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Open Trap Bar / Hex Bar

4.8
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
362 Reviews
$199.99 CAD $299.99

Ultra-versatile open trap bar with built-in jack to save your back.
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Specifications

What's Included

Open Trap Bar / Hex Bar:

  • 1x Open Trap/ Hex Bar

Shipping & Returns

We get it — shipping heavy gym gear raises some important questions. Here’s exactly what to expect:

Flat-Rate Shipping: Most orders ship for much less, but no matter how big your setup gets, you’ll never pay over $199 CAD for shipping in Canada. Some conditions apply for rural or Northern addresses.

Shipping Time: Orders ship within 1–3 business days and usually arrive within 3–7 business days (during sales events, delivery may take up to 2 additional business days).

Fulfilled from our Calgary or Toronto warehouses. Local to either city? Pick up in-store and skip the shipping fees!

Returns: All Bells of Steel products are backed by our 30-day return policy. If you don’t love your order, send it back — simple and stress-free.

Product Features

  • BUILT-IN DEADLIFT JACK

    Load and unload plates in seconds by tipping the bar onto its jack feet. Faster setup means smoother, safer training sessions — especially when lifting heavy.

  • BALANCED OPEN-FRAME DESIGN

    The open-side design gives you more movement freedom while keeping lifts stable and controlled, making rows, lunges, and carries feel natural and secure.

  • DUAL HANDLE HEIGHTS FOR VERSATILE TRAINING

    Switch instantly between low-handle and high-handle lifts without unloading the bar — perfect for progressing technique or reducing strain on tight hips or backs.

  • PREMIUM KNURLED HANDLES

    Fully knurled handles provide a confident, secure grip without tearing your hands apart — ideal for volume work and heavy pulls.

  • MORE NATURAL PULL = LESS LOWER-BACK STRESS

    The hex bar design keeps the load centered around your body, reducing shear stress on the lower back compared to straight-bar deadlifts.

  • HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL CONSTRUCTION

    Rated for 700 lbs and engineered to stay rigid under load, giving you long-term durability without the premium price tag.

  • DURABLE, PROTECTIVE COATING

    A wear-resistant black zinc coat and white zinc sleeve coating helps minimize scratches, scuffs, and rust — reinforced by secure packaging during shipping.

  • SPACE-EFFICIENT FOOTPRINT

    The streamlined open design gives you more movement in a smaller area, perfect for garage gyms and tight training spaces.

  • DESIGNED FOR TOTAL-BODY TRAINING

    Replace multiple training tools with one specialty bar that excels at rows, carries, lunges, deadlifts, presses, and accessory work.

Product Details

The Trap Bar often called a Hex Bar, is one of the best specialty bars for building strength and developing power in the deadlift. Our latest in-house designed model has three core benefits that will make training with your new trap bar a dream.

We firmly believe that if it's a barbell, the sleeves should rotate. Unlike almost any other trap bar on the market, our trap bar features rotating sleeves.

This ingenious design offers several benefits over the traditional, closed-frame design. The most important of these being access to far more movements than before. By opening up the front end of the bar, it is now possible to use your trap bar for split squats, Romanian deadlifts, weighted carries, lunges, and more, while still being perfectly balanced for your deadlifts and shrugs.

To keep the bar more compact for both storage and shipping, the sleeves are a little shorter than full-length barbell sleeves; however, the plate block has been made extra thin, allowing for a full seven B.o.S.45lb machined plates to be loaded on each side. Fit even more calibrated plates with a maximum weight of 700lbs.

Want to learn more about specialty bars? Then read our article: Best Specialty Barbells for Strength Training.

PRODUCT SPECS

Shipping Details

This product will be shipped in 1 box:


1x HB1

  • 61" x 25" x 9" / 155 cm x 62 cm x 23 cm
  • 54 lb / 24 kg

You can find the SKU on the front of each box.

4.8
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
Based on 362 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 307 Total 4 star reviews: 46 Total 3 star reviews: 9 Total 2 star reviews: 0 Total 1 star reviews: 0
98%would recommend this product
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362 reviews
  • MT
    Matt T.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    6 days ago
    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 lunges. My only issue was during shipping the box and styrofoam broke and the sleeves got banged up a little bit.

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  • RM
    Renaud M.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 week ago
    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 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!

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  • JF
    Joanie F.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 months ago
    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. Anyone who orders gym equipment knows how poorly it can be packed. This was a study box with ample cushion and coverage of the bar. Bells of steel is fantastic with their shipping and overall level of equipment.

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    Bells of Steel Canada
    2 months ago

    Thanks for the fantastic 5-star review, Joanie! We're absolutely thrilled to hear that the Open Trap Bar is delivering that excellent build quality and sturdiness you're looking for as a personal trainer and business owner—we know how important it is to have equipment that can handle serious daily use and perform reliably for your clients.

    It's awesome to hear that our packaging and shipping exceeded your expectations too! We totally get how frustrating it can be when gym equipment arrives damaged due to poor packaging, so we've really focused on making sure everything arrives in perfect condition. Your feedback about the sturdy box and ample cushioning means a lot to us and shows we're hitting the mark on both product quality and the entire customer experience.

    Yours in strength,
    The B.o.S. Crew.

  • CH
    Chi H. C.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 months ago
    Open trap bar

    Awesome quality, what a deal

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    Bells of Steel Canada
    3 months ago

    Thanks so much for the feedback and the awesome photo, Chi! We're stoked to hear you're loving the quality and deal on the Open Trap Bar. It’s the perfect addition for some serious gains without breaking the bank!

    Yours in strength,
    The B.o.S. Crew.

  • JB
    John B.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    11 months ago
    Open trap bar/ hex bar

    Quality trap bar, good for deadlifts ,shrugs ,carries etc.

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    Bells of Steel Canada
    11 months ago

    Thanks for sharing the love, John! We're thrilled to hear that the Open Trap Bar / Hex Bar is rocking your deadlifts, shrugs, and carries. Quality and versatility are what we're all about, and it sounds like this bar is hitting all the right notes. Huge thanks for the video — it's always awesome to see our gear in action!
    Yours in strength,
    The B.o.S. Crew.

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The Bells of Steel Open Trap Bar is a black hexagonal bar with elevated and standard handles, ideal for deadlifts. Each side has silver rotating sleeves for smooth plate loading.
Bells of Steel

Open Trap Bar / Hex Bar

$199.99 CAD $299.99

The Trap Bar often called a Hex Bar, is one of the best specialty bars for building strength and developing power in the deadlift. Our latest in-house designed model has three core benefits that will make training with your new trap bar a dream.

We firmly believe that if it's a barbell, the sleeves should rotate. Unlike almost any other trap bar on the market, our trap bar features rotating sleeves.

This ingenious design offers several benefits over the traditional, closed-frame design. The most important of these being access to far more movements than before. By opening up the front end of the bar, it is now possible to use your trap bar for split squats, Romanian deadlifts, weighted carries, lunges, and more, while still being perfectly balanced for your deadlifts and shrugs.

To keep the bar more compact for both storage and shipping, the sleeves are a little shorter than full-length barbell sleeves; however, the plate block has been made extra thin, allowing for a full seven B.o.S.45lb machined plates to be loaded on each side. Fit even more calibrated plates with a maximum weight of 700lbs.

Want to learn more about specialty bars? Then read our article: Best Specialty Barbells for Strength Training.

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