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Open Trap Bar / Hex Bar - Bells of Steel
An open-ended trap bar with high and low neutral-grip handles for deadlifts, rows, carries and lunges. Integrated loading feet help with plate changes. 21.3kg bar weight, 25mm knurled handles and 247mm loadable sleeve length per side.
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- Open-ended frame
- Built-in loading feet
- High & low grips
Open trap bar
Details that matter
The facts, fitting notes and package information for this product.
Open Design. More Ways to Train.
The Bells of Steel Open Trap Bar combines an open-ended frame with two neutral-grip handle heights for deadlifts, rows, lunges and loaded carries. The open side gives you room to move through exercises that are less practical inside a closed hex bar.
Integrated loading feet act as a built-in deadlift jack: tilt the bar onto its feet to raise the sleeves for plate changes. Fully knurled 25mm handles provide a consistent contact surface, while the high and low positions let you choose a different starting height.
Made for Olympic Plates
The bar uses Olympic-compatible sleeves with bushings and snap rings. Its black oxide frame and white zinc sleeves provide contrasting finishes, with 247mm of loadable sleeve length per side.
Specifications
- Bar weight: 21.3kg
- Overall length: 1,500mm
- Handle diameter: 25mm
- Handle positions: high and low neutral grips
- Knurl: light
- Loadable sleeve length: 247mm per side
- Frame finish: black oxide
- Sleeve finish: white zinc
- Sleeve assembly: bushings and snap rings
- Static weight capacity: 700lb / approximately 317.5kg
- Plate compatibility: Olympic 50mm plates
- Integrated deadlift jack/loading feet
What's Included
One Open Trap Bar / Hex Bar. Weight plates, collars and other equipment shown in the gallery are not included.


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Bells of Steel reviews
Great Compact Bar
I really like how compact and easy to maneuver this bar is. The smaller size lets me tuck it away behind other gear for storage. I've owned other larger trap bars in the past and the cum...Read full review
Excellent Bar for Bad Backs
I'm a lifelong runner with Degenerative Disk Disease (DDD) very likely a consequence of decades of high mileage running. I'm 73 years old. I started lifting seriously (I've done it off an...Read full review
Your bar is amazing. Well made and thoughtfully designed. I'm no longer leaning in front of me to grab the bar and the neutral hand position is great. I highly recommend this bar for folks like me with bad backs. Thank you!
EPIC!
Buy it now! Can't say enough good things. Transformative piece of equipment!Read full review
Great bar. Adds versatility 🔥
Great bar. Simple yet effective. As a garage gym owner we try to find ways to add versatility and this does the job. I can now go heavier with walking or reverse lunges, Bulgarian split s...Read full review
This bar is awesome, the jack is really nice.
Loving this bar, size, knurling, quality, features. So many trap bar exercises (deadlifts, rows, shrugs, lunges, just to name a few)Read full review
Bells of Steel... Indeed!
I finally decided to get the Bells of Steel open trap bar, and I'm very happy that I did! The bar feels and looks great, and you know you have a high quality product when it can survive ...Read full review
The bar feels and looks great, and you know you have a high quality product when it can survive brutal shipping punishment without a scratch.
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Space saver
Love this bar, it's my first. I went with this bar because it has a built in jack and is compact. Working out in my storage shed doesn't leave room for a full 7' straight bar. Using it f...Read full review
Using it for deadlifts, squats, and Bulgarians. So far so good! And as a red seal welder I can say the welds look decent!
The knurling is too aggressive for me to use without gloves, but that's not really a negative for me.
Great bar!
Excellent piece of equipment!!!
As a personal trainer and small business owner, I absolutely love this piece of equipment. This open trap bar is so well made, so sturdy and most importantly- It arrived with ZERO damage...Read full review
Open trap bar
Awesome quality, what a dealRead full review
Open trap bar/ hex bar
Quality trap bar, good for deadlifts ,shrugs ,carries etc.Read full review
Open Trap Bar
I really enjoy using this bar. Its small size fits well in my basement gym, I no longer need a jack to put on the plates, and having two sets of handles gives me options. Pretty comfortab...Read full review
Honest Review
Here's my honest review. That's a game changing piece of equipment and at 50 years old, a god bless. I would gladly buy it again and recommend it to all my closest friends. And BOS is a ...Read full review
That's a game changing piece of equipment and at 50 years old, a god bless. I would gladly buy it again and recommend it to all my closest friends. And BOS is a Canadian company! What not to love. But... this Hex bar is not perfect.
It's a little too short
1- I can't rack it on my Power cage (It's 45 inches wide). If it were only 7 inches lengthier, it would fit.
2- When i put a 35 pounds plate or more on one side, it drop. Defeating the purpose of the loading arms.
3- If it was lengthier before the sleeve (with Knurling), we would be able to use it for Wide Grip Shrugs (aka Snatch Shrugs).
4- It's not perfectly balanced, but it's really a minor inconvenience.
So.. it would be *PERFECT* if like 7 inches lengthier, able to put a 45 without dropping, and using this new bar length estate for a grip placement for new exercises!
4.5/5
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Solid and Compact
I purchased this on sale as they were offering 30% off. The trap bar is very nice and the added jack feature is a plus. The knurling is perfect on both sides. Not overly aggressive. It's ...Read full review
Great versatile bar
This was a great deal and so much better than a generic trap bar. The knurling is perfect, love the built-in jack. Deadlifts with the bar are great but so are seal rows, farmer walks, and...Read full review
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