Topic: How long is IWF certified equipment certified for?

[Roger Sadecki]

Joe, I don't know what you mean by "standards". I suspect you are talking about the contract between the company and IWF. I was talking about specs in the rule book. I'm guessing the fee now at $100,000 a quad. Don't know when it began probably decades ago. The company gets publicity from IWF and IWF events and get to donate to smaller countries. But when smaller countries get their feet on the ground they will hopefully make replacements with the same brand kinda like what the big pharmaceuticals are doing.

Chris, the York difference between a certified set and an uncertified/training set was less than 5%. Not much of a price to pay for getting something you know the exact weight of. We have in our gym a BFS 10 lb bumper that weighs 9.2 lbs!

[Joe Roark]

Joe, I don't know what you mean by "standards". I suspect you are talking about the contract between the company and IWF. I was talking about specs in the rule book. I'm guessing the fee now at $100,000 a quad. Don't know when it began probably decades ago. The company gets publicity from IWF and IWF events and get to donate to smaller countries. But when smaller countries get their feet on the ground they will hopefully make replacements with the same brand kinda like what the big pharmaceuticals are doing.

Chris, the York difference between a certified set and an uncertified/training set was less than 5%. Not much of a price to pay for getting something you know the exact weight of. We have in our gym a BFS 10 lb bumper that weighs 9.2 lbs!

Roger,
What I meant was that the barbell company spends a large amount of money to meet the technical specs, and having met those specs they have the honor of paying $100,000 plus giving away some more sets?

How many sets would they have to sell to simply recover the $100,000 plus donated sets? Terrible system in my opinion.

[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]

Roger, yes, I am not dissatisfied with my Eleiko set. I bought it in 1990 and it has had very heavy use. The bar is still as good as new, aside from a little rust discoloration that isn't bad. And, the bumpers are mostly still in good shape (blues and reds are steadily falling apart now).

I just mean that Eleiko training sets are probably just as nice and accurate, and I could have saved some money. I wasn't running competitions until recently, so I didn't really need the certification until now, and now, the certification is no good anymore. So, I guess I should have bought a training set. No big deal.

Thanks for the information.