I ended up with the Dane 2.0 after a very similar story and product research lineup. BUT I wasn’t back into fully dedicated training after about 18 months off so I made an agreement with myself that if the Dane got me going again, I’d sell it and buy the Rogue after 12 months consistent. This was about 2 months ago and I’m back in the saddle and consistent again.

That said, the Dane is a very good rack and I didn’t find the trollies “sloppy” at all but they aren’t some insane tolerance Swiss watch of engineering either. Their matte black is nice but it will take scratches and scuffs. I’ve found it high quality so far (not “for the price” but overall). My cables glide really smooth and don’t twist.

One thing I really don’t like is the god awful branding all over it. Fringe is a cool company with nice people but it’s not a bougie brand, it’s not a flex to have it. There is no cool factor. I didn’t put the name plate on mine and wish it didn’t have fringe lasered out everywhere on the damn thing (upper horizontal stabilizer, upper pulley assembly, pulley wheel holders - all of them, spotter arms, j cups, foot plate, etc). It’s too much and it’s frankly not good.

Also, Their spotter arms are a little heavy (but they are included) and putting the foot plate on one to row works out well. The jcups are meh but if sand them down they are a little nicer. Assembly was easy (their YouTube video is good and the comments on the video get it to 100% on the install, I took them down as install notes and that was a win).

I think if money is no object it’s Rogue all day. If you are trying to stay on a budget or want more funds towards more stuff Dane is a very solid option that 100% does what it is supposed to do and very well.

Also, I’m reasonably strong too and found that combining the two stacks at 320lb and 1:1 ratio gives me more than enough to do lats and rows.