Titan Fitness Cast Iron Ruck Weight Plate, Backpack Weight Training, Single Wide Handle, Round Corners Smooth Edges, Ideal for Resistance Training, Strengthen Posture Stability

For those of you out there searching for an alternative to the $300 backpack + $90 ruck plate from the "big brand" - this is your answer! This Titan 20 lb. plate fits perfectly in the back hydration pocket of the 5.11 RUSH12 backpack - so no need to worry about it flopping around in a backpack's main/large compartment. I just wrapped it up in an old t-shirt to keep it a little more snug, and to keep the rough-ish finish of the plate from abrading the inside of the pack.Weight of the plate seems accurate - I stepped on my (reliable) bathroom scale with the pack on, then off, and the fully loaded (pack + this plate + t-shirt wrapped around it + random old clothes to fill out the main compartment) weight was 26.4 lbs. So if the weight of this plate is off, it's not by much.There was ZERO chance I was paying $4.50 per lb. for a plate from the "big brand" - I mean it's a big chunk of metal. If it weighs around the right amount, that's all we need. If you're really concerned about long-term durability, spray it with a canned rubberized sealant or something.The 5.11 RUSH12 is pretty great too - but that's for a different review. The main message is - for $152, you can be "all in" to get started rucking for fitness, and that includes a $12 waist belt (Fire Force here on Amazon, with colors to match every RUSH12 color!) to add to the RUSH12, because it has attachment points to do so, and it stabilizes your ruck even more. To recap - $100 for the 5.11 RUSH12, $40 for this Titan 20 lb. plate, and $12 for the Fire Force waist belt (buy a 1.5" for the RUSH packs). This is compared to $260 to $390 just to get started with the same setup from the "big brand"!My first ruck with the setup last night was great - 3 miles at a rather quick pace, pack felt very stable and secure. My wife rucked 3 miles with it this morning as well, and no complaints.

Perfect, as advertised

This ruck plate arrived a full seven days ahead of schedule. My biggest concern, since I'm doing a GORUCK 50 Mile Star Course event, was that the weight would be shy of the required 20lbs. But after having unwrapped it, I immediately took it over to my bathroom scale and saw that it came in at 20.6lbs. The finish on the plate was great, with just two small spots that needed some touch-up. After adding some additional padding to the bottom of plate and some more to the sides of the laptop pocket in my 5.11 Rush 72, it felt great on a 25 mile ruck this past Friday. There were no hot spots or burrs on the plate itself, which was great to see. I cannot imagine why anyone would want to pay the $90 for the GORUCK brand plate, unless the branding is that important to you. Do yourself a favor and shop all of your ruck plate needs from Titan, and save your money for the GORUCK packs.

Fits perfectly in my GoRuck pack…and at a great price point!

I’m giving this 5 stars because it’s exactly what you want if you’re looking for a plate to ruck with and you don’t to pay for name brand pricing. HOWEVER my recommendation would be to weigh the plate when you receive it because it is not 20lbs. I just finished my first and last ruck so perhaps this is common sense to someone with more experience in the rucking game. I did not weigh it, and consequently carried 44lbs 26 miles through the desert, nearly 10lbs over what I needed. Maybe this has left me with a negative opinion of rucking, maybe not I don’t really know. At any rate, weigh the plate when you get it.

Good product for a great price. Coating seems pretty thick, after it riding around in the coarse nylon hydration bladder section of my backpack for the past month directly near the padding I haven't noticed any wear/tear to the coating, and no surface rust in spite of the padding being a sponge for sweat.The weight I received actually ended up weighing 21lb (non issue), the only thing I think they could do better is recess the lettering as opposed to it being raised, so as to not potentially prematurely wear out packs.But even that's a small issue, I'll more than likely buy another ruck weight from titan if/when I decide to move up to the 30ln or 45lb

Good weight. Easy to add to my ruck or to use alone. For the price, it is spot on. I didn’t need to pay extra for a name. I needed a weight. This does the job.

I just started getting into rucking on my off lifting days and was sick of using my weight plates during the ruck (they are sub optimal since they are bigger and take more room up). So, I ordered this plate for my 5-11 Rush12 bag. It fits into the hydration compartment perfectly. I can also fit it into the main compartment and use the cinch strap to keep it from moving around. It's really nice and a lot cheaper than GoRuck's plates. I've bought from Titan before and never had any issues. I only wish they had the 30 and 40lb plates in stock when I ordered.