Or superglue/screw/bolt on then dip or paint on epoxy/rubber.)

I think the adding part is too much work unless you got the plates really cheap.

What I would probably do is make sure all my change plates and all plates smaller than the 45s as accurate as I can. Most commercial fractional plates are accurate enough.

[Cleveland33]

Because I rather not have to worry about weight distribution imbalance.

are you a competitive bodybuilder or powerlifter?

If not you are getting mired in the details instead of focusing on the basics

[BenMcLeodNZ]

If anyone is interested I weighed my Hammer Strength rubberized (3 hole EZ grip) 20kg plates and consistently got 19.9kgs. Of course my scales aren't calibrated. But I think if you use the same brand/model of plates they are more likely to balance because they use the same mold.
For training it doesn't matter, but it always adds a shadow of doubt to your personal bests especially when hitting milestones like the 300 club etc.