Hex Dumbbells

A hex dumbbell is a fixed-weight dumbbell whose heads have six flat faces instead of being round, so it sits still the moment you set it down. Each one here is a cast iron core inside a bonded natural rubber head, on a chrome-plated knurled steel handle, with the weight moulded into the faces.

Fixed weight means one dumbbell is one weight: you change the load by picking up a different pair, not by adjusting the one in your hand.

Because the head is a hexagon. It has six flat faces and comes to rest on whichever one it lands on, so it stays where you put it rather than rolling away.

That is what makes renegade rows, push-up positions and floor presses workable, and it is why a hex pair can live on the floor instead of in a rack.

As a pair. Every option on the rubber hex dumbbell pairs product is two dumbbells of the same weight, not one, so a 10 kg option is two 10 kg dumbbells.

The same is true inside the graded sets: a set is counted in pairs, so a six-pair set is twelve dumbbells.

The hex range is sold in matched pairs, so there is no single-dumbbell option on this page.

If you genuinely only need one, get in touch with the weight you want before you order rather than buying a pair and setting one aside.

A cast iron core inside a bonded natural rubber head with six flat faces, on a chrome-plated knurled steel handle, and the weight is moulded into each face.

The head gets bigger as the weight goes up, though not perfectly evenly, so the figure to work from is the one printed against your weight in the specification table on this page.

Yes, and it is moulded into the faces rather than printed on a sticker or painted on, so the marking outlasts the finish.

With six faces, one of them is always pointing at you, which is the practical reason people find hex quicker to pick from a rack.

Start where the weight is genuinely hard for the sets you do. If you own nothing yet, a 10 kg pair is a sensible place to begin: heavy enough for rows, presses, lunges and carries, and light enough to learn a movement with.

Add the next rung up when a hard set stops being hard, and add one light pair from the bottom of the ladder for shoulders and arms, which fatigue at a fraction of what your back and legs handle. Three pairs covers most home training.

The hex dumbbell weight guide sets out starting weights by exercise if you want a number per lift.

The ladder runs 1, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7.5, 8, 9 and 10 kg, then in 2.5 kg steps up to 30 kg, then in 5 kg steps up to 60 kg.

The pair cards on this page carry every one of them with its live price, stock and a direct link, and the count and the range are read from the product rather than typed.

No. Above 10 kg the ladder steps in 2.5 kg, so it goes 10 kg, then 12.5 kg. There is no 12 kg pair, and 12.5 kg is the nearest.

The same applies to other in-between weights: below 10 kg the steps are roughly a kilo, from 10 kg to 30 kg they are 2.5 kg, and above 30 kg they are 5 kg. The pair cards on this page show exactly which rungs exist.

60 kg per dumbbell, so 120 kg for the pair. That is the top of the ladder and the top of the largest set, which runs from 2.5 kg to 60 kg.

From 30 kg upward the ladder steps in 5 kg, so 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60 kg are all available as pairs.

1 kg per dumbbell. Below 10 kg the steps are roughly a kilo apart: 1, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7.5, 8, 9 and 10 kg. That is the part of the ladder that matters for shoulders, arms and learning a movement.

It depends on the weight, and not evenly: the head gets bigger as the weight goes up. The measured figures we hold for a weight are printed against that weight in the specification table on this page.

That is the measurement to take before you buy: it decides whether a pair clears a bench, sits between a rack's saddles and fits on a shelf. Where we hold a measured figure for a weight, it is printed against that weight in the specification table on this page.

The handle diameter is published in the specification table on this page against each weight we hold a measurement for, so if that measurement matters for your hands or your gloves you can read it there rather than assuming a figure.

Handle length is not a figure we hold a measurement for, so we do not publish one.

The weight in the option name is the weight of each dumbbell. A 20 kg option is two 20 kg dumbbells, so 40 kg arrives.

The shipping weight recorded against each option is the weight of the pair, which is why a heavy pair is freight rather than a parcel.

A graded run of that many pairs, plus an A-frame tree rack to hold them. The three-pair sets start at 2.5 kg, 5 kg or 10 kg and climb from there; the five and six-pair sets do the same over a longer run.

Every set card on this page carries a collapsible What’s included list. Open it and you get the exact pairs in that option, and the rack where one is included, read live from the product rather than from a description someone typed. Where a set cannot be resolved with confidence, no list is shown at all.

Yes. Twelve pairs from 2.5 kg to 30 kg with a rack, and the same twelve pairs with no rack at all for a floor that already has storage.

There is also an eighteen-pair option with no rack, which extends the same ladder up to 60 kg. The live option names and prices are on the set cards on this page.

Sometimes, not always. Whether a set costs less than the same pairs bought one at a time depends on what each of those pairs costs on the day, and that moves.

Each set card on this page works the comparison out live against the set’s own components at today’s prices, including the rack where one is included, and shows a saving only on the options where the parts genuinely cost more. The rest carry no claim in either direction. You can check it yourself by pricing the pairs you want on the pair cards, adding the rack, and comparing that total with the set price.

Most do. The three, five and six-pair sets come on an A-frame tree rack, and the twelve-pair set comes on a three-tier layer rack.

The options shown as No Rack are the dumbbells only, for a floor that already has storage. Each option on this page says which it is.

Yes. The hex dumbbell storage racks are sold separately as well as inside the sets, so you can add one to pairs you already own.

Other dumbbell storage is in the dumbbell storage collection.

Pick it on two things: how many pairs you are storing, and how heavy the heaviest of them is.

A tree rack takes one pair per tier, so the count in the name is the count of pairs. The head gets bigger as the weight goes up, so a frame spaced for light pairs will not take heavy ones. If your ladder runs to 25 or 30 kg, check that before anything else.

Buy for the set you intend to own rather than the one you own now; a second frame costs more than the right first one.

The tree racks are named for their tiers and a tier takes one pair, so a three-tier rack holds three pairs, a five-tier holds five, a six-tier holds six and a ten-tier holds ten.

The three-tier layer rack is a different design: pairs sit along flat tiers rather than in individual saddles. We are not quoting a pair count for it until it has been re-checked against the current dumbbells. Ask us before ordering that one if capacity is the deciding factor.

A tree rack is an A-frame with angled saddles. The saddle angle holds each head against gravity and presents the handle, so you lift the dumbbell off the frame rather than drag its head across it, and each tier holds one pair.

A layer rack sits the pairs along flat tiers instead of in individual saddles, which suits a longer run of pairs against a wall. Both are powder-coated steel.

We are not publishing external dimensions for the A-frame tree racks on this page, because the figures we hold for them have not been re-confirmed against the racks we are shipping.

The dimension image on the rack listing is the measured source. If a rack has to fit a specific alcove or gap, send us that measurement before you order and we will check it rather than give you a number we are not sure of.

Powder-coated steel, with angled saddles on the tree versions. They are supplied to be assembled rather than welded up as one piece.

Not necessarily. A hex rack's saddles are angled and spaced for a hexagonal head, and head height and width grow with weight, so a rack sized for light pairs will not take heavy ones and a rack built for round heads is a different geometry again.

Check the heaviest pair the rack has to hold, not only how many pairs you own.

The pair cards on this page. They carry every pair in the range with its live price, whether it is in stock, and a direct link to that weight.

The specification table on this page lists the published measurements for each weight alongside them, so you can compare size as well as price without leaving the page.

Yes. For a gym, studio, school or club buying several sets, send the list through the trade and bulk quote page and you get one quote back by email.

Tell us the ladder you need and the storage, not just the total kilos. It changes what we can do on carriage.

Hex, if they are going to live on the floor. Six flat faces mean the dumbbell stays where you set it down, which is what makes renegade rows, push-up positions and floor presses workable without a rack.

Round rubber dumbbells roll, but they seat easily in saddle racks and match a gym layout where everything else is round. They are built the same way here: the same cast iron core, the same rubber coating. So the choice is about head shape and storage, not about quality.

An adjustable dumbbell replaces a whole ladder with one handle, so it wins on floor space: one footprint instead of one per pair. The trade is a few seconds between sets, and you cannot pick up a second pair for a drop set or leave one loaded for someone else.

Hex wins once you have the space, because the next weight is a pair you pick up rather than a setting you change. Hex versus adjustable compares the two side by side.

They can live on the floor. That is the whole point of the six flat faces: a hex pair stays where you put it, so a rack is optional in a way it is not for round dumbbells.

A rack earns its place once you own more than two or three pairs. It keeps the ladder in order, off the walking route, and at a height you can lift from rather than off the floor every set.

The heads are bonded natural rubber rather than bare iron, which is why hex is the usual choice for a floor at home rather than a platform.

We do not publish a drop rating for them, so treat a mat under the working area as sensible on wood, laminate or tile, and set the pair down rather than drop it. On a heavy pair the head is large enough that where it lands matters more than what it is made of.

Wipe the heads with a damp cloth and dry them. Keep solvents and harsh cleaners off both the rubber and the chrome. They do more harm than the sweat does.

Store them dry. Chrome and damp do not get on, and a handle left wet on a garage floor will tell you so within a season.

Standard delivery is free to every address in Great Britain, including the Scottish Highlands and Islands, whatever the order weighs. There is no weight surcharge and no minimum order to qualify.

Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are priced by weight at checkout, so put the postcode in to see the figure before you commit.

Order before 2pm Monday to Friday and the order is dispatched the same working day. Orders placed after that, or at the weekend, go out on the next working day.

Yes. Unused items can be returned within 180 days in their original packaging, and there is no restocking fee.

Return postage on a change-of-mind return is yours; if the item is faulty, it is not.

Get in touch with photographs of the damage and of the packaging it arrived in, and we will sort it out.

Returns for a faulty or damaged item are free. You do not pay the return postage on those.

Add ?view=llms to this collection's address. That returns a plain-text list of every hex variant with its live price, SKU, barcode, weight, stock and a direct link, generated at request time.

Store-wide facts for assistants are at for AI assistants and in llms.txt, including the delivery rule, the returns window and the note that prices already include VAT.

Yes. Every variant of every hex product carries its own SKU and its own 13-digit barcode, and both are published in the machine-readable list for this collection.

If you are matching our range against another catalogue, match on the barcode or the SKU rather than on the product title, which is the field most likely to be reworded.