Frame made of wooden blocks. Discussed with Sergey Sankov the possibility of creating our own Gripmeter. Sergey offered to use his scales for experiments. I made a wooden frame. Results were around 100 kg. No photos survived.

Welded the first metal version. Working name was "vanodin 150".

Tried to apply all my skills to make something more beautiful than the previous sample. This unit was supposed to be sent to fellow grip enthusiasts for evaluation. This was done for some time. Ivan Tikhonov, Sergey Likhutev, Alexey Pritula were the first to test their strength. But the Gripmeter quickly ended up with one comrade who offered to buy it.

Attempt to replace 20mm square pipes with 8mm round ones. Labor-intensive manufacturing and difficulties in finding necessary parts ended this modification. Three units were made. One was destroyed, two are still with people.

This sample started the popularity of GM150. The name "GM150" was applied with an engraver. Later replaced with an aluminum plate with the name.

Replaced 20mm pipes with 15mm ones. About 10 units made.

Such units were made while searching for a new design. About 5 units made.

Side profile pipes were replaced with thin plates. This sample started the second production model.

Which gave a strong boost to the project's popularity. The minimalist design with thin plates was liked by everyone. Actually, the first samples of this design appeared in summer 2020 but were postponed for half a year due to difficulties in implementing the design.

This time the scales were updated. Now the scales could record the maximum result. Also, a sticker with the name appeared. For about 8 more months, GM150 was produced in two versions: without maximum result recording GM150 and with recording GM150 FIX. GM150 FIX came with a convenient bag for storage and transport. Later, when the model without recording stopped production, the name GM150 FIX was abolished. Now it's just GM150.

Appearance of the enlarged GM150 version. During a meeting with Vitaly Laletin, I discovered that people can have significantly larger hands than mine. The current GM150 frame was too small for Vitaly. Within two months, I implemented GM150 Big.

Producing two versions of the body was inconvenient, so I thought about implementing a universal model. At this stage, handle sizes and hand space were standardized. Changed the scale mounting to the frame.

Developed a new scale mounting. Moved the adjustment bolt to the top of the frame.

Replaced regular black paint with hammer effect paint. Handles are also painted. During testing, this paint showed excellent grip when using quality magnesium. A sticker with the name Grippermania.ru appeared on the side.

Replaced the adjustment bolt thumbscrew with a plastic one.

Body color options: black silver and silver-brown. Mounting bolts replaced. New scale sticker design. Several bag color options appeared.

New adjustment thumbscrew. Body colors: black silver, black bronze.

Body color "black copper".

All GM150 Gripmeters are now produced without a speaker.

Adjustment range reduced to optimal. Total Gripmeter length decreased. Mounting elements changed for increased strength. Double round holes in cross plates replaced with square ones with rounded corners.

Black body color. Powder coating.

New version of GM150 Gripmeter. Different frame design and scale body. No handle width adjustment. Standards introduced.