In Cali we mostly contest the WOB with a knockoff bar. Most of the rest of country uses a fixed bar.

Depending on what you use locally, what are your opinions?

I'll go first.

1. With a knockoff bar your aim has to be much better as there is very little in the way of "friendly roll".

2. With a knockoff bar, a fair amount of time is spent resetting the bar, untangling the rope, etc., compared to set of fixed bar standards.

3. Likewise, attempts for record with a knockoff bar require a measuring tape tossed over the bar to set the height (crank the standards up, etc.) while a fixed bar setup has no height ledges set at 6" intervals. Setting a height can be a simple as raising the bar and directly reading the height off the tape built into the standards. Say the thrower wants to go for 14'2"... In all fairness to the knockoff standards, a built in tape could be added but it just hasn't been thus far.

4. Knockoff bar standards require a lot of welding and fabrication compared to the fairly basic fixed bar standards. Lighter, easier to set up/tear down, etc.

Did I miss anything?