Major Fitness Barbell Collars | Olympic Barbell Clamps

Name: Major Fitness Barbell Collars | Olympic Barbell Clamps
Brand: Major Fitness
Rating: 3.44 (3 reviews)

Major Fitness’s barbell collars are a budget pair of Olympic clamps built to fit any standard 2” barbell sleeve and hold plates in place without the coil-spring design of older-style collars. Each pair is molded from high-quality nylon via a casting process the manufacturer describes as “virtually indestructible,” and they come in black, red, pink, or blue. Independent owner feedback (GymRadar, n=3) is mixed: reviewers call them usable for bench and squat and a reasonable buy for the price, but flag clamping force as unremarkable next to name-brand collars and note the plastic locking tab as a single point of failure once it wears out – a common weakness among unbranded nylon collars generally, not something distinctive to this SKU. Major Fitness backs the collars with free shipping, a 35-day money-back guarantee, and a 1-year warranty.

Colors	Black, Red, Pink, Blue
Material	High-quality nylon (cast construction)
Quantity	Sold in pairs
Warranty	1 year
Manufacturer	Major Fitness
Sleeve diameter	2" Olympic
Locking mechanism	Plastic locking tab (no spring coils)

What is a Collar?

What barbell collars are

Collars (clips) lock the plates onto a barbell’s sleeves so they can’t slide or rattle off — a safety essential, especially for pressing and Olympic lifts. The common types: cheap spring clips, quick lock-jaw / quick-release collars (the everyday favorite — fast and secure), and competition collars (precision-weighted, 2.5 kg each, for calibrated meets).

What to look for

A secure clamp that won’t creep under drops or high reps, quick on-and-off operation, and a fit for your bar’s sleeve diameter (standard Olympic is 50 mm). For most home gyms, a pair of lock-jaw-style collars is the right balance of speed, grip, and price.

How it compares

	Major Fitness Barbell Collars \| Olympic Barbell Clamps	Proloc™ 2 Chain Collars	DMoose Barbell Clamps	2" Olympic Speedlock Vintage Collars
GymRadar rating	3.44/5	3.47/5	3.38/5	3.56/5
Price	$31.99	$75.00	$25.00
Colors	Black, Red, Pink, Blue		Multiple color options
Material	High-quality nylon (cast construction)	1.5" thick nylon	Reinforced nylon body with anti-slip TPR rubber lining	Heavy-duty cast iron
Quantity	Sold in pairs		Sold as a pair
Warranty	1 year	2-year manufacturer warranty
Manufacturer	Major Fitness			York Barbell
Sleeve diameter	2" Olympic			2" (50 mm) Olympic
Locking mechanism	Plastic locking tab (no spring coils)	hand-adjustable compression		Wing-nut screw with spin-lock top mechanism

3.4/5 · 3 GymRadar reviews

Reviews by source

Expert

3.44/5

3 reviews

Coverage of these collars is thin – no major outlet’s barbell-collar roundup (Garage Gym Reviews, Garage Gym Power, Fittux, YourWorkoutBook) tests them, so the only independent signal is three GymRadar owner ratings averaging 3.44/5. Value is the closest thing to a standout: reviewers call them an acceptable buy for the price despite unremarkable performance. Build quality is the weakest dimension – one reviewer flags the plastic locking tab as a single point of failure once it breaks, and another describes clamping force as “not great” compared to HG collars, echoing a generic budget-nylon design shared across many unbranded collars rather than anything distinctive to this SKU.

+Functionality: works fine for bench and squat, per one GymRadar owner (GymRadar)
+Value: rated a reasonable buy for the price despite mediocre performance (GymRadar)
+Versatility: fits any standard 2" Olympic barbell sleeve (manufacturer)

−Build quality: "not great quality, not great clamping force" versus HG collars, per one GymRadar owner (GymRadar)
−Durability: the whole collar becomes useless once the plastic locking tab breaks, a failure point a reviewer says is shared with most similar unbranded collars (GymRadar)
−Functionality: not well suited to deadlifts, though usable for bench and squat, per one GymRadar owner (GymRadar)
−Value: no independent editorial outlet (Garage Gym Reviews, Garage Gym Power, Fittux, YourWorkoutBook) has tested this SKU, so the verdict rests on a 3-review sample (knowledge base research)

$31.99

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