Homegrown Lifting hyper thin bumper plates

Name: Homegrown Lifting hyper thin bumper plates
Brand: HomeGrown Lifting
Rating: 4.46 (8 reviews)

Homegrown Lifting’s Hyper-Thin 45s are a thinner take on the company’s USA-made crumb-rubber bumper plate, built by popular demand to fit more weight onto a barbell sleeve without giving up bumper-plate durability. At 2.4” thick per plate – noticeably slimmer than a standard 45 lb bumper – they still handle drops well over 600 lb without damaging floors or the plates themselves. They’re made from rubber crumb with a urethane binder, sold only in colored-fleck pairs, and use a 2” press-fit 304 stainless steel collar with a tight 2% weight tolerance.

Homegrown Lifting, a Kentucky-based manufacturer, has built a strong reputation on r/homegym and in independent reviews for value and durability across its broader bumper plate line – reviewers there consistently rate the brand’s materials and construction highly, though they note the thin steel insert common to this style of plate trades away some spin and balance versus premium options, making it better suited to CrossFit-style training and budget setups than serious Olympic lifting.

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Collar	2" press-fit 304 stainless steel
Finish	Colored fleck
Weight	45 lb (pair)
Made in	USA (Nicholasville, Kentucky)
Diameter	17.72"
Material	Rubber crumb with urethane binder
Thickness	2.4" per plate
Manufacturer	Homegrown Lifting
Weight tolerance	2%

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

	Homegrown Lifting hyper thin bumper plates	Color Echo Bumper Plates	EVERYMATE Fractional Micro Weight Plates	HG 2.0 Bumper Plates
GymRadar rating	4.46/5	4.46/5	4.47/5	4.45/5
Price	$99.99	$163.00	$30.99	$58.00
Collar	2" press-fit 304 stainless steel
Finish	Colored fleck
Weight	45 lb (pair)
Made in	USA (Nicholasville, Kentucky)
Diameter	17.72"
Material	Rubber crumb with urethane binder	virgin rubber	steel core with electroplated chrome finish	virgin rubber
Thickness	2.4" per plate
Manufacturer	Homegrown Lifting
Weight tolerance	2%

4.5/5 · 8 GymRadar reviews

Reviews by source

Expert	4.46/5	8 reviews
Reddit	4.5/5	10 reviews
Youtube	4.0/5	2 reviews

A budget crumb-rubber bumper built to save bar space, and the brand’s broader track record backs it up even though independent coverage of this exact 2.4” thin variant is limited. Value is the clear standout — Homegrown Lifting’s USA-made bumpers consistently draw the best price-per-pound comparisons in the category, and GymRadar’s own sample for this specific plate scores it 5.00/5 on value. Versatility is the weakest dimension: the thin steel insert trades away spin and balance on Olympic lifts, so reviewers who cover the wider Homegrown Lifting bumper line steer serious Olympic lifters elsewhere and position this more as a budget/beater plate for CrossFit-style dropping.

+Value: $99.99/pair (~$1.11/lb) undercuts the standard Homegrown Lifting line's already-low ~$1.30-1.50/lb, and GymRadar rates this plate 5.00/5 on value
+Functionality: 2.4" thickness (vs. ~3.6" standard 45s) fits more weight on a barbell sleeve while still bumper-rated to protect floors on drops over 600 lb
+Build quality: 304 stainless steel press-fit collar and rubber-crumb/urethane-binder construction match the brand's broader line, which reviewers rate 9.5-10/10 on material quality
+Durability: the standard Homegrown Lifting bumper line held up to ~150 drops/day over two months with no tearing in one long-term YouTube test, and r/homegym owners report years of use without failure

−Versatility: thin steel center insert hurts spin and balance for Olympic lifts (snatch/clean), per reviewers of the brand's wider bumper line -- not recommended as a primary plate for serious Olympic lifting
−Build quality: GymRadar's own sample scores build quality lowest of its three categories at 3.63/5
−Durability: thinner plates (10/15 lb in the standard line) are flagged as more prone to cracking if dropped alone repeatedly -- a risk that likely carries over to this thinner SKU
−Coverage gap: no independent editorial or YouTube review covers the hyper-thin variant specifically; available third-party reviews are of Homegrown Lifting's standard-width color bumpers

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