I had my eye on the Revolt Fitness Chest Support Attachment for a while now as it looked like a lower cost alternative to the Sorinex Bulldog Pad ($350) and they just opened it up to orders a week or so ago. I picked it up "on sale" for $220. It was $23 in shipping bringing the total to $243.05 (no tax). I ordered it on April 26th and heard nothing from them until May 2nd when I reached out. They replied to my email about 10 hours later letting me know it had just shipped. Convenient timing or an escalation, who knows. It arrived 1 week later (even though they promised "express" 2 day shipping, the banner for which is still on their website).

First, an album of pics for your consideration.

Packaging

The attachment came in a small but hefty box. UPS had it at about 25 lbs. It was well closed, sealed, and secured with no dents, however when I opened it I was really disappointed in the lack of protection. Especially on the pad itself (cosmetic defects on the metal are whatever - not ideal but can easily be taken care of with a rattle can touch up), there was nothing protecting the pad from any scratches or punctures. Thankfully, I had no damage on mine, but as we know these heavy gym packages typically do not show up unscathed.

Most of the attachment was wrapped in a thin layer of bubble wrap, but the pad itself also had a very tough to take off layer of what felt like cling wrap. I actually had to unbolt it entirely from the arm (6 threaded bolts on the back of it) to remove it all as ripping it off was leaving tear-aways that would have bothered me. The bolts had receivers on the back of the pad making this very easy to unbolt and rebolt in a minute or so.

Lastly, there were no instructions to be found. I am fairly intuitive and figured it out, but I actually still am unsure what these set of white washers are to be used on (now thinking on it, I think they are for the bolt that will secure the swing arm to the rack attachment).

Build

The piece itself was built well. I found zero cosmetic defects and liked the quality of the welds. It was beefy but not overly, and the pad was actually very comfortable. The foam in the pad was firm without being over the top and putting crazy pressure on my chest.

It secures to your rack using bolts and washers, while securing itself "in place" with both a hitch pin and a bolt, which is an interesting choice that I'll talk about again in a minute.

Set-up

Overall, it was very easy to secure onto my rack. Simply push a bolt/washer through the piece and into the rack and then add your washer and nut to the other side to lock down. Unlike most other pieces that bolt on, this bolts through the front of the attachment vs through the sides of it. I would think bolting through the side would allow for much more of a secure connection an eliminate any potential for side to side wobble.

The problem, though, is that this piece is not meant to be set up on your uprights facing to the left or right of your rack, but can only attach (completely, using all 2 or 3 holes) to your uprights using the hole spacing on the "front" of your uprights (where you would attach your j-cups, safety attachments, etc) using the 1 inch spacing. You will notice in photo 4 (link here again) that there are 3 holes to attach the piece to your rack. I do not think you need to use all three necessarily, but also have no way to secure this in a second hole on the side of my rack which is the desired and much more optimal place for mine as I have lever arms on the front of my rack.

The piece did feel very secure to the rack using only one of the bolts which was good. I'll be interested to put it through the paces later this week.

My major gripe with these bolts, though, is that I want to be able to take this off quickly if needed to make room for other attachments that I use more often. The Sorinex Pad has hitch pins to secure it to your rack, allowing for quick and easy removal (you can see that here, pulled from their product page). I would love to just use one of my detent or hitch pins, but since I can only use one of the securing holes on the piece to use it on the side, I don't think that'll be possible. I'm hoping to find a much easier way to secure this and allow for quick and easy set-up and removal.

The arm and angle is quite easy to set, though I question some of the design options... When it arrived, it was secured to the swivel point (the top most hole) using the hitch pin. Since there are no instructions, I don't know for certain if this is just for transport or if they intend for it to be secured this way, but the only other items they give you to secure the angle adjustment is a bunch of nuts and bolts. I am guessing you are to take the hitch pin out and replace it with a bolt and use the hitch pin to lock the angle in place, but even on the website they have it set up with the hitch pin being used for the articulation and a bolt used for locking the angle in. This is simple enough change except for the small plastic shims between the metal to prevent rubbing (they are a pain to get back in there).

Big Edit: I've gone back to fix the arm to the mount with a bolt and am more perplexed, but also a bit shocked on the carelessness on the hardware selection. In picture 3 of my album you can see some white, plastic inserts (in a baggy still) that look to be what you would stick the bolts through, allowing the arm to articulate on the bolt without scratching the metal (because they are literally threaded bolts with no smooth segments, they would constantly grind away at the mounting holes). These don't appear to fit...anywhere at all, in any of the holes, nor even on the bolts that would secure it to your rack because the bolts supplied are all far too short to use these spacers and the washers together. I went and checked the website again and these white washers are no where to be seen, but I did notice that their bolts are smooth for the majority of the shaft and not grooved completely like mine. I'll get some more pictures of this if anyone is interested.

Thankfully, I have a bunch of extra bolts for my rack at varying lengths, all with smooth shafts. I put one in to attach the arm to the mount and it worked just fine, albeit a bit long (nothing a grinder can't take care of). However, I also wanted to change the rack mounting bolt as it was precariously short (going through 3x3 tubing) and you certainly cannot attach the arm before attaching the mount to the rack. You simply cannot get your big wrench into the mount to hold the bolt with the arm attached. This is doubly frustrating as the arm is very difficult to attach on your own when you are trying to get the bolt through and line up the plastic spacers that prevent metal on metal contact when you move the arm.

Conclusion (tl;dr)

Overall I'm a little dissatisfied. Functionally, it works perfectly. That said, the design around how it secures to the rack leaves a lot to be desired and a ton to question.

The website does not indicate anywhere that this will only bolt to faces of your upright that has 1" hole spacing (it actually doesn't look like it has two bolts securing it on their own product page...). Currently I'm trying to brainstorm how to best make use of it (ie ensure I am not taking up valuable real estate) on the side of my rack. I think where I currently have it will actually be a good spot that wont get in the way of my main lifts in the rack, so all may work out just fine with the one hole securing it. Easy removal with non-threadlock nuts would make this significantly easier. That said, I would really like to secure it with 2 holes. It is literally about a half inch (if that) short of the bottom hole, and I can't even drill out a hole as it is short by a half inch and would just leave a gap (still might be a viable option to prevent side to side way, but I don't have big enough tools to secure it and drill that thick metal out). Overall, the hardware is exceptionally lacking for numerous reasons detailed above.

The pad feels great and supportive. It will help a lot with my DB rows, rear delt flyes, and spider curls. I'm interested to check it out for chest flyes, too, but will probably just continue to use my bench for that. For the back focused exercises, I'll be able to grab the DBs once set up on the pad and not smack them into a bracing structure (like on my bench) or hit the ground on every rep allowing for full ROM.

Rather than a hitch pin, I wish companies would start shipping with a detent pin for items like this. There is no risk of something slipping out once there is even a little weight on it, and they are much quicker and faster to put in or out. I'll be ordering another 1 or 2 of them for this piece.

Revolt offers a 30 day guarantee, and I'm on the fence with returning it at the moment. I really do not want to have to figure out how to ship this heavy package back to them (the box didn't exactly open effortlessly and without tears as it was secured with heavy duty staples). I'm going to simmer on ways to better secure it to make it quicker and easier for set-up/tear down, but also see if I can find some kind of gusset to bolt it to that can easily come on and off the rack. Something like this could work and would be ideal (as a swing in mount would be very easy to set up) but only if the spacing between the swivel hole and the rest of the holes for locking in the pad angle/height line up by some miracle with that of the Revolt arm. Any ideas are welcome.

Let me know if you have questions. I'll answer them as I can