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Original review: Dec. 7, 2016 Tower 200 - I bought this a few years ago as a quick, easy way to get some exercise (as I got lazy sitting at a computer for so long), and it was working great for a while. My fitness level has improved a lot over the past few months, however I started to use it more and more for strength training (I guess you could call it). Unfortunately it seems the cords (bands) have uneven tension.

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I tested each band (orange capped ones), have 3kg tension difference at 1 meter pulled tension on the bands. The grey capped ones are 1.4kg difference at 1 meter pulled tension. The DVD with the kit always goes on about doing the same amount of reps etc with each side so each side of your body (arms and legs etc) get a unilateral & even workout, however with the bands being uneven tension I don't see how that is possible. I didn't find they were uneven until I realised the strength and muscle definition was uneven on both sides, and quite honestly I'm disappointed in the quality of the product. I would suggest if you buy one of these you use the same band to workout on both sides, that way you will get an even workout. The reason for my review: I don't like buying dodgy products, nor do I like recommending them to others, and would rather warn people about products that are not of decent quality, to try and save people money and the aggravation finding out the hard way.

Original review: Aug. 29, 2014 I rarely use my Tower 200 but it was a gift from my wife a year or two ago. On occasion I use it to stay in some modicum of shape.

I was attempting the military press just as shown on the workout guide and the red cord's plastic piece broke. The cord snapped and left a nice welt on my arm, it hurt pretty bad but I'll live. Being that the red cord is the greatest amount of resistance, this apparatus isn't much use to me if I can't use the full weight available. I'd love a replacement cord but can't seem to find a customer service email or telephone number. It's great to sell these products then make yourself unavailable should anything go wrong with them. I'd love for anyone out there that can help to get in contact with me through this site if possible.

Original review: Jan. 10, 2014 I bought the tower 200 summer of 2013. I didn't use hardly until November of 2013. First week in January 2014, the plastic pulley from the black band which is claimed to be 35lbs broke and hit my left calve as I was doing front leg raises.

I did get hurt. I called the 888 # on the website. But it was always busy, always the same thing. I then emailed the email on the site but it said email not valid. I tried 7 times on different days but no luck.

I bought this so I could use for some type of exercise as I am on dialysis. I just wanted exercise.

Now the item is basically useless and I got nothing from their customer service info from their site. Original review: Jan. 17, 2010 Late last year, I purchased the Tower 200 from Body By Jake. I opted for the monthly-auto-pay option. After what seemed like months, the gym arrived. Within a few months, one of the plastic heads on (black) cable snapped and almost broke my foot! I called and after getting transferred around, a rep told me that I had the gym for more than 30 days; so there is no warranty.

But after telling her that the cable almost broke my foot; she said she would send it out. Weeks later I called, and nothing had been shipped.

Finally someone shipped the replacement cable. Emedia Guitar Method Deluxe V5 Torrent. Within a week or two of that, (another) plastic cable end snapped! This time a (red) one, but luckily it broke down the middle and missed my foot. Since then I just stopped using it. Today out of nowhere, I get a letter threatening me that I owe another $93.06 which I already paid for this horrible gym! No one bothered to call me or even email me; they just started sending me threats?!

There is no real Customer Care over at Body By Jake; it's just Call Centers that sometimes have people that know what product they are selling. So I don't have anyone to speak to about this. But I already paid for this worthless, hunk of junk gym and I'm not going to pay some other fees that they just dreamed up!