These are a great set of adjustable dumbbells, especially for the price. The stoppers (the things at the end?) are very reliable and secure. The weights, are weights.
HOWEVER, it should be noted, as many reviewers already have, that the weights, the weights that you put on the end of the bars themselves, consist of
4 six lb weights and
4 2.5 lb weights,
thus adding up to 34 lbs of pure weight, which, I suppose if you add up the two bars, would equal out to 40 lbs, just didn't want people to think that they were getting forty lbs of movable weights.
That and the shortness of bars of the dumbbells themselves are a little bothersome, as it becomes difficult when you need to put a lot of weight on each side; sometimes the bars are not long enough.
Other than those issues, these are again, a great set, and I would recommend them to most.