I purchased the Marcy SB-410 for my 18 year old godson and his 18 and 19 year old friends. I've been coaching them with weightlifting for years. They needed a tougher exercise for their abs, but we didn't have a lot of room in our home gym. The Marcy bench was perfect. It took only 10 minutes to put together, it's light weight so you can move it out of the way. It's also convertable--from an incline crunch board to a stable bench. So, after the boys do their abs, they can stay in place, raise the bench in 2 seconds and do concentration curls from the same spot. It's solid, affordable, arrived in 3 days and I didn't pay for shipping. I couldn't have asked for a better purchase.

I bought the Marcy Ab bench because of its low price tag. First I must say that I was delighted by the quick shipping. It arrived in two days. Secondly, I want to talk about assembly. It wasn't much of a problem at first. I had to tap one of the screw holes in the base because it had been stripped out. Not a real problem. I also had to add a spacer on the "locking knob" that holds the leg pegs on the at the bottom because it too had different threads than the bolt. (It would not tighten even halfway.) After all that the bench was assembled and ready for use. Now I am only 5'8" and it seems to me that the bench part might have done better to be 3 or 4 inches longer, but doing the exercises was good enough to make my abs sore the next day and that is what counts. It is what it is but worth what I paid for it.

This piece is well constructed, sturdy and effective for doing crunches/situps at home.

The instructions are a little bit daunting in that they are basically 2 steps to put the whole thing together. Upper/seat is a little complex to assemble, so don't tighten everything too soon.

I bought this bench for sit ups. It was easy to assemble, and it is a perfectly fine bench. I admit, I was driven to it by the price and Amazon;s free shipping. And very pleased with the results. Sit ups and weights are a breeze.

The bench works very well for simple and angled crunches. It was a bit more difficult to assemble than we expected, taking two competent adults about 45 minutes.