Keppi 3000 V2 Weight Bench Review: FID Bench, Leg Extension and Preacher Pad in One

The Keppi 3000 V2 is a heavy-duty adjustable bench with a decline setting, a leg extension and curl attachment and a preacher curl pad, and it costs £299.99 on Amazon UK (1 November 2026). We rate it 4.2 out of 5. If you'd otherwise end up buying a separate preacher bench or leg station, it's one of the better ways to fold three pieces of kit into one footprint. If you only press and row, it's more bench than you need.

What makes it stand out on paper is how much adjustment Keppi has packed in: 12 backrest angles from minus 20 to 90 degrees, 3 seat angles, and an attachment system that comes off with a magnetic pin rather than a spanner. The EN20957 certification is the other headline. That's the European standard for stationary training equipment, and it's not something most bargain benches can point to.

Check the Keppi 3000 V2 price on Amazon£299.99

Who it's for

This bench makes most sense for someone building a home gym in a garage or spare room who wants to train legs and arms properly without a cable stack. Leg extensions and preacher curls are both isolation lifts that are awkward to replicate with dumbbells alone, and dedicated machines for either cost real money and eat floor space. Bolting both onto a bench you'd buy anyway is the whole pitch.

It suits people who press with a barbell too. A 600kg flat rating and a 93lb steel frame put it well above what a typical home bencher will ever load, and the decline setting opens up decline pressing and decline sit-ups that cheaper flat-to-incline benches can't do.

Who shouldn't buy it? Anyone short on space, for a start. At roughly 195cm long with the attachments fitted, it's noticeably longer than a plain bench. And if you'll never touch the leg or preacher attachments, you're paying close to £100 over a decent standalone bench for parts that will sit in a corner.

Build and adjustment

Keppi lists the frame as 8-gauge and 16-gauge steel with some aluminium parts and PVC upholstery. The thicker 8-gauge steel will be doing the structural work, and that's the reason the bench can carry a 600kg rating. Keppi gives the frame weight as 93lb, which works out at about 42kg, but the listing's item weight says roughly 34.5kg. We can't tell which is right from the listing alone. Either figure is heavy for a home bench, and weight is what stops a bench walking across the floor when you drive your feet into it during a heavy press.

The backrest has 12 positions from minus 20 degrees to 90 degrees. That's a wider spread than either of the other benches we've reviewed recently: the JOROTO MD85 runs 7 positions from flat to 90 with no decline, and the METIS adjustable bench has 10 angles with no decline mentioned. More stops matter more than you'd think for incline pressing, because the jump between, say, 30 and 45 degrees changes which part of the chest and shoulder takes the load.

Then there's the seat, which has its own three settings at 0, 10 and 20 degrees. Tilting the seat up as the backrest climbs stops you sliding down the bench mid-set, a small thing that cheap benches often skip.

The leg extension and curl attachment

This is where the 3000 V2 earns most of its price. Lots of benches come with a leg attachment, and plenty of them are an afterthought: a fixed-length arm, rollers that sit in the wrong place for anyone who isn't average height, and no way to limit the range of motion. Keppi gives you 5 arm lengths and slot-adjustable rollers, so you can line the pivot up with your knee and put the pads on your lower shin rather than halfway up your calf. The 5 ROM angles let you set the start position, which helps if a deep knee bend aggravates an old injury.

Is it worth training the lift at all? For quads, yes. A 2021 study that put 16 recreationally active men through leg extension training found that both rectus femoris and vastus lateralis thickness increased, whether they used drop sets or ordinary sets. Squats tend to under-train the rectus femoris because it crosses the hip as well as the knee, and that's the gap a leg extension fills. A later trial in the Journal of Sports Sciences found more rectus femoris growth when the hip was less flexed (40 degrees rather than 90), so if you can recline the backrest slightly while sitting at the attachment, it's worth trying. We can't confirm from the listing how far back you can lean with the leg arm fitted, so check the product photos.

For form and programming, our leg extension guide covers the setup, and the leg curl guide does the same for the hamstring side. Plate-loaded bench arms don't move as smoothly as a selectorised machine, so start light, learn where the rollers want to sit, and check the bolts after the first couple of sessions.

The preacher pad

The preacher pad has 5 heights, which matters because a pad set too low pulls your shoulders forward and lets your lats help, while a pad set too high cramps the bottom of the curl. With 5 settings most people should find a position where the armpit sits snugly over the top edge. Pair it with an EZ bar or a single dumbbell and you've got a proper preacher curl station without buying a separate preacher curl bench.

The magnetic pin system is the practical win. Keppi says you can switch setups in about 30 seconds, and attachments that are a faff to remove tend to stay fitted permanently or stay in the box permanently. Quick removal means you'll actually use the bench as a bench.

Where it falls short

Price is the obvious one. £299.99 puts the 3000 V2 above both the JOROTO MD85 (£218.49 when we reviewed it) and the METIS (£249.99), and you can buy a perfectly good flat-incline-decline bench for well under £200. You're paying for the attachments, and that only makes sense if you'll use them.

The listing itself needs a tidy-up. Besides the weight mismatch, the support bullet refers to the KEPPI 1000 Pro, which looks like a copy-paste slip from Keppi's other bench. It's probably harmless, but "5 years of technical support" isn't the same promise as a 5-year parts warranty, so get the seller to confirm what's covered before you buy.

Size is the last catch. At roughly 195 x 58 x 129cm it's long and tall with everything fitted, and it doesn't fold. Measure the room, and remember you need clearance either side for barbell plates.

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How it compares

Against the JOROTO MD85, the Keppi wins on adjustment range (12 positions with decline versus 7 without), load rating (600kg versus 450kg) and the leg and preacher attachments. The JOROTO has built-in storage and a pulling arm, and it's cheaper. The METIS is the plain, heavy option: around 40kg, 10 backrest angles and 3 seat positions, but no attachments and a weight capacity that the listing doesn't state. If you just want a bench that won't wobble, the METIS is simpler. If you want the most exercises from one piece of kit, the Keppi is the stronger buy. Our best weight bench UK guide lays out the wider field.

The NHS advises adults to do muscle-strengthening activity on at least 2 days a week, and a bench that covers pressing, rows, quads, hamstrings and biceps makes that easier to stick to at home.

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• Best weight bench UK
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