5 Best Suspension Trainer Review 2026

The best Suspension Trainers add a wealth of new exercises to your Calisthenics. Push- or Pull exercises, standing, leaning forward or backwards, and targeting the arms, shoulders or core; it’s all possible with a good set of Suspension Trainers. There are many options on the market, and although these are relatively simple products, small quality details make all the difference. Time to take a look at the 5 best Suspension Trainers for Calisthenics.

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What is a Suspension Trainer?

A Suspension Trainer is a pair of handles, each attached to a strap. The strap is attached to a mounting point, such as a wall hook, ceiling hook, or even through the gap of a closed door. Relatively simple in design, you can do a lot of different exercises with this piece of Calisthenics Equipment. There are many push- and pull exercises you can do with these, as well as working on your core strength. The straps are an “unstable” platform, which means you also train your stability.

The only alternative I can think of is, of course, Gymnastic Rings. But while the rings are a gymnastics implement we made our own, Suspension Trainers are meant for Calisthenics. 

The best Suspension Trainers should have a comfortable handle that doesn’t dig into your hands, solid, non-fraying straps, and be easy to use and mount. As we’ll see, the handles make all the difference between our lineup of best Suspension Trainers. 

TRX Go Suspension Trainer

TRX is arguably the most well-known Suspension Trainer, and it’s a bit of a case that “we” are comparing all the rest to the TRX. The TRX Go’s seem very high quality at first glance. The straps are very nice, strong and easy to adjust. You can use the daisy chain to quickly adjust the height of the straps. Suspending the straps can be done using a carabiner and hanging them from a ceiling hook. The TRX also comes with a door anchor, which feels really solid 

The thing I don’t like about the TRX is the handles. These are soft foam, and they easily get squished when you grab them. They don’t give you a lot of tactile feedback, either. This is a bit of a personal preference, but I prefer firmer handles. What is not a personal preference is that foam is simply less durable than a harder rubber handle. For a high-end product like the TRX or TRX Go, this seems a bit cheap. 

Each handle has a loop for your feet, so you can use that to exercise as well. The straps are also joined by a loop near the top to slightly improve stability and prevent tipping to one side. That is nice, but not really necessary since the instability of the straps is part of the exercise in my opinion.

I like the TRX Go’s for my pull exercises; however, I don’t like them for push exercises. The V-shape of the straps really pushes in on you and rubs against your arms when you’re doing push-ups. This is an issue with multiple other Suspension Trainers as well, though.

StreetGains Suspension Trainer

The StreetGains look very similar to the TRX Go’s and are (in my honest but unproven opinion) an obvious attempt to be a more affordable clone. Usually, “knock-offs” are worse than the original. However, I do like the handles on the StreetGains more than on the TRX. The StreetGains handles are firmer rubber that is much better for pull exercises than squishy foam. The feet loops are also padded for additional comfort.

The straps are high-quality, easily adjustable, and can be attached to a ceiling hook or to the included door anchor. In addition, the StreetGains comes with a tree strap, which you can loop around a sturdy tree and do your Calisthenics exercise outside. 

All-in-all, the StreetGains is a cheaper alternative to the TRX Go. In fact, they are 3 times cheaper. I would judge the straps to be lower quality than the TRX straps, but are they 3 times lower in quality? Probably not. I could still do all my exercises on the StreetGains, and I even preferred the handles to the TRX ones. Colour us surprised with this great Suspension Trainer by StreetGains.

Gorletic Suspension Trainer

The Gorletic Suspension Trainer was a bit of a letdown. Gorletic is very well-known for its excellent wooden Calisthenics equipment, and in that category, they are quite peerless. But their Suspension Trainer doesn’t have any wooden parts, and it shows that they are out of their water here. 

The foam handles are very soft, and I’d even call them sloppy. The handles also tend to slide and tilt back and forth in their straps. This results in a very uncomfortable hold and unpredictable wrist movements when the handles make sideways slides. The handles come with unpadded foot loops.

The Gorletic straps can be attached to a ceiling hook, and the door anchor is very handy. For the rest, the straps have limited adjustability and overall less versatility than some of the other trainers here. You can still do all your standard exercises, and it will work, but it is clear to me that these Suspension Trainers were, at best, an afterthought for Gorletic. 

Pullup & Dip FREESIXD

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The good about the Pullup & Dip FREESIXD was the handles. The handles are a harder, firmer rubber with a nice texture. Each strap has an additional loop near the handle where you thread the other handle through. That way, you can use just one of the straps and the other strap is nearly tucked away. But it was a bit difficult to fit the handle through the loop, and after fiddling with it for more than a second or two, I feel inclined to just let the straps hang free, even if I just use one of them.

The FREESIXD does not come with foot loops; the handles can be slid to the side, leaving enough room for your foot. At the same time, the handles don’t have the same flaw as the Gorletics and won’t slide inside their straps when in use normally. 

These straps are the most complicated in design. There is an adjustable strap for the door anchor.  You also get a separate daisy chain that is adjustable and can be added to the main straps, and the main straps have multiple ways to adjust the length. In theory, this gives you a lot of length versatility, but it can sometimes make for a jumbled mess. A case of German over-engineering, perhaps? 

The FREESIXD straps do not have a solid anchor point, like a carabiner hook. Instead, the FREESIXD straps have a thicker part near the top that is supposed to hook over a ceiling hook. But this part moves and shifts during your exercise, and I often found that the thicker part leaves the hook. Then the rim of the thicker part, where it’s sewn onto the strap, can get stuck against the ceiling hook. Of course, you automatically jank it back into place, but that will cause additional wear on the straps. 

The FREESIXD can still be used for all your exercises, but there are better options despite the nice bag it comes in.

Kensui Nanobars V2

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I immediately liked the grips on the Kensui Nanobars V2. They are a hard plastic that still feels somewhat rubbery. They give you a really good grip, feel comfortable and have excellent tactile feedback. The handles have an additional trick that is unique to the best Suspension Trainers. They can turn with your movements like normal, but you also get the option to keep them in place. There is an additional flat surface on the inside of each handle, and when you place the strap there, the handles won’t turn while you’re exercising. 

The straps on the Kensui Nanobars are also of very good quality. They are thinner than we’re used to, but they seem strong enough. The straps are also numbered with stadia, making it easy to equalise the handles on both sides. 

The Kensui Nanobars are the most compact of the best Suspension Trainers, and I also like their look. The only nitpick I have is that you use two separate clips to attach to the straps near the handles to create the triangle. These are a loss hazard, of course, but otherwise I am a big fan of the Kensui Nanobars V2.

Price Overview of the Best Suspension Trainers

Here is a pricing overview of the best Suspension Trainers, along with any discounts we have for you:

Trainer	Regular Price	CWW10 Discount Price (est.)
32.31TRX Go	$139.95	–
StreetGains	€44.95	–
Gorletic	€35,90	€32.31
FREESIXD	€232.85	€209.57
Nanobars V2	€49.-	–

Conclusions About the Best Suspension Trainers

We have an unexpected winner here with the Street Gains. If you’re just looking for the best Suspension Trainer for general use, the Street Gains has everything you need. For a couple of tenners, you get very nice handles (better than TRX and nearly as good as the Kensui Nanobars), padded foot loops, a door anchor, tree straps and adjustable main straps. 

The Street Gains are nearly as good as the TRX (Go), and maybe only the straps on the TRX are better. However, the Street Gains is much lower-priced and, when weighing all the qualities, is the best Suspension Trainer.

The Kensui Nanobars V2 have better straps than the Street Gains, especially for doing push-ups. The handles are slightly better, and the Kensui is more compact. If you’re willing to pony up a few more coins, the Kensui Nanobars V2 are also an excellent choice. 

I want to end this review by mentioning that all of what was said before comes with an enormous caveat: Gymnastic Rings. I prefer the rings over these floppy handles every day. You can do everything the Suspension Trainer does with Gymnastic Rings, but also much more, including core exercises and Muscle-Ups. 

So, my review and ultimate advice come with a cliffhanger: use Gymnastic Rings instead.

Frequently Asked Questions About the Best Suspension Trainers

Here are a few more frequently asked questions about Suspension Trainers and why you should use Gymnastic Rings, answered: