PRx Mobility & Resistance Bands Review
Updated September 2026 with my 6-month review · First tested July 2025 · 3 videos
My score: 4 out of 5
If you can only afford bands right now, buy bands. You can get a serious workout out of a set and add a bar and plates later. Six months in, these have held up fine. The catch is that bands are the one thing in the PRx lineup with a clock on them. Latex eventually snaps.
Buy it if
- Buy it if you want to start training at home this month, not next year.
- Buy it if you need gear that hangs on a hook and fits in a bag.
- Buy it if you want bands that list a resistance range, so you can actually program with them.
- Buy it if you'll grab the wall hanger too, so they don't end up in a knot.
Skip it if
- Skip it if you already have a rack, plates and cables. Bands are an add-on for you, not a priority.
- Skip it if you want a buy-it-once-for-life purchase. Latex wears out.
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Before you buy
What I don't love
They will snap someday
That's not a PRx problem, that's latex. PRx only gives accessories like bands a one year warranty, which tells you the same thing.
"Set of five" means the Heavy bundle
Only the Heavy bundle has five bands. The Light and Standard bundles are four each, so check what you're getting before you compare.
Two prices for the storage
PRx lists the band storage at two different prices on two different pages. Buy from the product page and check the cart.
Watch the videos
Every video I've made on it
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I'll check them again at one year to see if any have snapped.
Can bands be your whole gym?
Six months of regular use with no failures, why I'd buy the storage hanger with them, and why the one-year check is the one that matters.
One month in
How the bands held up after a month of use, and what I'd flag before you buy.
Day one
Unboxing the mobility bands, getting it set up in my parents' home gym, and my first impressions.
Questions I get
Can you build a whole home gym around resistance bands?
I think you can. You won't out-squat a loaded barbell, but you can get a serious workout for a fraction of what a rack costs.
Which PRx bundle is the set of five?
The Heavy bundle. That's red, black, purple, green and blue. The Light and Standard bundles are four bands each.
What resistance do they cover?
From 5 to 15 lb on the yellow up to 65 to 175 lb on the blue, with four steps in between.
Do I need the band storage?
You don't need it. You'll use your bands more if you have it. Untangling bands is how they end up in a drawer.
What's the warranty?
PRx's warranty page lists one year on accessories, and that includes bands.
Specs
| Length | 41 in |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3/16 in |
| Material | 100% latex |
| Bands and resistance | Yellow 1/4 in (5-15 lb), red 1/2 in (10-35 lb), black 7/8 in (30-60 lb), purple 1-1/8 in (40-80 lb), green 1-3/4 in (50-125 lb), blue 2-1/2 in (65-175 lb) |
| Bundles | Light (4 bands), Standard (4 bands), Heavy (5 bands) |
| Band storage | 5 hooks |
| Warranty | 1 year on accessories |
From the blog
Related articles
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The long version
My full PRx resistance bands review
Who these are for
One of the simplest ways to start a home gym is a good set of resistance bands. If bands are all you can afford right now, buy bands. You can get a hell of a workout from them.
I think you can have a complete home gym with just resistance bands. Starting out, you might not even need a whole setup with a rack and a bar. There's a lot you can do.
Who uses them
These are in my parents' home gym. My parents are 70, and I wanted them to have a full set of bands so they can work on their mobility.
The other reason was my mom. She's not someone who has ever really worked out, and bands were a low barrier way for her to start doing some movement.
My dad uses them, and my mom uses them a little bit.
My mom actually took to them
Lo and behold, she listened. About a month in she was doing some movements with the bands, and when I came over that day she told me she actually felt a little bit better. Who'd have thought.
That's my favorite part about these. Not the bands themselves, but the fact that my mom started working out with them when she'd never done that in 70 years.
I got them one of those charts that shows all the different exercises you can do with bands. She can use the lighter ones now and move to heavier ones as she progresses.
What's in the set
They're loop bands like any other band you've seen, with the PRx branding on them. Every band is 41 inches long and 3/16 of an inch thick, and they're 100 percent latex.
PRx lists the yellow at 5 to 15 pounds of resistance, the red at 10 to 35, the black at 30 to 60, the purple at 40 to 80, the green at 50 to 125 and the blue at 65 to 175. The blue is the strongest one they make.
The set they sent us was five bands, yellow, red, black, purple and green. PRx sells them one at a time and in bundles, so check which bands are in the bundle you're looking at. You can also mix and match bands to get more resistance.
Buy the storage rack with them
I don't know about you, but I hate untangling bands when I want to use them. I just want to use them. If you've ever owned bands, you know they're a mess all the time.
PRx makes a little wall rack with a hook for each band. Bands don't weigh much, so it doesn't need heavy anchors. I hung ours with a couple of screws, and the bands hang without touching the floor.
It keeps them neat and easy to grab. I'd get it.
How they've held up
They've held up really well. They get a lot of use and I've got no complaints with them.
You do get what you pay for with bands. I've had cheap ones that didn't last very long and they snapped. These are good quality and I think they'll hold up for quite a while.
The catch: bands don't last forever
Every band eventually snaps. That's just bands. Everything else in my parents' gym is steel or iron, and these are the one thing with a clock on them.
So I'm very interested to see where they are after a year. I'll check them again then.
Would I buy them again?
Yes. They're probably the most economical and versatile thing you can add to a home gym, and they're priced well for the quality.
If you already have a rack, plates and everything else, bands are an add-on. If you have nothing, start here and add the bar and plates later.
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