Swivel Seat

I have invested heavily in the Force USA ecosystem over the years. My kettlebells, attachments, trainer, and most of my home gym equipment are Force USA products. I was even planning to upgrade from my G12 to a C20 in the future.

Unfortunately, this attachment has changed my mind.

The issue is not the overall build quality. The materials are solid, and the concept is excellent. The real problem lies in the mounting design.

Once the load exceeds around 100 lbs, the seat attachment begins lifting and rocking upward during lat pulldowns and seated rows. This significantly affects stability and training effectiveness. In practice, it makes medium to heavy weight training almost unusable, limiting the attachment to lighter loads only.

What makes this especially frustrating is that the issue appears completely preventable. As shown in the attached photo, the lower mounting point is already removable and designed to accommodate different configurations or sizes. In other words, Force USA has already built flexibility into the design.

From an engineering perspective, it seems entirely possible to add a secondary locking bolt, pin, or securing mechanism at the lower mounting point. Such a small design change could dramatically improve stability and potentially eliminate the problem altogether.

Because of this flaw, I now find myself going back to Goodlife just to perform heavier lat pulldowns and rowing movements, despite owning a fully equipped home gym.

That is extremely disappointing.

I have been a loyal Force USA customer for years. From kettlebells to training equipment, almost everything in my gym is Force USA. I genuinely believed in the brand and was excited about continuing to upgrade within the ecosystem.

However, this experience has made me rethink future purchases.

I was seriously considering upgrading from my G12 to a C20, but a relatively small design oversight that has such a major impact on stability and usability has caused me to put all future Force USA upgrades on hold.

I sincerely hope Force USA addresses this issue in a future revision. In my opinion, this is not a structural limitation but rather a small design detail that could be corrected relatively easily. Adding a proper lower locking mechanism could transform the overall user experience.

This is the first time that such a simple and seemingly fixable issue has left me so disappointed with a brand that I have supported for many years.

Love the tandem tower and this (plus the adaptor that you need to buy separately) provides a seat for seated lat pull downs and shoulder and chest flies. The seat is the usual force USA quality and is a solid unit well made and the swivel works well and is solid. It all fits together well there are a couple of things that could be improved firstly the seat is well secured at the top but doesn’t seem to have a connector for the bottom which means when doing heavy pulls the seat does have some movement this may be fixable, secondly the adapter to the seat is solid but it’s not super easy to switch from lay pull downs to rows as the adaptor is some work to remove.

The quality and adjustability of the Force USA Swivel Seat represent outstanding value for money!

I use it with the 'oh so sexy Force USA FTR', and it unlocks incredible versatility! For example, the Force USA Swivel Seat can be adjusted to unlock Bulgarian split-squat movements or feet-supported inverted rows, along with variations of the standard pull-down movements.

Great value for money!