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vinyl or cast iron?

onelilhorangi Posts: 42 Joined: 2002/10/31	2004/01/24, 03:03 PM I want to buy a weight set.. whats the difference between cast iron and vinyl? Should I get 110 Ib weight set or a 100Ib with vinyl? Both are on a 90 day limited warranty... help.
	2004/01/24, 07:32 PM Plastic can tear up. Steel is more common and therefore easier to add to later. The plastic will probably survive the warranty and the steel will last forever. Neither will float. -------------- Living well is the best revenge. Charlie
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2004/01/25, 02:34 PM Go for cast iron. Vinyl while less expensive fills the bar up which means you can add moree weight to a bar using the cast iron, besides cast iron is way cooler LOL. -------------- LIFT HEAVY! BECOME STRONG, LIKE BULL!
ATIGER Posts: 992 Joined: 2003/02/26	2004/01/26, 01:49 PM Cast iron. You also get that nice 'click' sound when you are added the weight
kirby00 Posts: 238 Joined: 2002/11/05	2004/01/26, 07:40 PM cast iron. otherwise the smaller ones might be pink & that's no good.