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Product Highlights
Some things we really like:
190K PSI steel for industry standard tensile strength
28.5mm shaft diameter
Unique Ohio knurl
Dual knurl marks
Bushing sleeve rotation system
Cerakote shaft
New proprietary matte black coating on the sleeve. This is extremely hard and doesn’t appear to come off.
New sound-dampening inner sleeve structure intended to dull the sound of drops.
$100 over the standard black zinc Ohio Bar. The 2.0S rings up at around $395.
Rogue Ohio Bar 2.0S Review (2025) – A Silent Barbell?
Author: Cooper Mitchell, GGR Founder
The new Rogue Ohio Bar 2.0S just dropped, and Garage Gym Reviews is here to give you the scoop on what makes this bar so special. The newest member of the Ohio Bar variants, the 2.0S is being advertised for two new innovations: a sound-dampening sleeve structure, and a coating said to be even more corrosion-resistant than cerakote, but without the drawbacks.
Read the full review.