My wife and I are rookies with the speed bag. We added this as a part of our workout, and we think it will be fun. This is a very good quality speed bag platform, easy to adjust and very stable.

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I love this speed bag platform. Completely stable - doesn't vibrate at all. The thick hardwood disk provides for amazing bounce and pop. I had a big brand name speed bag on a frame which was worthless due to cheap construction - so I threw it away. Not this one! I love working out on this XMark. Even my son is using it now. Luckily for me, the frame installed directly into the studs, so I didn't have to put plywood on the wall first. I did NOT follow the instruction exactly. I put the frame on the wall first, drilling pilot holes. I used only the delivered hardware and my ratchet wrench (for the wood screws) - 11/16th socket. The instructions say to assemble the entire units then place on the wall. That would have been extremely difficult since this product is very heavy, which is why I installed the frame rails first, then attach the unit. You'll probably need help lifting it and placing it on the rails. I bought the medium size Meister bag from Amazon, which is a perfect match due to it also being such high quality. It really makes my workouts even more fun. I use a boxing timer app on my phone - do 3 min jump rope, 3 min speed bag, 3 min heavy bag for 6 cycles -- Awesome workout! Furthermore, it is visually very appealing. Even my wife thinks it looks very cool due to the clearly high quality hardwood.

This Adjustable Speed Bag Platform is well worth the money. I'm pretty frugal and I could have built a speed bag platform for about $100 but it would NOT have been adjustable and it would NOT have been quiet. I previously bought and returned a cheap platform kit that was very noisy and was not adjustable. Here's the thing about being adjustable: If your platform is NOT adjustable, you have to get the height exactly right upon installation because if it's wrong and uncomfortable, you're going to have to removed the whole platform and put bolts in again. Also, if the platform isn't adjustable and more than one person is going to use the speed bag, the only way you're going to be able to adjust for height differences is to place something on the floor of the EXACT difference. It's just not a workable thing to have a fixed height speed bag platform. Making your own ADJUSTABLE speed bag platform just isn't going to be cost-effective even if you make minimum wage - I couldn't find any easy do-it-yourself ideas for an adjustable platform. As for the quiet, you will appreciate how quiet the XMark Adjustable Platform is. You get enough of the satisfying whapity-wap, whapity-wap sound for feedback while you use it, but because of the heavy steel mounting brackets, the heavy adjusting bolts, and the heavy steel frame, this platform doesn't vibrate at all when you use your speed bag. The only way that this platform with a speed bag will produce noise is if the wall you attach it to flexes. Mine is attached to 2x4s and they flex very little. My neighbors don't hear me hitting the bag. I have a pool table, though, and they hear the click of the balls. And they hear me hitting my wooden dummy and the heavy bag. The heavy bag hangs from 2x4s and the wooden dummy has "arms" and a "leg" that move and make noise when I hit it. But this platform is surprisingly heavy, solid and quiet. The platform comes with everything you need but a bag. It even has hand tools for assembly and installation. All the nuts, bolts, and tools are vacuum sealed to a piece of cardboard and clearly labeled to correspond to the instruction sheet. I put my platform together in order and as shown and it was up very quickly. I did use a level that does not come with the kit. Any old bubble level will work. I would have got this whole thing together and up in 15 or 20 minutes if I had help. I did not, and I put it up alone. It is heavy, so, because I was alone, I assembled it and put a rope over the rafters and around the platform to hold it close to the wall while I leveled it and placed the bolts. I put it into place ONCE and because it is adjustable vertically, I used the adjustments to put the bag at the correct height for me. I have a buddy who is much shorter than I am and I can adjust for him. This is so nicely made I know it's going to last the rest of my life. There is NO REASON to make one yourself, buy a cheaper or more expensive platform. This is the right buy. Can't be better. This would work in a commercial gym, in my opinion.

I just received mine one week ago.So far I am satisfied. The directions were very easy to follow. I did have to do a little improvising. It was designed to be installed on 16" apart studs. The part of the house I put it on was built in 1959 so the studs are 24" apart. I got a 3/4 inch piece of plywood and had it cut to 26×26".I did not use the screws that came with it. Instead I used six 3" phillip head screws and drilled in 3 on each side of the plywood into the studs. Then I used four 3/4 inch phillip head screws and washers to attach the metal brackets to the plywood. It will take 2 people to do this as the whole thing weighs about 45-50 pounds.We used a six foot step ladder and set the equipment on top to help mount it. The platform is solid and sturdy and has great rebound. It doesn't come with a speedbag.I purchased the ADii (small)speedbag from Amazon.So far it works great. The swivel seems to be decent.The knob on it has a way of loosening causing excess noise.So I used the long handled pliers to tightened it. Works well now. The nuts and bolts for the platform and height adjuster are hand tightened. This was my Christmas gift to me! I am well pleased!