The review on the resistance bands in still pending. But long story short.. they didn’t meet expectations. Ironically they didn’t have resistance and snapped one by one. Can’t pull much. I made some repairs myself yet  was worried over breaking them again and again. So had to compromise my efforts in terms of workout which i wasn’t okay with. Thought of getting a 15kg dumbbell pair for the workouts I couldn’t rely on the bands. Google and woahh.. they were priced a lot.. roughly 150rs per Kg. Times 30 and it’s 4500 bucks.. wasn’t ready to shell that much. Went to OLX for used ones.. couldn’t find any of my preference. Then came across these babies on the internet. The entire combo was priced at 4500 on ShopClues. That’s 40kgs of combined weights + curl rod + straight bar + other gaja gajas like skipping rope, hand grip strengthener, a carry bag etc. I wondered how all this for the price equivalent to a pair of 15 kg dumbbells. And there was a catch. These weights are made of concrete while the other is pure iron. Now thought the other way.. 4500 for concrete??? 😁 After some thoughts, i went for it. It’s the weight that matters and not what it’s made of. + I get other bars, the dumbbells weights are adjustable based on needs. I can go from 4 Kg and adjust until 20kg per dumbbell. That’s a huge plus. And i get those bars or rods too which add a lot of value. Ordered and it got delivered in a week irrespective of the reduced logistics. Was skeptical about the rods’ quality, but turned out to be of really good quality. Their diameter is less though not giving much comfort. But that was fine. The weight plates were huge in size compared to their iron equivalents. 2kg plates, 3kg plates and 5 kg plates… 4 nos each. 5kg ones were still wet. It’s a PVC container inside which concrete is filled. One of them was broken a bit. Laid them in the terrace for drying. I was skeptical about the other breaking if dropped down with force. So a preventive measure, covered them electrical tapes of varying colours to keep them intact and easily identifiable. Now there are done and it’s been 4 satisfying sessions of weight training after a very long time. Really useful @ home level. Drawback would be the size… but will get used to it. A satisfying and worthy purchase.. now the basics are procured.. i am starting to think of getting all necessary gym stuff one by one. It would be a one time thing hopefully and would just take the same costs for gym and pool. So.. a wise move i feel.