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 nice looking, good quality June 20, 2007
Smeggy (Collingswood NJ)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
i should have gotten the 9.5'' one. i'm about 5' 7" & i got this 8 footer & it's too short for me. it hits my head & i trip on it. i have to swing my arms real wide to use it. i am returning it & using a cheap plastic one i picked up at 5 below. but if you are looking for a nice quality/pretty jump rope this one is good. much nicer looking than those plastic ones. it does get all bent up from being rubberbanded during the shipping so i suggest laying it over something when you first open it up to help straighten it out.
 Need a sturdier rope August 13, 2007
Marco Panajon (Manila, Philippines)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After only 2 months of daily use, the rope detached from the wooden handle. Now I can't even insert it back. Be careful and check the quality of the speed ropes.
Supprisingly intense December 24, 2007
Simon Petrie (West Hollywood, CA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this to get a litte bit of an upper body workout while I got some cardio. Initially, I thought that the jump rope didn't have much weight, but after jumping for a few minutes I changed my mind! It really gives you a good shoulder workout. I do 1-2 mins of rope and then switch off with abs and pushups. I gave it four stars because it gets a little bit tangeled and I can tell that after enough thwacking on the floor, it'll eventually give out. One of the other reviewers said that it lasts a few years, which I think itsn't all that bad. Overall, I really like it.
classic weighted rope, great for cardio August 7, 2006
gman1wine (New York, NY United States)
I've jumped rope for 7+ years for cardio and just purchased my 4th pair of these. I have a a cheap plastic one and a weighted rope (this everlast leather weighted). The plastic one costs only a few dollars that I use if i'm traveling for more than a couple days, and sometimes to mix it up. The weighted rope is a good cardio workout which also tones your upper arm extremely well.
This is my 4th pair because the others have eventually cracked through, which happens when it drops repeatedly against the floor at a bad angle. One of them also just wore out in the center where there's alot of friction with the floor. I tried another plastic handled brand, but that cracked around the same area as well, and even sooner.
This is a classic, and fully recommend. it didn't receive 5 stars only because it needs to be replaced every couple years. but then again so do all the others. Highly recommended.
 hard to jump on August 10, 2007
Cesare Foglia (italo)
The rope has not much weight in which is very difficult to take control over it.
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