BULLBAR 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar & BULLBAR 2.0 Extended Review 2026: A Stable, Full-Sized Portable Pull-Up Bar

The BULLBAR Foldable Pull-Up Bar is a full-sized, free-standing, portable Pull-Up Bar. It combines the advantages of a Free-Standing Pull-Up Bar with a portable design, folding up to the size of a large gym bag. This makes the Bullbar easy to transport without compromising features like bar height and freedom of movement around the bar. This sounds promising, so we got both the BULLBAR 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar and the BULLBAR 2.0 Extended to review. Let’s find out if the ease of transportation compromises essentials like stability, durability, and exercise variety. We’ll also conclude which of these two is the best choice.

You can also watch my BULLBAR 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar Review on YouTube:

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Setting Up the Bullbar 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar

Setting up the Bullbar 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar is straightforward. The bar folds up like a harmonica, and you pull it up the same way. Like a magic trick, you pull out a full-sized Free-Standing Pull-Up Bar from a large gym bag. You insert the safety pins, and you’re done: a complete foldable Pull-Up Bar that comes from a bag slightly larger than a big gym bag. The Bullbar folds up the same way and will fit back into its bag easily. 

This is a nifty feature, and we liked it immediately. It’s not too heavy either, you can comfortably pull the bag to and from a car or another room since it has wheels.

First Look At the Bullbar 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar & Extended Version

	BULLBAR 2.0	BULLBAR 2.0 EXT
Height	205cm	240cm
Width	~100cm	~100cm
Bar Length	92.5cm	92.5cm
Top Bar Diameter	31mm	31mm
Dip Bar Heights	37cm to 95cm (3 steps)	37cm to 95cm (4 steps)
Dip Bar Diameter	38mm	38mm
Weight	21kg	22.5kg
Maximum Capacity	182kg	182kg

The Bullbar 2.0 has a sleek design and a really cool look. It’s made of a dark grey powder-coated steel with dark beige dip handles. The white logo is a simple block lettering of the company name. The safety pins are a high-gloss bright red, while the rubber feet (which have a subtle Bullbar logo imprinted on them) have the same dark beige color as the dip handles.

The Bullbar 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar combines the modern, dark powder-coated look with small, bold color accents. They got the look down exactly right.

The bar and handles have foam covers. I’m not a fan of foam, as it compresses and doesn’t maintain a consistent diameter. Foam also deteriorates with use. The foam used is the stiffer kind, which is not the worst.

The Best Carry Bag Ever

The Bullbar carry bag is one of the best bags for Calisthenics Equipment. The bag seems very durable to me, with plenty of hold straps and double-stitched bands for extra durability. The bag comes with wheels for easy transportation. This is how all carry bags should be in this price segment. The Bullbar carry bag is a separate purchase, but I highly recommend it to make full use of that portability.

Exercising on the Bullbar 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar

The Bullbar 2.0 is a highly versatile Pull-Up Bar, offering numerous options for Pull-Ups and Chin-Ups, as well as dips, Push-Ups, and more. The first thing I noticed about its versatility is the added swivel hooks on the bottom. These allow for Resistance Bands to be hooked behind, adding banded variations of exercises like Push-Ups, Dips and Pull-Ups.

Pull-Ups & Chin-Ups

For Pull-Ups and Chin-Ups, the Bullbar feels thinner than most other top bars. With 31mm, it’s among the thinnest, especially for a Free-Standing Pull-Up Bar. The foam feels comfortable and is quite firm. It resembles a smooth, powder-coated bar. My best guess is that these are 28mm bars with the foam increasing the girth to 31mm. 

The slanted ends give you a slightly wider Pull-Up, but the overall length of 92.5cm makes actual Wide Pull-Ups impossible. The sides of the bar also have a few sharp edges next to the slanted parts of the bar. I didn’t cut myself, but that’s only because I was careful enough not to place my hands at the very edges. 

For your standard Pull-Ups and Chin-Ups, minus the wide variations, the Bullbar 2.0 does a good job. I have to bend my knees a little with all Pull-up and Chin-Up exercises. The bar is 205cm tall, which is on the shorter end for a Free-Standing Pull-Up Bar. However, making it taller would make it less stable and less of a portable Pull-Up Bar.

The 205cm you get is the minimum required to qualify for a Free-Standing design, while maintaining compactness and portability.

Dip Handles

The dip handles are thicker than the top bar, but the foam is also squishier. It does provide a slight increase in girth, which is always nice for push exercises. I also like that the handles point slightly inward, giving you two widths between the dip handles. 

I do have to bend my knees while doing Dips, but that is also the case with standalone Dip Bars. Even if you could mount them higher, you would probably bump your head against the top bar, so this is a good compromise made by Bullbar.

Stability of the Bullbar 2.0

The bar does wobble, but so do all Free-Standing Pull-Up Bars. For regular Pull-Ups and Chin-Ups, the bar is stable enough. I can even do my Windshield Wipers and Archer Pull-Ups without issue. The Dip handles can get in the way when doing side-to-side exercises, so I now remove them for my Archer Pull-Ups. For exercises below the bar, this bar is very stable.

Above-the-bar exercises, such as Muscle-Ups, are likely to be an issue. This is the case with all Free-Standing Pull-Up Bars, though. There is too much of a wobble to do these exercises safely and with confidence. 

 Rows & Push-Ups

For your Rows and Push-Ups, you can use the straight part of the dip handles. The Bullbar 2.0 is stable enough to allow you to fully extend your legs during row exercises. L-Sits and V-Sits are also possible on the handles.

The three height settings allow you to optimize the height for your exercise, like a shallower incline for Incline Push-Ups, or a steeper incline to focus on those triceps extensions with a deep Push-Up.

Adding Resistance Bands

Time to put those swivel hooks to use with a pair of Resistance Bands. First, using the bands for Assisted Pull-Ups is not ideal. The limited height means you’ll hit the floor with your legs extended, and you need to extend your legs to put tension on the Resistance Band. Not ideal. The flipside, though, works perfectly. Hooking the Resistance Band around the hooks and over your shoulders makes for a good banded Pull-Up. 

It works even better for banded Dips and banded Push-Ups. At these heights, you can make full use of the benefits of a Resistance Band just by adding them to your exercise. 

Weighted Calisthenics on the BULLBAR 2.0

The best way to get into Weighted Calisthenics is to wear a Weighted Vest. The high maximum weight capacity of 182kg of the Bullbar 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar gives you plenty of leeway to add more weight. Since this bar is better suited to add weight than to remove resistance with the Resistance Bands, I recommend immediately going for a Weighted Vest instead.

Adding Gymnastic Rings

No Free-Standing Pull-Up Bar will pass the mark if it can’t handle my favorite addon, Gymnastic Rings. Adding Gymnastic Rings to the top bar is always a fantastic idea since they add incredible variety to your basic setup. You can just shove them to the side and out of the way when you want to use the top bar. 

The Bullbar 2.0 is stable and sturdy enough for Gymnastic Rings, transforming what is just a Pull-Up Bar into a complete Calisthenics Home Gym.

BULLBAR 2.0 Extended Foldable Pull-Up Bar (240cm Tall)

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The BULLBAR 2.0 Extended is a newer version of the BULLBAR 2.0 and extends the height from 206 centimetres to a very nice 240 centimetres. The Extended version is very similar to the original BULLBAR 2.0 when folded, with barely any difference in volume. Setting up the Extended version is also almost identical to the original: extend the feet and pull up the top bar until the latches snap into place. Once erected, you clamp it down and insert the safety pins.

There are holes for the dip handles and hooks on the bottom to attach your Resistance Bands. So far, the Extended version has retained all the good features of the original. 

The Differences

However, once the legs are up, you’ll notice a few differences. First, and a minor change, is the additional fourth slot for your Dip Extensions. The top and bottom slots are at the same height as with the original BULLBAR 2.0. The extra progression step is nice, but it is a minor addition.

The big improvement is, of course, at the top, where they seem to address our only real point of critique: the limited height on the original. The top quarter of the BULLBAR 2.0 Extended can be, well, extended. At its lowest setting, the Extended version is around equal in height to the original. However, you can increase the height of the top bar by 8 increments of 5cm to a maximum of 240cm. 

That extra height is a massive difference for your exercise. It means you can now do your Pull-Ups while keeping your legs straight, something that is not possible for most people on the original. 

Height Adjustments

Adjusting the height, even to its tallest setting, is surprisingly easy, even on your own. You’d think you would need three hands at first glance, since you need to pull out the spring tension screws on both sides. That would leave you needing that extra hand to extend the top bar, right? No, not with the BULLBAR 2.0 Extended.

They came up with a simple but effective solution: you can adjust the height on each leg separately. The top bar is connected to the legs by a hinge. This allows you to freely raise and lower just one side; the bar will pivot as you move that leg. Repeat the procedure on the other side to equalise the legs, and you’re done.

The slots for the different heights are numbered, making equalising quick and easy. The final slot has a stop sign, so you don’t accidentally pull the bar out completely. 

Since the top part slides back into the legs to a height similar to the original, the BULLBAR 2.0 Extended is still around the same package size when it is folded. 

Exercising on the BULLBAR 2.0 Extended

The original has a little bit of a wobble, which is to be expected from a Free-Standing Pull-Up Bar. We were curious if this wobble would be worse on the BULLBAR 2.0 Extended at its taller settings. You’d think it would be, since the rest of the design at the bottom is identical to the original, and it’s just taller. 

While doing dips on the Extended and comparing them to dips on the original, I notice no difference at all. The dip handles are at the same height, and the width and floor area are all the same, so no surprises there.

Of course, what we’re really interested in is the stability of the top bar at its tallest setting. By directly comparing the two with the same exercises, we can get a good idea of how stability is affected by the additional height.

But I can’t tell the difference in wobble myself. I tried pull-ups and chin-ups on both sides, side-by-side in the same exercise session, and they feel the same to me. There is some wobble, of course, but it feels the same for both. Maybe there is some slight difference, but it’s so insignificant that I can’t tell the difference. The upside is that I don’t have to bend my legs on the Extended version.

I also did a skin-the-cat to confirm that both bars perform the same. Maybe someone else can feel a difference between these two bars, but I’ve tested dozens of free-standing pull-up bars, and if there is any difference between the two, the trade-off is definitely worth it.

The only real difference for specifically Wide Pull-Ups is the absence of slanted bars. Slanted grips do relieve your wrist a little, since they don’t have to bend as much, but the angle on the slanted grips on the standard BULLBAR isn’t that acute, anyway. Again, the difference between the original and the BULLBAR 2.0 Extended is minimal.

Conclusions About the BULLBAR 2.0 Extended Foldable Pull-Up Bar

The Extended version of the BULLBAR managed to keep all the good stuff while adding the one thing that was missing from the original: height. The BULLBAR 2.0 Extended is just as easy to transport, set up, and fold up as the standard version. There is no (noticeable by me, at least) difference in stability between the two versions, and I feel confident in doing all my exercises on the BULLBAR 2.0 Extended, including levers and skin-the-cat.

In return, you get the extra progression for your dips and push-ups and, of course, that adjustable height on your top bar with a maximum height of 240cm. All in all, the BULLBAR 2.0 Extended is superior to the standard version. Of course, we haven’t talked about the price yet. The Extended version costs a good 120 euros more than the standard version. For us, though, the advantage of doing a full range-of-motion pull-up on a higher bar is worth the extra price.

BULLBAR 2.0 Accessories

Aside from the foldable Pull-Up Bars, you can get a few accessories to complement your training. 

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BULLBAR Resistance Bands

Their Resistance bands come in a set of 1, ranging from 5kg to 55kg. These are flat loop, layered bands, which is the type we recommend. The bands seem of good quality, although the 55kg is just overkill. If you want to make your pull-ups that much easier, it is usually better to do an alternative, progression exercise altogether. Many brands offer similar Resistance Bands, and they are typically all good quality and perform similarly. So, don’t get these bands just because they are BULLBAR bands. 

However, they cost 50 euros for the whole set, which isn’t the cheapest but is still competitively priced. If you still need Resistance Bands and are already ordering a Pull-Up Bar from them, it makes sense to bundle the bands into one shipment. 

BULLBAR Ab Strap

The BULLBAR Ab Straps can help make your core exercises more comfortable on the wrists and arms. You attach them to the top bar, and then your whole elbow gets cradled in the pocket it creates. It’s a great tool since you don’t have to rely on your grip strength, allowing you to further isolate your core while doing leg raises and knee raises.

These Ab Straps look high-quality and have good padding. The straps are made of a type of tightly woven nylon that reminds me of seatbelts. The only nitpick I have is that the carabiners can get in the way of where you want to grip the straps. 

BULLBAR Pull-Up Handles

The BULLBAR Pull-Up Handles are simple in design but can add a lot of exercise variety. The handles consist of just a strap attached to a thick wooden grip. The wooden grip feels nice and has the right thickness. The straps are easy to use, and your middle finger goes through the loop in the centre of the grip.

These are not fancy grips, but they get the job done. They feel comfortable in the hands and, being straps, let you add rotation to your movement. You can also hold them still in any position you like, acting almost like rings. Of course, we still prefer Gymnastic Rings over these tiny handles; for only 25 euros, they are a good addition to your Pull-Up Bar.

Pricing Overview & Discount for the BULLBAR 2.0

Here is a pricing overview of the BULLBAR 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar along with the Calisthenics Worldwide reader’s discount:

BULLBAR 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar
	Regular Price	CWW Link Price (est.)
Standard	€479.-	€455,05
Extended	€599,00	€569,05

Conclusions About the BULLBAR 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar & BULLBAR 2.0 Extended

The foam handles could be worse, and are so firm that I could compare the feel of the topbar to a smooth powder-coated bar. The same can’t be said of the dip handles. The foam on the dip handles is a lot squishier. This is less of a problem with Push-Ups, where part of your weight is on your feet. With dips, you can feel your hands sink into the foam grips. Overall, the grips are not bad at all, but we still prefer a well-finished, powder-coated steel.

The Bullbar 2.0 is surprisingly stable, and you usually don’t even notice the slight wobble. You can do all your exercises below the bar, no problem, and it will even handle Windshield Wipers and Archer Pull-Ups. As with all Free-Standing designs, I do not recommend this bar for exercises performed above the bar, such as Rollovers and Muscle-Ups. 

Excluding the exercises above the bar, you get a lot of versatility with your Bullbar 2.0. Pull-Ups, Chin-Ups, Dips, Rows and Push-Ups are all in the books for a Bullbar. You can add (their) Resistance Bands or make use of the high weight capacity for Weighted Calisthenics, and the bar pairs well with Gymnastic Rings, too.  That you get all of this in a very compact and portable package is impressive.

Now the question remains: should you get the standard version or the BULLBAR 2.0 Extended? I think the premium price on the Extended version is worth it. All the points above also apply to the Extended, but you also get 240cm of height, so you can keep your legs straight. The only gripe I really have with the BULLBAR 2.0 is its limited height, which is taken away by the BULLBAR 2.0 Extended. For the rest, they perform the same and are equally transportable.

With all that in mind, we definitely recommend the BULLBAR 2.0 Extended Foldable Pull-Up Bar.

Frequently Asked Questions About the BULLBAR 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar

A couple more questions about the BULLBAR 2.0 Foldable Pull-Up Bar that needed answering: