Body Sculpture Rowing Machine - Orange

This item was ordered on Sat and arrived 11am Monday, total price inc delivery about £134.Item was well packaged and instructions for construction easy to follow and amount of construction was no more than expected. All necessary tools were provided, although I preferred to use my socket set for tightening bolts.The movement of this magnetic rower is pretty quiet, the noisiest thing being the travel of the seat up and down the rail which I might try to overcome with better lubrication. But not a problem watching TV etc. It doesn't take up much room, and we'll probably keep it in the living room for now. It contains a removable pin that acts as a safety device to stop the folded mechanism from falling open, and a couple of small wheels to help drag the thing around. It's not too heavy once put together.The exercise computer bit is activated by the movement of the seat passing a sensor on the rail and calory information can only be considered an estimate, however for the money its OK, and you might only need to monitor how long you've been on the thing, as it does have a timer. Note it has a range of 5 increments for tension, the lowest is not bad just for basic cardio exercise, have not gone on to higher numbers just yet, but feels like tension will be adequate for anything I'm planning.I think this will provide adequate exercise for me, my wife and my teenage children. Having studied the market for a week or so before buying this, I think it represents very good value for money.No feedback on reliability yet as so new, but the fit and finish seem pretty good.

There was a slight delay in this rowing machine being delivered, but it eventually turned up.Easy to put together, took me about half an hour on my own, all tools are provided in the box so that was nice.Easy to use, has variable resistance, can exercise just legs, or just arms, or both legs and arms.Seems to be made from quality materials. This item is heavy when assembled but is fairly easy to move around, it has two small wheels on base.The folding mechanism is a bit fiddly, you have to pull out a metal pin to fold which is easy, but putting the pin back in to use the machine is the fiddly bit, the holes have to line up exactly or the pin is hard to insert. I have now resorted to just leaving the machine fully assembled and do not fold it anymore. If you stand it on its end up against a wall (as I now do) it doesn't take up much more room than when its folded.Gives you a very good workout. The computer has several functions, although the instructions are a bit vague, so have not yet figured out exactly what they all do?When in use the seat can make bit of noise, not sure whether to oil or grease the rollers? The seat padding is a bit thin and looks like it will flatten fairly soon. The foot rests are a bit plasticky, for £200 I would have expected better, this bit lets it down slightly.All in all a good product and so far it is working well. Not quite five stars though due to the little niggly items noted. I thought about giving this three stars but IMHO it is better than that, hence the four stars, if they could sort out the niggles it would be great.8-)

Fairly decent rowing machine.I don't have much experience with rowing machines but this seemed to work well.Was very easy to construct. I did it by myself in my lunch hour. The tools all come with it, which I thought was excellent. I've kept them and still use them regularly.The instructions were easy to follow and it was up and running in no time.The build is expected with the price really. It's decent enough.The strength of the actual pulley system is what's expected as well. It's enough for me, but I'm not strength training. Just casual light exercise.The feet are fairly terrible. I wouldn't suggest using it on carpet. Maybe try to weigh the feet down with something or stick them to the floor somehow as the rower can move forward and backward when rowing fairly intensely.I left the rower un-used for a few months recently and this seems to have caused problems with the on-board computer. It stopped logging when I did a single stroke, and then counted single strokes as two strokes. Eventually it began working again but has since broken again.Another gripe is the computer doesn't do length, just time and stroke count. But it is a low-end budget rower so you get what you pay for.All in all it's ok for light exercise. If you're serious, I'd probably recommend forking out a bit more for a higher budget model, but this is good for every now and then. Packs up neatly as well.

Yes, it is easy to mount, nice looking and practical with its folding capability but I agree with some of the reviewers, even at maximum setting, you don't have to work very hard so I would not recommend it forserious work-outs.Also, there is some fine black particles coming off from the plastic wheels rubbing on the beam (underneath the seat). It made me cough, not very healthy.The worse thing was that after using it for 6 weeks, about 45 minutes-1h every day, the came strap came off the fly wheel.