Blackbearfitness Reviews 

525
TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.2

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Evaluating 150 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the fast delivery service, highlighting that orders arrive promptly and the equipment is consistently outstanding. Consumers are very pleased with the helpful support they receive, noting that products are securely packaged and well protected. However, some customers also noted occasional issues with missing items, delayed shipments, or tracking problems that required follow-up. A few reviewers experienced frustrating problems with damaged boxes or received items featuring chips in the paintwork upon opening. Others mentioned that certain products lacked clear assembly instructions or required extra effort to set up properly.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Ordered over a week ago (ORDER #14980). Part 1 arrived as advertised. Part 2 is still not showing as being received by the courier company, according to the tracking company. The number advertised i... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service, high quality gym kit. Fast delivery all for £4.95 amazing. Leg extension/ curl machine arrived,it was extremely well packaged. Inside the packing crate everything was wrapped i... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

5 star experience I enquired about a Dumbell set as couldnt find exactly what I wanted. Lucky enough to live close to the warehouse so went down to discuss requirements. Really helpful and friendly... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ordered & collected a home gym set up recently, barbell, weight plates, crash mats & a squat rack, very happy with all & the squat rack was simple to put together. Everything is exceptionally priced... See more

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  1. #32 of 41 best companies in Fitness Equipment Wholesaler

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Here at BlackBear Fitness we specialise in commercial and home gym fitness equipment. Our knowledge on our products gives us second to none experience in the advice we will be able to offer you in deciding what best suits your requirements. Whether you're on a tight budget and testing the fitness waters or you're looking to outfit a full state of the art training facility, we will go above and beyond to see you get exactly and more that you need from us. No pressure quotes and genuinely impartial advice is what we'll always offer, we're happy as long as you are happy. If we can strike some deals in the meantime, great. If we can't we just hope you learned something to make an informed decision down the line.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Worlds most customer centric company

Could not ask for better customer service.

I ordered the wrong size bar by accident and the company promptly sent out a replacement bar for the size I wanted. They even let me keep the original bar and charged me no extra cost.

Will definitely order from them again and recommend to all my fellow lifters.

I thought Amazon was the world’s most customer centric company but they’ve been toppled by Blackbearfitness hands down.

Quality of material is outstanding, very smooth ball bearings unlike other places.

Very impressed.

9 January 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

When ting go wrong, customer service is awful.

Purchase on 29 Dec - 1 to 2 day delivery. No tracking info by the following day, so rang and was told not yet shipped due to busy period and courier issue, which I understand. I suggested leaving dispatch until Monday 5 Jan. this was agreed and I was told it would then be with me the day after - 6 Jan. However, by the 5 Jan no notification of tracking. so I rang again and was told it was being collected that day and courier would send a tracking info email later that day. No tracking email arrived, so called again on Tuesday 6 Jan. I was told that they had sent out the item and would contact the courier for an update, then call me back within the hour. No call back after 2 hours, so rang again. this time told me they are chasing it up and will get back to me in 5 mins - 2 1/2 hours later still no call back. Now it was getting close to end of business day so rang again, no answer, then again, no answer, then again, no answer. This experience made me think that my order had not been shipped at all, and they perhaps have a strategy of just telling customers (though very polite and friendly) whatever it takes to make them believe all is fine and to get them off the phone. So emailed to cancel and to request refund - 24 hour later and no reply. So rang and was told that team had been off work and only just back in office, and they would be contacting me within 45 mins to discuss my cancelation. I did not really believe this, and as expected, no reply from them at all.

29 December 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Dream home gym

Wanted to build a home gym in the garage as a new year/ Xmas present

Blackbear were awesome. Great to suggest options based on what we wanted and budget to very quickly zero in on the dream set up

From there install and fit out was quick, simple and professional.

Would recommend to anyone looking to build their dream gym large or small

7 January 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A catalogue of errors from the very start

From the very being of my transactions with Blackbear Fitness the experience has been nothing short of catastrophic. Error after error after error, resulting in me remaining a completely unsatisfied customer in the 2nd week of January 2026. How one company can get so many things wrong and continue to give platitudes and make promises they fail to meet is beyond belief. Common sense would dictate that someone with responsibility in the company would take the time to stop and realise that they need to do something to make all the errors right. Unfortunately this appears to be beyond the capability of this company and its owner(s). So here I am genuinely wanting to leave a good review but unable as Blackbear fitness continue to fail on every count and are devoid of customer service, common decency or common sense.

28 November 2025
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Really happy

Really happy. Ordered the lat pull down machine which was at a really good price. Arrived 2 days later. Took a couple of hours to put together. If you can put ikea furniture together, you’ll be fine. What I have now is a bit of kit that will last for years. Will use this company again.

26 December 2025
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered a belt squat and stand around a…

Ordered a belt squat and stand around a month ago and no response from customer service. I’ve emailed 3 times and called many times.

They have not emailed me back as stated in the below response. I can’t find any reply from anyone.

29 December 2025
Unprompted review
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Reply from Blackbearfitness

Hi Veda,

Thanks for the review. I can see you ordered a pre order item to ship at the end of December, you emailed on the 14th which was replied to by Amanda re confirming the delivery time frame.

I can see another email today came in at 14:29 which a member of the team would have gotten to this evening, tomorrow AM.

I do apologise you feel we’ve ignored you. Your order is still due to despatch this week as per the original order. I would be expecting a tracking number to arrive via email in the next 1-2 working days.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12 days and still waiting for delivery

Ordered a set of weights and a bench on 15th Dec and still don’t have any product. Chased on numerous occasions and was told that it was 100% on a pallet to be delivered the next day. No show. Spoke to the company after initially wiring a review (my first ever on Trustpilot) as I was so incensed at the lack of response. I agreed to take the post down to give them an opportunity to deliver on morning of Xmas eve as they assured me it would be. Waited in on Xmas eve morning and no delivery again. I had to call to find out what was happening and was told it was the delivery company issue with drivers. Irrelevant as far as I am concerned. The company continue to advertise and charge for fast delivery 1-2 days right up until Xmas eve and still do. It is the wasted time waiting for delivery on the few days off over Xmas with the kids that has irked me even more than the lack of product. And continually being told it would be delivered. Now been told they will be in my area on 29th but have zero faith it will be delivered.

Would be interesting to know if others had similar issues with delivery. My brother also purchased from the company a few months ago and the weights were delivered on multiple occasions not in one delivery as had been informed.

15 December 2025
Unprompted review
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Reply from Blackbearfitness

Hello Richard,

I can confirm you haven't had the cleanest of experiences, albeit I do need to specify a few things in response.
On the occasions you were promised something, BlackBear absolutely nailed that task to the letter to ensure it was carried out.
When you advised your pallet was lost in transit on the 15th, we immediately shipped one out again at our cost to rectify this, tracking was provided Sunday evening out of hours.

We paid an extortionate fee to compensate that issue by getting you a next day AM slot on Xmas eve. We were more than happy to absorb this to help you. Again apologising enormously for your delay (which was caused by the haulier in your region).

The haulier themselves then called you at mid day Xmas eve stating BlackBear had 100% sent this, however due to a driver not attending work in the customers local depot, the truck never went out for delivery on xmas eve ruining all the work we/yourself had done to get the pallet to that stage.

The hauliers then promised me, and then you they'd deliver it on Saturday 27th December. It looks like they screwed us/you again by delivering it Monday 29th when we were fully outside the bank holiday and Xmas shut down. I can again only apologise for the experience suffered, twice the local haulier in London has utterly destroyed a simple task of delivering our pallet on the next day service like they were paid to.

Appreciate the email yesterday to let us know it arrived safe and sound though. I'm glad it's now finally on site and delivered as expected.


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BlackBear

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommend

Very personable company with great communication throughout and an excellent collection service. Well stocked, competitively priced, and Anthony made the whole experience feel genuinely valued. Will definitely buy again.

23 December 2025
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Bolts are painted so the nuts won’t go…

Bolts are painted so the nuts won’t go on! In the end I gave up and didn’t add the wheels as a result!

12 December 2025
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Reply from Blackbearfitness

Hi Sharon,

Apologies you had issues with the bolt for the wheel here, if you would be so kind to email the team at sales@blackbearfitness.co.uk. I'll do my best to get a replacement bolt sent out before the Xmas shutdown for couriers.

Could you possibly upload a couple images please? I can't say I've ever heard of this happening before so we'd like to feed this back to our suppliers, too.


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BlackBear

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good kit, fast friendly service

I have been using Blackbearfitness for nearly 6 years now. The service is always quick, Ant is extremely helpful and the quality of the kit just keeps getting better.

12 December 2025
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Reply from Blackbearfitness

Thanks Holly, we appreciate the loyalty!


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BlackBear

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Product never came

Product never came

3 December 2025
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Reply from Blackbearfitness

Hi John,

Thank you for the review, albeit I think it's a little bit harsh.

I can see you ordered your tibia machine on 14:45 on the 3rd December, it was signed for at your GPS coordinates on the 5th December at 13:09.
We've never had an email or message to show a delivery issue, but we then receive a 1* review 7 days later saying the item never arrived.

My teams happy to assist if there was an issue, but we can see the machine stood up in an open doorway signed for.

Do please reach out to us if there's an issue, or can we look to alter this review to a more accurate reflection at all in the meantime?


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Missing parts

Missing parts. I have contacted the company and still no reply? Finally decided to ring the company and they were very helpful and hopefully my missing parts will arrive soon?Mr Thorpe

1 December 2025
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Reply from Blackbearfitness

Hi Mark,

I believe this review popped up before we actually connected on the phone yesterday to discuss the item being lost in transit.

I can confirm we've launched the claim with the courier and also re issued your missing item. It should land Wednesday 10th December. Do let us know for whatever reason it doesn't arrive!


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BlackBear

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Friendly and efficient

Quick delivery. Really good, friendly, efficient customer service. Although an item was missing it was easy to resolve and sent out straight away. Good website, easy to order and the equipment is really good quality.

28 November 2025
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Reply from Blackbearfitness

Many thanks for the review. Glad we managed to sort that last set of hex for you.

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BlackBear

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good item

Good item, delivered quickly

27 November 2025
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Reply from Blackbearfitness

Many thanks for your kind review!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service/ great price

Great customer service, high quality gym kit. Fast delivery all for £4.95 amazing. Leg extension/ curl machine arrived,it was extremely well packaged. Inside the packing crate everything was wrapped in bubble wrap. I'd ordered 150kg of bumper plates as well. All well packaged. Great price 👍 definitely would recommend blackbear. Many thanks.

24 November 2025
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Reply from Blackbearfitness

Thank you Steve, your review of our leg curl machine is greatly appreciated.

If you ever need anything else do please let us know!

Thanks
BlackBear

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