I can't press inside a rack as they are all too short. You have to add the radius of a full plate on top of your full reach, so usually that means you hit the upper cross bars. You can just switch the pins to the outside of the rack and press there.
I have just ordered a squat/bench combo, not a power rack. The reasons I have done so are:
1/ I am a competing powerlifter so that's what greets me on the platform. I want to train like I compete, so no power rack for me.
2/ Power racks take up a large area and you are stuck with that. I can move a squat stand easily, even breaking it down if I need to pack it away for some reason or move it to another location.
3/ If I want to try wide grip on a bar while squatting, I can't with a rack. I also have long arms and am about 189cm tall so often the rack pins are in the way if I want to grip the bar just outside the knurling rings. There is nothing you can do about that with a power rack. You can move the uprights with a squat rack, at least the combo style ones.
4/ I'm a rebel and I refuse to have a home gym that mimics every single frikken crossfit home gym on the planet.
I realise that for your average gym rat, a power rack makes sense. You can add on tricep dip "horns", add on cable row attachments, land mine attachments, pull up bars, etc, etc. But for me, a combo rack makes much more sense. That other stuff I can mount elsewhere in the gym.
For safety, I have made some safety stands. They look boss.
