Evolpow P2D Home Gym Review: What You Need to Know Before You Buy

This isn’t just a power rack. That’s the first thing I want to get across about the Evolpow P2D, because if you look at it quickly you’ll file it next to every other cage on Amazon and move on. It’s a full-body workout machine — rack, cable stack, lat tower, landmine, dip station, and pull-up bar in one footprint. Evolpow sent it to me and asked me to show what it does. Here’s what it does, plus the two things I’d change.

In This Review

• The Short Version
• Commercial Grade Steel and Interior Space
• The Dual Pulley System
• The Arched Pull-Up Bar
• Barbell Work, Safeties, and Storage
• Lower Body and the Ankle Strap
• What Comes in the Box
• Two Things I’d Change
• Who This Is For
• Where to Get It

The Short Version

A 2mm commercial grade steel all-in-one home gym with a 1,200 lb capacity, dual adjustable pulleys, an arched multi-grip pull-up bar, 1-inch attachment holes throughout, dip bars, a landmine attachment, safety arms, plate storage, and a genuinely wide interior. It comes in red or black. The assembly instructions are cramped and the interior cable rests against the safety arm — neither is a performance problem, but you should know about both. It’s a big footprint, so measure first.

Commercial Grade Steel and Interior Space

The frame is 2mm commercial grade steel — not the thinner stuff you find on budget racks that flexes when you rack a heavy bar. All the holes are 1-inch, which is the detail that actually matters long-term: it means you can add third-party attachments down the road instead of being locked into one ecosystem.

The thing I look for first in any rack is interior space. I’m 6’3″ and 270 lbs, and I’ve reviewed racks where I stand inside and immediately feel boxed in. That’s not a nitpick — a tight cage changes how you set up, how you bail, and whether you actually want to train in it. The P2D has a wide footprint and I can stand in the middle of it with real room to move. That alone puts it ahead of a lot of what’s out there for bigger lifters.

Rated capacity is 1,200 lbs, which is more than enough for me and for essentially anyone reading this.

The Dual Pulley System

Two primary pulleys, and you can set them high or low. This is where most of the machine’s versatility lives.

Set high, I run chest presses with the included rubberized handles, standard crossovers, and back crossovers — grab each side, bring it down and across. The tricep pushdown attachment comes in the box, so that station is ready to go. Swap in the included lat pulldown bar and you’ve got a full lat tower.

Set low, it’s bicep curls (and cable curls are underrated — the resistance never lets off through the whole range the way a dumbbell does at the top), rows, side rows, and lateral raises.

Here’s the part I want to highlight, because it’s the thing a lot of all-in-ones get wrong: because the footprint is wide and the build is stable, you can work one side independently. On plenty of cable-equipped cages, single-arm work is awkward or off-balance. On this one I can stand off to one side, do unilateral pushdowns, single-arm presses, whatever I want, and the machine doesn’t complain.

The cable runs up, around the top, and comes back down to the weight horn. It uses 2-inch plate sleeves with covers — and if you’re running 1-inch plates, you can pop those covers off and load directly onto the 1-inch post underneath. Nice touch that saves people from buying new plates.

The Arched Pull-Up Bar

They arched the pull-up bar up and over the top of the frame instead of running it straight across, and for a tall guy that extra height is the difference between a real pull-up and a knee-tuck. I’ve reviewed racks where the bar sits so low I’m essentially doing an awkward hang, and it’s a genuine dealbreaker.

There are multiple grip positions at different angles, and the bar is knurled in several spots — not just in the middle, but out on the side positions too. So wide grip, neutral, close, angled: it’s all there without buying anything extra.

Barbell Work, Safeties, and Storage

Attach the J-hooks and it’s a straightforward barbell rack. I run bench press and incline shoulder press in it without issue, and the safety arms set up where you’d expect them.

Two small things that punch above their weight: there’s a dedicated bar holder built into the frame, and there’s extra weight plate storage right there on the unit. Anybody who’s had barbells and plates scattered across a garage floor knows why that matters — storage on the machine is the difference between a gym and a pile.

Dip bars attach as well, and there’s a landmine attachment on the side for landmine rows and presses. There are also pins in the frame for anchoring resistance bands, so band work is covered.

Lower Body and the Ankle Strap

This is the part people miss when they’re evaluating an all-in-one. Move the pulley to the low position, clip on the included ankle strap, and you’ve got real lower-body cable work: leg kickbacks, glute push-backs, hip work — the posterior chain stuff that’s hard to load at home without machines.

There’s also a foot rest that flips up for seated cable rows, which turns the low pulley into a proper row station rather than something you improvise.

When I say “full body workout machine,” that’s what I mean. Chest, back, shoulders, arms, legs, core — it’s all here.

What Comes in the Box

• Two rubberized grip handles
• Tricep pushdown attachment
• Lat pulldown bar
• Ankle strap
• Dip bars
• J-hooks and safety arms
• Bar holder and weight plate storage
• Landmine attachment
• Resistance band pins
• Flip-up foot rest for rows

Not a bad haul. A lot of racks in this category sell half of that as add-ons.

Two Things I’d Change

I keep my reviews honest and upfront, so here are the two things I’d do differently.

• The interior cable rests against the safety arm. Where the cable comes through, it just sort of sits on the safety arm as it passes. It doesn’t affect performance at all and it hasn’t caused me a single problem — I’d just like a little more separation there for peace of mind on long-term wear.
• The assembly instructions are too cramped. This is my real gripe. They packed too much onto each page: too many arrows, too many things happening at once, and it wasn’t always obvious which part number went where. I got it built without any actual problems, but I had to slow down and squint to confirm part numbers. Two or three extra pages spreading it out would fix this completely.

Worth flagging a third practical point that isn’t a flaw, just reality: this is a large machine. That’s true of any serious rack. Measure your space ahead of time — height included — so you don’t get it half-built and discover you’re in a pickle.

Who This Is For

Buy this if you want one machine that genuinely replaces a gym membership’s worth of stations, you have the floor space, and you want commercial grade steel rather than a rack you’re going to outgrow. The wide interior makes it one of the better options for bigger lifters, and the 1-inch hole pattern means you’re not locked in on attachments.

Skip it if your space is tight or if you only need a simple squat rack — you’d be paying for a cable system you won’t use.

And I’ll say this: the aesthetics got a real upgrade on this generation. It looks tough. That shouldn’t matter, but you’re going to be looking at it every day, and it does.

Where to Get It

You can see the Evolpow P2D on Amazon here: check current pricing, or direct from Evolpow.com, where the code FIZZ gets you 3% off. As an Amazon and Evolpow affiliate I may earn a commission through those links, at no extra cost to you. Evolpow also provided the unit for this review — which is exactly why the assembly instructions criticism stayed in.

Here’s the full walkthrough with every station demonstrated:

For more home gym equipment reviews, weight loss content, and fitness-over-40 training, head over to fizznessshizzness.com. I’m a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach, and I put this stuff through real workouts at 270 lbs before I tell you what I think of it.