Bells of Steel Soft Glute Bench with Band + Strap Pack review

The Bells of Steel Soft Glute Bench with Band + Strap Pack, SKU GLUTE-BEN-W-BANDS-SET, is a specialty hip-thrust/glute bench sold with a named resistance accessory package. It is a distinct selector offer from GLUTE-BEN, the bench-only option, and from the pack-only choice that does not include a bench. The underlying support remains the same low, slightly sloped bench profile; the bundle changes what the seller says is included, not the surface into a conventional adjustable FID bench.

The bench's geometry stays specialized

Bells describes the Soft Glute Bench as a support for hip thrusts and glute work, with additional uses including glute bridges, step-ups, split squats, and incline and decline push-ups. Its top slopes gradually from a lowest point of 12 inches to a highest point of 19 inches, and two removable 4-inch bottom blocks are included. The product page does not give a set of selectable flat, incline and decline back-pad angles. A bundle with bands does not change that distinction: a buyer who needs general bench-press positions should select for those settings and not substitute a specialty sloped platform.

The manufacturer lists a 28-by-23.75-inch footprint. As a rectangular base estimate, that is about 4.62 square feet; it is not a room-clearance figure. The band-and-strap package can also introduce additional parts to store and connect, but the page gives no separate package storage envelope. Measure the actual workout area, the route to move the equipment and the place where the accessories will live instead of relying on the base-area calculation alone.

What the Band + Strap Pack changes

The bundle's exact selector title names the Band + Strap Pack, and Bells says the bench has multiple D-rings for resistance bands. The page also makes a useful package distinction: carabiners are included only with the Band + Strap Pack. This is why the bundle is not merged with GLUTE-BEN, whose title says “No Bands or Straps.” The feed also shows a pack-only offer without the bench, so check the actual seller option rather than relying on the shared Soft Glute Bench page title or image.

The product copy does not enumerate every item in the pack, count or type of bands, resistance levels, maximum accessory loads or a strap-specific operating limit. The image associated with this selected offer shows a band being used with the bench, but it does not inventory the package. If the accessory setup is central to the purchase, ask Bells for the exact current contents and the applicable attachment instructions before relying on it. Do not infer accessory capacities from the bench's appearance or assume a carabiner is a rated restraint for decline work.

Important limits are still unreported

The current product page does not publish a numeric bench load rating or net bench weight. Its collection feed contains a grams value for each option, but the source does not identify those variant values as net assembled equipment mass; I have not translated them into a bench-weight claim. There is also no published wheel configuration, upright-storage method or stored envelope for this exact bundle. Because a numeric capacity is absent, the bench will not pass a nonempty capacity minimum in the finder. That is a limit of the available evidence, not proof that the product has no safe operating limit.

The page does not link a model-specific assembly manual or a separate pack instruction in the area reviewed. A buyer should request the current instructions for both the bench and accessory package, then check how the rings, connectors and straps are intended to be used. The interface should not be treated as a general decline leg restraint simply because it contains straps; the manufacturer describes this option as a resistance-oriented pack, not as the named support used on other decline benches.

Who should compare this package

This offer is worth comparing if a low, sloped hip-thrust/glute support suits the planned routine and the buyer specifically wants the Band + Strap Pack included with the bench. It is less suitable if the must-have is a conventional adjustable bench, a documented weight limit, wheels or an upright storage feature. The package is also more involved than the bench-only SKU: it adds parts whose full list and loading instructions should be confirmed, without changing the published footprint or adding a general FID adjustment range.

Before ordering, verify the exact GLUTE-BEN-W-BANDS-SET variant, confirm that both bench and pack are included, ask what components and limits apply to the pack, and measure space for the movement and accessory storage. If you only want the bench, compare GLUTE-BEN instead; if you already own the bench, distinguish the pack-only selector offer. This review interprets published product and selector data only. It is not a hands-on review, product-use report, assembly test, load test or claim about personal comfort.