Planet Fitness — Local services in Hawaii

One of the memberships I now have due to the fact they have so many locations I travel to domestically and abroad. My home club is San Marcos, (Carlsbad), CA but I can use my membership equally anywhere for a very reasonable monthly cost.

For this location: 👍 Not super big but good layout of space with an Ocean view. 👍 Super clean (even when busy they were cleaning). 👍 Friendly staff and members. 👍 Tons of cardio, decent strength (mix of Life Fitness & Hammer but wish they had a little more ratio of weights to cardio but I know this evolving and dependent on location). 👍 Individual entertainment systems. 👍 Actual soap in the showers. So many of the Planet Fitness clubs I have been to thus far, don't do this little thing which I find odd as every other gym brand I go to regardless of cost, at leasts provides soap in the shower. 👍 The Black Card area is solid, massage chairs are a little older but they also have some of the newer tech (red light therapy, hydro massage chairs). They don't have a mediation pod or CryoLounge (love) but maybe they will add at some point. And the check in is on paper sign in sheets vs. computer but, old school does still work!

🏋️‍♀️ Suggestion to all locations, consider some real barbells and squat racks, not just Smith Machines and preloaded bars, I would use you more and it does not mean we are all bros & lugs when we lift.

Only downside, parking is limited and tight but at least...

I quit the Kona Planet Fitness!. Very frustrated with gym's staff and lack of over sight by corporate. They have a posted mask policy but it is not consistently enforced, and after talking to the very young staff, the manager, and also communicating with corporate thru their website I gave up as I was so stressed because corporate would not do anything to fix the chronic problems. There are also ongoing issues with exercise machines breaking down and repairs taking forever, along with other maintenance issues like toilet repairs. There were many frustrations over the lack of monitoring of the 30 minute fitness express area and poor enforcement of the posted rules, as this is a type of "cross fit" training. I got tired of complaining to the desk staff, that members were doing sets in this area, and not following the posted rules to change machines with the light signal changes. The posted sign says the area is regularly monitored by staff, but actually it is not and I got tired of going to the desk to complain about members not following the posted rules/instructions for the 30 minute fitness area. Here is a picture of a machine in the 30 minute area as you can see the pad is badly torn. I have transferred to another locally owned gym which is a far better experience with much more mature staff, the owner is onsite and rules are enforced to keep the members safe as...

UPDATE: As of 10 Aug, No Improvement. Deterioration continues. Only 'Management Activity' noted was the $40 'Annual Fee' debited from my chkg acct. Front Desk Attendant reports the exercise machine technician as assessed repair requirements and parts have been ordered. Arrival date and final repair date unknown.

UPDATE: 2 weeks later (17 Jul), NO improvement. More machine out of Service. Attendant says repairs to be completed '...this month." We'll see!

Over the last month or so the quality of the PF experience at the Kona facility has declined. Most recently, 3 of the 4 leg exercise machines are out of service. On other machines, knobs are missing or rubber sleeves are ripped or worn. Many of the cardio machines have 'Out of Service' notices on them. One employee never acknowledges members arrival or departure ...probably due to usually being distracted by the computer or his cell phone. I recently let him know that there was no disinfectant for wiping down the machines at one of the major cleaning stations. His solution was for me to go to another cleaning station, even though there was no other activity at the front desk, 20 minutes later there still weren't any disinfectant at that station. On another visit, there were no paper towels throughout the facility to wipe down the...