Just keep in mind that any exercise that you can do with a bar you can replicate a very good version of it with a dumbell. And in many cases a better version. Including the olympic lifts. Deadlifts. One arm or sinlge leg versions of things. Forget all the stuff about bars causing mass and db's causing "flexibility". Consistency will build mass and strength no matter what the implement...even if its sand bags or just heavy stuff.
As stated you can do the single leg squat versions but also you can hold the dumbells in a clean position and do a kind of front squat. Goblet squats. Be creative.
A great thing to do with db's is to create fullbody movements. So for instance you might do heavy push presses from a full (ish) squat position. Or lunges with an overhead press at the bottom. Kettleball type exercises. The sky's the limit.
I want to reiterate this thing about barbells, because they are heavier, creating more mass and strength. This is a little bit of bullshit. When you work up to an appreciable weight on a dumbell implement and then you can lift more with the barbell version of that exercise...that is a DEMONSTRATION of strength, not the source of it. Dumbells become impractical for the main implement at some point for many things but they will always be useful.
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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.
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