I have a long single car garage with my training gear at the end in an approximately 2.5m deep x 3m wide space. I use a full power rack and to be honest it's far from ideal, and mine is only 1.2m deep.
Ideally I'd prefer a half rack. You get used to training outside of the cage and quickly adjust. I compete in IPF where you have to walk out squats from a squat rack anyway, so it's better to get used to squatting freely.
A big factor to consider is plate storage. I had a storage tree that I had to sell because it just wouldn't work in that space. I now keep all my plates on the floor, which is a pain.
The rogue racks allow storage pins, but they use the same single upright so it's not really practical if you are benching.
Some of the IE assault rack style racks have toaster rack attachments as an option, eg the Force USA one Force USA Cross Training Half Rack w/ Attachments
Others, which I think is the better design, have another upright purely for storage, eg
G2 Garage Gym Power Rack (Half Rack) | Aussie Strength Equipment
HD2 Half Rack with Chinup Bar and Spotter Bars | HD2 | Cyberfit Gym Equipment
This is much stronger and inspire a lot more confidence.
You won't be able to kip on the cyberfit/NC fitness style rack as they use angular handles. Rogue is made for that, but it's super tall.
Check out the Force USA crossfit half-rack I linked above. The uprights are spaced away from the wall. The chinup bar is height adjustable. You can get toaster racks to match.
I have the really hard rubber gym flooring tiles and it's fine. EVA jigsaw flooring would be too soft IMO.
http://ausbb.com/workout-equipment/23588-force-usa-cross-fit-style-half-rack.html
I ended up going with a half rack and don't regret it.
See the thread above for more information about what I ended up doing, and why.
I have an S-3, you can't kip on an S-3/2 without having the weight plate storage on either side, you'll pull it over
Any particular reason you didn't go with Rogue or NC fitness?
How far from the back of base is the front edge of the upright? And how thick/tall is the base tubing?
Would you also consider this? I don't know how well it would go as a rack, but it could be great.
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The reason for not going rogue was the price and the features that you get for the price.
The rack I have seems to be exactly the same as the NC fitness rack. A few aussie suppliers seem to be selling the same stock, just with a difference badge stuck on it. I didn't know this at the time and paid a bit more than some other companies were offering it.
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