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Best rowing machines, compared at today's UK prices
If rowing will be your main workout, the Concept2 RowErg is still the one to buy: it is the machine every gym uses and holds its value. If you want something quieter or cheaper for a flat, a magnetic or water rower does the job, as long as the rail is long enough for your height.
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Best for most people
1. Concept2 RowErg with PM5
PM5 · Splits in two, castor wheels · Air flywheel
The rower gyms use, and the one to buy if rowing will be your main workout. The listing quotes the PM5 monitor for accurate, comparable data, standard legs with a 35.5cm seat height, and a frame that splits in two and rolls on castors for storage. It is the premium choice here, and an air rower is louder than a magnetic one, though the listing says the flywheel design keeps noise down.
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Best budget
2. MERACH Magnetic Rowing Machine
Dual slide rails · 158 kg · 16-level magnetic
The best seller among the rowers here, a quiet magnetic machine from budget brand MERACH that suits a flat. The listing quotes 16 resistance levels, dual slide rails for stability, a 158kg limit and app support including Kinomap. It gives no rail length or maximum rower height, so tall rowers should check the measurements before ordering.
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Best water rower
3. MERACH Foldable Water Rowing Machine
Solid wood, folds upright · 180 kg · Water tank
A solid wood water rower that folds upright on wheels, for anyone who wants the whoosh of a water tank without giving up floor space. The listing quotes a 180kg limit, a dedicated monitor and sealing it says stays leak-proof when stored upright. As with the magnetic MERACH, no rail length is given.
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Best for small spaces
4. YPOO Folding Magnetic Rowing Machine
Folds vertically · 350lb · 16-level magnetic
A no-name magnetic rower that folds vertically to a small footprint, which suits a flat where it has to live behind a door. The listing quotes 16 levels, Bluetooth to Kinomap and its own app, and a 350lb limit, and says it arrives mostly assembled. Treat the whisper-quiet claim with caution, and ask for the rail length, which the listing does not give.
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Lightest to move
5. Bluefin Fitness Blade FIT
Steel-reinforced aluminium · 21.9 kg · 8-level manual magnetic
A light folding rower from Bluefin, weighing 21.9kg according to the listing, so it is easy to stand on end and wheel away. It has eight manual magnetic levels, an LCD console and a phone tray for Kinomap. Eight levels is half what the cheaper MERACH offers, and it sells in small numbers.
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Best steel-framed water rower
6. Bluefin Fitness Blade Aqua M-1
Aluminium · Reinforced steel · Water, 6 levels
Bluefin's water rower, with a tank you fill to one of six levels to set the resistance, an aluminium rail and a reinforced steel frame. The listing pitches it at high-intensity work and adds Kinomap support. It gives no user weight limit or rail length, and it is the slowest seller of the rowers here.
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