Meteor Straight Bar Cable Attachment

Name: Meteor Straight Bar Cable Attachment
Brand: Amazon
Rating: 4.0 (3 reviews)

A budget straight bar for cable machines and functional trainers, built for two-handed pressing, curling, and pulldown work. The 100mm rubber grips are meant to cut down on hand strain over a session, and the bar’s simplicity makes it a fine low-cost stand-in for lat pulldowns, tricep pushdowns, and cable curls. It’s a no-frills accessory rather than a showpiece — GymRadar owner reviews rate it well on value and performance but flag build quality as the weak point, and the SKU now appears to be discontinued, so treat it as a budget pickup rather than a long-term commercial-grade attachment.

Grip	100mm rubber grips
Availability	Discontinued — no current manufacturer or retailer listing found
Manufacturer	Meteor
Attachment type	Straight bar cable attachment

What is a Cable Attachment?

What cable attachments are

Cable attachments are the handles and bars that clip to a cable machine, functional trainer, or lat/row station to change the exercise — lat bars, triceps ropes, single-D handles, row/close-grip handles, ankle straps, and more. A small set of them turns one cable stack into dozens of movements.

What to look for

A rotating swivel or ball-bearing joint keeps the cable from twisting and lets the handle track your arm; comfortable, durable grips (knurled metal, rubber, or coated nylon) survive heavy use; and a standard carabiner or snap fits most machines. Match the attachment to the exercises you actually train rather than buying a giant kit you won’t use.

How it compares

	Meteor Straight Bar Cable Attachment	Double D Handle Cable Attachment	Yes4All Cable Machine Attachment, Double D Handle	BT-BAR
GymRadar rating	4.0/5	4.0/5	4.0/5	4.0/5
Price
Grip	100mm rubber grips		Textured (diamond-knurl); rubber-grip variant also available
Availability	Discontinued — no current manufacturer or retailer listing found
Manufacturer	Meteor	Bells of Steel		Savage Strength Equipment
Attachment type	Straight bar cable attachment		Double D handle (cable machine)	Biceps/triceps/pull-over cable bar

4.0/5 · 3 GymRadar reviews

Reviews by source

Expert

4.0/5

3 reviews

This budget straight-bar attachment gets modest praise for value and performance from the handful of gym owners who’ve used it, but build quality is its clear weak point — one reviewer likened it to a “Temu type bar” and another reported fraying rubber ends after commercial-level use. It’s now discontinued, and coverage is thin: three GymRadar owner reviews (4.0/5 average) are the only independent signal found — no manufacturer page, video review, or community discussion turned up. It’s workable for light, occasional home-gym use, but anyone wanting a bar attachment with better proven durability should look at an established option like the REP Fitness Multi-Grip Curl Bar.

+Value: "pretty good attachment and it does the job well" for the price (GymRadar owner review)
+Performance: handles tricep pushdowns and cable curls well (GymRadar owner review)
+Versatility: 100mm rubber grips suit a range of two-handed cable exercises (manufacturer description)

−Build quality: lowest-rated dimension on GymRadar (2.67/5 vs 4.67/5 for performance and value)
−Durability: rubber grip ends frayed rapidly under heavy commercial-gym use (GymRadar owner review)
−Functionality: lacks the end range of motion a rope attachment gives for facepulls and overhead extensions (GymRadar owner review)
−Availability: discontinued, with no live manufacturer or retailer listing found