9 Best Dip Bars of 2026 for Calisthenics and Streetlifting

The best Dip Bars are an essential component of any serious Calisthenics Home Gym Equipment. There’s plenty of choice on the market, but only a few fit the bill of being the best Dip Bars available. In this article, I’ll compare 9 of the best Dip Bars which I have used and reviewed in the past to see which comes out on top. I will judge them by stability, grip comfort, height, and variety of exercises. Where possible, I’ll add links to in-depth reviews and provide discount codes (CWW10) for the best Dip Bars.

You can also watch my Best Dip Bars Review on YouTube:

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What makes the Best Dip Bars?

For the best Dip Bars, we want a good, comfortable grip and stability above all else. When I say grip, I mean feel and thickness. These bars are primarily used for push exercises, so a thicker grip makes sense. Of course, you can also do pull exercises like rows, so the best dip bars need to have a good compromise. 

Of course, stability is another key factor that makes the best dip bars. Aside from height, stability is crucial to versatility and the number of exercises you can perform on your bars. Speaking of versatility, you also want enough height so that exercises beneath the bar are easier to do. 

With a high enough dip bar, you can also use it as a makeshift Static Bar. Of course, they are not Static Bars and do not have the same width. If you want to get into serious, frequent statics, consider investing in a real Static Bar.

Lastly, Weighted Calisthenics and Dip Bars go hand in hand, so the weight capacity of the bars must be up there. All of the best Dip Bars we reviewed can easily handle Weighted Vests and Dip Belts, so we won’t cover that aspect here.

THENX Dip Bars

• Height: 91cm
• Grip: 40mm

THENX is a US company founded by legendary Calisthenics athlete Chris Heria. Chris Heria shares our opinion on grips. The THENX bars feature 40mm wooden grips. The grips are very comfortable and have a satin finish. The wood retains its grip during exercise, much better than metal bars. I really like the grip feel and diameter of the THENX bars.

When it comes to stability, the THENX Dip Bars do something special. You can join the two individual bars together with a connector plate. This makes for a much more stable exercise platform. Especially with exercises that push outward, like handstands, this creates significantly more stability. Joining the two bars together also makes for a much more stable and comfortable row exercise. I find that using only the knob screws is sufficient, and the additional bolts are not needed. You also don’t need tools or extra time to attach or remove the connector plates when using the knob screws.

The downside of the connectors is that you can only choose a limited number of widths. Without the connector plates, the THENX bars are quite stable as well. You can use one bar as a makeshift static bar, and regular dips are also fine without the connection. However, the available width settings are probably enough to find something comfortable for you. I’d always leave the connector plates on for that extra stability. 

It is high enough for a deep dip, with my knees bent. However, for a skin-the-cat, I have to tilt my head and squeeze through. It also doesn’t work that well with back lever raises. It could have benefited from a couple of centimetres more to make those exercises possible. 

I really like the grip on the THENX Bars and the option to connect them for increased stability. The bar also looks great with the powder-coated steel and wood combination. These are definitely some of the best dip bars, and my only gripe is that they could use a couple of centimetres more height.

Gravity Fitness Dip Bars

• Height: 94cm
• Grip: 38mm
• In-depth: Gravity Fitness Dip Bars Review

Gravity Fitness, based in the United Kingdom, consistently produces excellent Calisthenics Equipment, and its products are popular worldwide. Their Dip Bars are powder-coated steel, including the grips with a 38mm diameter. The grip feels nice, with a finish that is slightly rougher than satin.  

The Gravity Fitness bars are stable for all your dips, sits, and leg raises. The feet are asymmetrical, with a longer and a shorter side. You face the shorter ends inward, which gives you the most stability during your exercises. This design makes the Gravity Fitness bars stable enough for exercises like handstands. You can also do your rows with bent legs and, if you’re careful, with straight legs.

The height of 94cm allows for a skin-the-cat, but it’s just a tad too short for a back-lever raise. Theoretically, you can adjust the height on the Gravity Fitness Dip Bars (lower), but I don’t see any reason to go lower when you can use Parallettes instead. 

Overall, Gravity Fitness makes some of the best dip bars. It has a good grip and excellent stability. The height is also enough for a dip bar. It would be more stable if they had a connector plate. They can leave out the ability to adjust the height down and instead add the ability to connect the two bars, in my opinion. If I had to choose, I still prefer the extra height for my bars over the ability to connect them.

GORNATION Premium Dip Bars

• Height: 91cm
• Grip: 40mm
• In-depth: GORNATION Premium Dip Bars Review

GORNATION is a German manufacturer of Calisthenics Equipment with an excellent reputation for making high-quality products. The GORNATION Premium Dip Bars are powder-coated steel with a satin finish. The grip is 40mm and is also powder-coated steel, to which I added grip tape. I like the grip feel, but the grip tape really improves traction.

The GORNATION bars are very stable and safe to use, since they can be joined with connector plates. Having the bars connected means your dips and sits are perfectly stable, and you can also do rows with bent or straight legs. If you really want to tilt them, you can, but if you make your moves by the book, they won’t. 

You have a few width options, and there’s probably something suitable for everyone. For me, the narrowest setting is perfect, and I would never disconnect them unless it were for transport or storage. 

Disconnected, the GORNATION bars are a lot less stable. For your standard dips, they are fine, but you can’t do rows with straight legs without them tilting a lot. The bars are not suitable for exercises like handstands or handstand push-ups unless you connect them to the plates. 

With a height of 91cm, it means I have to tilt my head for a skin-the-cat, and I can’t do back lever raises without planting my face to the floor.

I like the GORNATION Premium Dip Bars. The 40mm grips are the perfect spot, and despite being powder-coated, they feel nice. The grip tape is a must, and like the THENX, you can join the bars together for stability. In a similar vein, it could be a bit higher to make skin-the-cat and back lever raises possible. 

RaMaSS Dip Bars

• Height: 80cm
• Grip: 39mm

The RaMaSS bars are power-coated steel with a 39mm grip. The satin-finish grips feel nice in the hand, but I immediately noticed how low these bars are. With just 80cm, I can still do my dips, but I do feel the ground nearing my knees. The RaMaSS bars, being the shortest on our list of best Dip Bars, do have a good length-to-width ratio. The long feet (compared to the height) do a good job at keeping the bars stable during dips.

Predictably, trying to do skin-the-cat or a back lever raise went hilariously wrong. I couldn’t fit myself through the opening. The area between the legs is also very narrow, so even if I were much shorter, it would still be a very tight squeeze.

Despite being very stable on their own (you can’t connect them), rows with straight legs do cause them to tilt. I also hit my elbows on the bar’s legs. 

The grips on the RaMaSS Dip Bars are very nice, but the bars are too low and generally too small to be functional for anything beyond basic dips. This is the first one I don’t recommend.

BarManiaPRO Classic

• Height: 92cm
• Grip: 38mm

BarManiaPRO is a Dutch company that makes premium-tier Calisthenics equipment. The BarManiaPRO Dip Bars Classic can be connected with connection plates, but even the narrowest setting was already too wide for me. I had to disconnect them and use them separately. That also means I can’t say much about the stability of the BarManiaPRO Classic with the connector plates attached.

Unconnected, the BarManiaPRO Classic are very stable during dips and sits. I can tilt them if I want to, but for your standard exercises, this won’t be a problem. You can’t do handstands safely on these without connecting them.

With 92cm, I can’t do my skin-the-cat without tilting my head or touching the floor with my face when trying back lever raises.

The powder-coated steel grips feel very nice with an excellent satin finish. However, there are some problems with these bars. The utility of the connection plates is wholly gone, at least for me, since I can’t use them even on the narrowest setting. Without the connectors, these are still stable bars, even if I would like a bit more height for my simple statics. 

That makes the second set that doesn’t make the cut on our list of best Dip Bars.

BarManiaPRO Neo

• Height: 93cm
• Grip: 38mm

The BarManiaPRO Dip Bars Neo is our second entry by BarManiaPRO to make on our list of best Dip Bars. The design reminds a bit of the THENX design, but the BarManiaPRO Neo are all powder-coated. The grips feel very nice, though, and the bars are very stable during basic dips.

At 93cm, these bars have a nice height for standard dips. The additional 1cm makes a lot of difference for my skin-the-cat. I fit through much more easily at this height. Back lever raises are still not possible, though. The same problems arise when using the connector plates. Even the narrowest setting is too wide for me. 

The extra centimetre makes a lot of difference, and I really like the powder-coated grips on the BarManiaPRO Neo. Like its classic brother, the BarManiaPRO Neo are very stable on its own, and the connection plate makes this platform rock-solid. Of course, the narrowest connection is still too wide for most of us mortals. 

That said, the BarManiaPRO Dip Bars Neo make for a great all-around dip bar that can do everything, and they are the tallest ones that can be connected.

Eric Flag Dip Bars

• Height: 90cm
• Grip: 38mm

The Eric Flag Dip Bars look straightforward with a power-coated steel design. The grip feels good, and the bars perform well for my basic dips, sits, and even leg raises. You cannot connect the Eric Flag Dip Bars, but they do feel very stable for these exercises.

Without the option to connect them, they are not suited for handstands. They are also only 90cm in height, and it doesn’t come as a surprise that I can’t do my skin-the-cat or my back lever raises on these bars. Rows do work with the knees bent, but the bar tips over when I try them with my legs straight. 

The Eric Flag bars are simple, have good grips, and they get the job done if you’re just looking for something to perform dips on. For everything else, they either need more height or the option of connector plates. Against competition like THENX and Gravity Fitness, the Eric Flag bars don’t make the cut.

Gorletic Wooden Dip Bars

• Height: 91.5cm
• Grip: 43mm

Gorletic is a Spanish company that started as a furniture maker before transitioning into making Calisthenics equipment. As such, these are the best Dip Bars made of wood. The Gorletic Wooden Dip Bars are also the only reputable wooden bars, since no other company has the confidence to pull it off.

The finish is a little coarser than on the THENX wooden grips, but in a good way. I love the wooden grips, and I love the Gorletic wooden grips the most. They understand wood as a material like no other. The 43mm girth is also perfect for my push exercises.

Aside from the best grips, the Gorletic Wooden Dip Bars are very stable for my basic dips, sits, and leg raises. I can do all those exercises with complete confidence. However, you cannot connect the Gorletic bars, but that might not make handstands impossible!

At 91.5cm, they are higher than the THENX and Gravity Fitness bars. But 91.5cm is already too low for a skin-the-cat, and the Gorletic bars come with a lower bar as well. The lower bar, of course, gets in the way of a skin-the-cat exercise, and I can’t do back lever raises either without my face touching the ground.

Rows with bent knees, but with straight legs, the Gorletic bars tilt instantly. 

The lower bar gets in the way of the Gorletic bars being used as a makeshift Static Bar. However, you can use the lower bars for your handstands and push-ups. 

The grip is excellent, and the Gorletic Wooden Dip Bars are quite stable for regular exercises. The extra utility on the lower bar is nice, but I’d just use actual parallettes for those exercises. They are a good option if you really want all-wooden bars, but they won’t win in this match-up of best Dip Bars.

FitnessKit Dip Bars Module

• Height: 121cm
• Grip: 43mm

FitnessKit is a German company that produces premium-tier Calisthenics equipment that is fully modular and wholly weatherproof. You can construct both complete Calisthenics Home Gyms from their modular designs, or place your gym outside. Each module can also be used standalone.

The FitnessKit Dip Bars Module is steel and has a smooth coating. I believe this is an epoxy coating or an acrylic coating. The surface appears smooth, but it has some traction when you grab it and try to twist your grip. I can only describe it as feeling vaguely rubbery. The grips are 43mm, which is perfect for push exercises.

The FitnessKit Dip Bars Module is the first where I can do my leg raises and my dips with straight legs. The bars are permanently joined to a back bar, so it is very stable. At 121cm tall, I can do all my exercises without any problems. Despite also having a bottom bar, the area in the middle is large enough for my skin-the-cats. Only with the very last bit of my back lever raise did the bottom bar sometimes touch my forehead. If I “look up”, I avoid that problem. 

The only real trade-off is that the bars are very high for doing rows. The FitnessKit bars can handle rows with straight legs perfectly, but doing them with bent knees makes more sense to get a complete movement. What makes the trade-off worth it is that you can now use a Dip Belt with the weight between your feet for your weighted dips. 

The FitnessKit Dip Bars Module looks great, is super stable and has a good diameter grip. It is very versatile, and if you’re into streetlifting or Weigthed Calisthenics, it is definitely the best option. Judging purely by its merits, the FitnessKit are the best Dip Bars. However, they are also costly, at twice the price of most other best Dip Bars.

Price overview of the Best Dip Bars

Here is a pricing overview of the best Dip Bars and any discount codes we have:

Best Dip Bars	Regular Price	CWW10 Discount Price (est.)
THENX	€141,95	€127,76
Gravity Fitness	£79.95	n/a
GORNATION	€149,90	€134,91
RaMaSS	€93,95	€84,56
BarManiaPRO Classic	€149,90	€134,91
BarManiaPRO Neo	€151,13	€136,02
Eric Flag	€109,90	€98,91
Gorletic	€199,00	€179,10
FitnessKit	€329,00	€296,10

Conclusions About the Best Dip Bars

I want to name 4 winners for our best Dip Bars lineup. These are the best Dip Bars, and they have something that sets them apart from the rest. 

The overall winner is obviously the FitnessKit Dip Bars Module. It is nice and high, and the only sensible option for your Dip Belt. It is very stable with its back bar, and its size makes it easy to do a skin-the-cat and generally use it as a Static Bar with minimal concession. The grip is also very nice, different from the typical powder-coated or wooden grips, but very nice indeed. The one downside, apart from the price, is that the backbar is permanently attached.

If you just want to do your dips, then height is what matters most. In that case, the Gravity Fitness bars are the second-tallest and perform well for all your standard dips, sits, and leg raises. They are also the cheapest option on our list of best Dip Bars, without compromising on quality.

A shared third place goes to the THENX bars and the GORNATION Premium bars. These can be joined with connection plates, giving you perfect stability for handstands and handstand push-ups while costing less than half as much as a FitnessKit.

Frequently Asked Questions About the Best Dip Bars

Here are a few more questions we see frequently about the best Dip Bars and why: