Three ways to mount it, and only one that leaves no marks
A pull-up bar is decided by how it attaches, and the three ways it can attach are not variations on a theme — they are three different products with different failure modes. A doorway bar that hooks over the frame uses leverage and body weight to stay put; it leaves no holes, it needs a frame of a stated depth and width, and it marks paint. A telescopic bar that tensions inside the frame relies on friction and is the one that fails outright if the frame is not square. A wall or ceiling mount is the only one that puts no load on the door frame at all, and the only one that needs the substrate checked: the fixings supplied are almost always for solid masonry, and a plasterboard wall needs different ones that the box does not contain. The published user weight is the next figure, and it is worth reading beside the mounting type rather than alone — the same 150 kg claim means something different hanging off a door frame than bolted to concrete. Then the practical dimensions: the door frame range in centimetres for hooked and tensioned bars, the fixing pattern for mounted ones, the bar diameter that decides grip fatigue, and the clearance between bar and wall, which is what stops knuckles being skinned on every rep. Multi-grip frames add neutral and wide positions and add depth with them. We compare mounting, width range, projection, grip positions, grip diameter and max user weight.
Frame to 21 cm deep, 92 cm wide, 9 cm high
A doorway bar that publishes all three frame dimensions it needs — depth, width and height — which is the specification a doorway bar actually lives or dies on.
Best for: A doorway whose architrave has been measured in all three directions
74–97 cm, plates 17 × 9 cm, 250 kg
A telescopic bar with the highest capacity among the telescopic bars here and a stated plate size — 17 × 9 cm — which is the figure that decides how the load is spread against the wall.
Best for: A standard modern doorway where spreading the load matters
Wall mount, 300 kg, multi-grip, fixings supplied
A wall-mounted multi-grip bar with the highest published figure here at 300 kg, supplied with steel screws and plugs, and carrying eyelets for bags, rings and ropes.
Best for: A masonry wall where rings or a bag will hang from the same mount
Depth adjustable 15–43 cm, 5 grip types, 150 kg
The only bar here that adjusts in three directions — the height, the width and the depth from 15 to 43 cm — and the only one to name five distinct grip positions.
Best for: A taller user who needs to hang fully without tucking their legs
69–90 cm, continuously adjustable, 200 kg
A telescopic bar with continuous adjustment rather than fixed steps, across 69 to 90 cm, held by a three-element mount with a threaded lock.
Best for: An opening that falls between the fixed steps other bars offer
70–92 cm, 200 kg static, stainless steel
The only listing on this shelf that says where its bar must not be mounted. It publishes a 70 cm lower limit for narrow older frames and names glass, hollow and tiled frames as unsuitable.
Best for: A solid wooden or brick frame in an older building with narrow doors
60.5–100 cm, 1.5 × 1.5 cm section, 150 kg
A telescopic bar that publishes a section as well as a range: 1.5 × 1.5 cm across an opening of 60.5 to 100 cm, with three padded grip areas.
Best for: An opening whose width falls outside the usual 70–92 cm range
Wall mount, 250 kg, 6 grips, bag mount 150 kg
A wall-mounted bar with six grip positions and two published figures: 250 kg for the bar and 150 kg for the integrated punchbag mount. Fixings are what the wall has to accept.
Best for: A solid masonry wall where a permanent bar is preferable to a doorway one
Free-standing, 10 height steps, 150 kg
A free-standing tower rather than a mounted bar: no doorway and no wall, ten published height steps, and an H-shaped base with four non-slip feet.
Best for: A rented flat where nothing can be drilled and no doorway is suitable
Only the specifications at least four models out of five state. A column that is more empty than full compares nothing.
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Specifications: manufacturer sheets and Amazon product pages. Prices and availability: Keepa. No product on this site has been physically tested.
Most recent revision in this category: September 20, 2026.
