For the purchase of fitness equipment, a large number of friends are blind, can not stand the salesman's bluff, and buy it without considering many factors. Let's take a look at Bian Xiao's tortuous experience in fitness equipment.
Insufficient weight/size
The reporter saw in the cultural mall that there are many kinds of fitness equipment sold here, including dumbbells, skipping ropes, tensioners, fitness circles and skateboards. In a shop called sporting goods, the reporter picked up an adjustable rubber dumbbell of 15 kg and weighed it. It was very light, and the dumbbell piece and the fixing screw had been glued together.
The reporter picked up another electroplated dumbbell with the same weight and took down a 2.3 kg dumbbell piece to weigh. The result is only 1 kg. The reporter measured its size again, and the diameter was only 12 cm, and the thickness was 1.3 cm. A dumbbell with the same size and full weight is about 17cm in diameter and 2cm in thickness.
The weight and size of several other dumbbell pieces are also very small, that is to say, the actual weight of this dumbbell is about half less than the marked weight.
It is common to be underweight when buying fitness equipment, but there is a big gap between weight and addition, especially when buying dumbbells.
For example, the price of electroplating dumbbells with full weight of 30 kg is around 260 yuan, while the price of underweight dumbbells is only 100~ 140 yuan. A businessman who runs sporting goods on Park East Road told reporters that the price of iron has been rising in recent years. In order to save costs, some manufacturers will be short in production.
Moreover, when many people buy and practice dumbbells, their weight requirements are not very precise, as long as they can be used. Therefore, dumbbells that are not heavy enough will get away with it.
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In the investigation, the reporter found that some fitness equipment even has three products. The reporter saw in a shop called Aoqiang Sports and Leisure near Inner Mongolia Normal University that some skipping ropes are packaged with complete information signs, while others are naked, without manufacturer, address, trademark and other information.
In several sporting goods stores in the cultural mall, the reporter also found a variety of fitness equipment such as skipping rope, fitness circle and skateboard. , and there is no manufacturer, address and other information identification, belonging to the three no products.
The reporter asked the shopkeeper why there was no manufacturer, and the shopkeeper said, "The quality is definitely no problem, it is very strong. Besides, can these things work? "
There are security risks.
Many fitness equipment have quality problems, and their service life is short, and there are potential safety hazards, such as loose screws, which are more likely to be dangerous.
Zhang Wei, a student of Inner Mongolia University, told reporters that he likes to use a stretcher to exercise muscles. He once spent 20 yuan to buy a stretcher, without packaging and product information. "Its spring interface is not very strong, and I didn't care at that time.
As a result, once, when I was practicing, a spring suddenly unhooked and hit me right on the wrist. A blood stain immediately appeared on my wrist, which was so painful that Lian Bi couldn't hold on when I was writing. It's a good thing I didn't hit my eye, otherwise I would be blind. "
Poor after-sales service
Sun Qiang, a fitness enthusiast of Inner Mongolia University, said that he bought a 30kg arm stick in a sporting goods store in the Cultural Mall, but after only using it for 1 month, the spring became a little loose and could not return to its previous stiff state.
"If the spring of the arm is loose, the exercise effect will be greatly reduced. I went to the shopkeeper to ask for a replacement, and the shopkeeper refused to replace it because it took too long to buy it. I want to complain, but because I didn't ask the other party for an invoice at that time, I can only admit that I was unlucky. "
It is understood that many sporting goods stores do not provide customers with relevant bills when selling fitness equipment, so they cannot complain about quality problems.