Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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After 18 months of waiting and saving my money to buy the Fringe Sport Silver Back dumbbells, I couldn't have been more disappointed. But buried in this bad experience are a few good lessons.

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0:00 Intro
1:43 Why a full set?
4:20 Why the SilverBacks?
5:58 Unboxing
7:30 Rubber bloom
8:08 Rust
9:06 Knurl issues
9:47 The numbers
10:42 Do they work?
11:37 Fixing the bloom
15:54 What did Fringe Sport do?
20:00 New SilverBacks?
21:41 Wrap Up

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