Hampton Deep Dish Weight Plates

Name: Hampton Deep Dish Weight Plates
Brand: Hampton
Rating: 4.22 (3 reviews)

The Hampton Deep Dish Weight Plates are a discontinued cast-iron Olympic plate line with a 2” (50mm) standard bore, from the era before Hampton’s current urethane- and rubber-encased grip plates. Hampton no longer manufactures them – both GymRadar and r/homegym owners consistently describe them as out of production and genuinely hard to find, sourced almost entirely on the used market today. Owners rate them a notch below premium vintage iron like York or Ivanko but ahead of typical off-brand plates, and the r/homegym community treats a matching Hampton Deep Dish set as a worthwhile, sought-after pickup when one turns up. Reported wear is mostly cosmetic (paint/coating chipping on heavily used sets), and while most owners call them accurate to their stated weight, at least one buyer found real plate-to-plate weight variance on a used set. Because production has ended, condition and accuracy on any given secondhand set can vary from example to example.

Buying guide

Best Weight Plates for Your Home Gym — July 2026 Bumper Plates or Iron Plates? How to Pick Your First Set — July 2026 Do You Need Calibrated or Competition Plates? — July 2026 How Much Do Weight Plates Cost Per Pound? — July 2026 What Weight Set Should a Beginner Buy? — July 2026 Will Dropping Weights Damage Your Floor? — July 2026

Style	Deep dish (recessed-rim) cast iron plate
Material	Cast iron
Sleeve size	2" (50mm) Olympic standard bore
Availability	Discontinued -- no longer manufactured; secondhand market only
Manufacturer	Hampton Fitness
Condition note	Weight accuracy and coating condition vary by secondhand example; owners report cosmetic paint/coating chipping as the main wear over time

What is a Weight Plate?

What weight plates are

Weight plates load your barbell — but “plate” covers two very different tools. Bumper plates are rubber discs around a steel hub, all the same ~450mm diameter, built to be dropped from overhead without damaging your floor or bar; they’re the default for Olympic lifting and CrossFit. Iron/steel plates are denser and thinner per pound, cheaper, and quieter to load, but most aren’t made to be dropped — better for slow, controlled powerlifting-style work.

What actually matters

Bumper vs. iron. Buy bumpers if the bar might hit the floor; iron (or rubber-coated iron) for controlled lifts and compact loading.
Weight tolerance. How far a plate strays from its stated weight (±1% is tight, ±3% loose). It barely matters for general training but adds up if you chase a specific total — which is why serious lifters add small change / fractional plates.
Collar fit & bounce. The center hole should fit your bar’s sleeve snugly; rubber durometer (around 88 Shore A) controls how “dead” a dropped plate lands.
Coating & set composition. Virgin rubber holds up and smells less than recycled crumb rubber; plan a starting set (usually a pair each of 45/25/10/5 lb plus change plates) around the lifts you actually do.

Who it’s for

Every barbell gym needs plates. Most home lifters should start with a bumper set, then add iron, change, or specialty plates as a second purchase once they know what their training is missing.

How it compares

	Hampton Deep Dish Weight Plates	Superior Vintage Weight Plates	REP® Black Bumper Plates	Fringe Sport Shuriken Fractional Plates
GymRadar rating	4.22/5	4.22/5	4.23/5	4.21/5
Price			$69.99
Style	Deep dish (recessed-rim) cast iron plate
Material	Cast iron		virgin rubber	Laser-cut steel
Sleeve size	2" (50mm) Olympic standard bore
Availability	Discontinued -- no longer manufactured; secondhand market only			Discontinued -- delisted from manufacturer site as of 2026-07
Manufacturer	Hampton Fitness			FringeSport
Condition note	Weight accuracy and coating condition vary by secondhand example; owners report cosmetic paint/coating chipping as the main wear over time

4.2/5 · 3 GymRadar reviews

Reviews by source

Expert	4.22/5	3 reviews
Reddit	4.5/5	9 reviews

The Hampton Deep Dish Weight Plates are a discontinued 2” Olympic cast-iron plate — Hampton stopped making them years ago, and both GymRadar reviewers and r/homegym owners describe them as a genuine hunt on the used market. The standout dimension is versatility/value: r/homegym regulars rate them a notch below premium vintage York/Ivanko iron but nicer than typical off-brand plates, worth chasing down secondhand and holding up to years of hard use. The weakest dimension is functionality accuracy — GymRadar’s lowest review flagged real weight variance (a “45 lb” plate that scaled at 42-48 lb), even as the other two reviewers called them accurate and durable. Since production has ended, durability is really “how the vintage stock holds up,” and owners report only cosmetic paint chipping after years of use.

+Value: r/homegym consensus places them a step below premium vintage York/Ivanko iron but nicer than most other plates, worth the hunt on the used market (r/homegym)
+Durability: owners report plates holding up to years of heavy use, with only cosmetic paint chipping as the main wear (r/homegym, GymRadar)
+Functionality: two of three GymRadar reviewers call them "pretty accurate to their stated weight" and praise their long-term performance (GymRadar)
+Versatility: standard 2" Olympic center hole works with any Olympic barbell sleeve (GymRadar)

−Functionality: one GymRadar reviewer weighed a set and found real variance — a nominal 48 lb plate actually 42-48 lb across the set (GymRadar)
−Value: discontinued and no longer sold by Hampton — buyers must source secondhand, and r/homegym owners describe them as hard to find at any price (r/homegym)
−Build quality: cosmetic paint/coating chipping is a recurring complaint on well-used sets (GymRadar)