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I've never written a review because I've been pleased with just about everything I've purchased on Amazon and only rated them. The one positive about this item is that it caused me to write my first review. I've had the rack about a week and haven't put it together so I can't comment on the most important aspect of the product. The reason is being is that I opened the package and noticed a smell. I'd read other reviews about the product and how it smelled, but thought it would dissipate. I put it in the garage completely unpacked. After a day my garage smelled like a car fire/chemical spill of some sort and glad I didn't assemble it right a way and leave it in my house. So I took it outside and washed the main parts with dish soap and hot water, letting it dry in the sun. Still haven't got the smell out and I'm beginning to think it is something ingrained in the metal or coating, not just a topical thing. The instructions that were in the package smell and after handling the parts my hands stink after several washings. So instead of a weight rack I have an unassembled, metal stink bomb😡