so i really wish my wife had let me spend the extra on an ABC bar right now. i ordered a 600kg muscle motion bar from gymandfitness after markos' recommendation. they came back and said they were out of stock but they offered me one of
these garage gym bars mentioned by the OP for under $300 delivered to perth instead of the $449 + shipping listed on their site. they promised it was much better and stronger than the MM bar. it arrived yesterday and here is what the knurling is like on each side...
just a slight lack of consistency... ive emailed the dude at gymandfitness so we'll see what comes of it. they didnt package it very well either so the bar slide out of the tube during shipping and its got a couple of dings in one end.