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I agree with all the other reviewers. So does its electronic controller. Being an industrial mechanic by trade I can say this maching is designed, made and works well. I am bigger and stronger than the average Joe, and still get a great work-out. You just can't read it without stopping your work-out. The only downside is the screen.
What is even more confusing to me is why when I first starting using the rower, it was reading in kilometers and now it has switched over to miles. Assembly wasn't too difficult. Like other reviewers have commented, the screen is a bit hard to see unless you are towards the back of the machine but so far it hasn't been an issue for me. I spoke to a gentleman named Ron concerning my question about kilometers vs. The instruction manual was a matter of a few pages, mostly focusing on the assembly of the rower. It arrived within a matter of days, unharmed and a bit heavy. I must say that I am pretty disappointed in this reality. miles.
It didn't even say how to turn the machine on. Happy rowing.***Update: (10/27/08) I finally was able to talk to someone at Lifecore fitness this afternoon after calling all morning. I am going to get in touch with the company and ask them. Now, its $499. I am very pleased with that. I purchased this rower 1 month ago.
One issue that I am having is the lack of information that came with the rower. I did find and read through the manual here on Amazon.com, and that helped a little bit, but neither resource has told me how to change from miles to kilometers. He told me that there was no way to switch between the two measures of distance. Just my bad luck I guess. The machine in comfortable, sturdy, and well-built. If any one knows, please let me know.
Ron could not answer this question for me. Also, and this is no one's issue, but when I bought this rower 1 month ago I paid $599.
It is comfortable, solid, easy to use, and very quiet. I can see what I need to see without too much difficulty. If that could be a concern, I would recommend looking for a slightly longer one. Other reviews found the display hard to read with all of the numbers looking like 8's. Go ahead now and buy it today.
Don't know if that means this will be discontinued but I'd scoop it up while the price is so good. Amazon and I were able to work out a solution very quickly and to my satisfaction. It looks like a new version has been released by Lifecore. Just received my rower and love it. I found this at certain angles but feel this isn't a problem. I agree that the directions to put it together are poor but it isn't that hard and some of the tips on the other reviews helped. One last FYI - the mat that is recommended to go with this machine is a good mat but just barely fits the machine in length. This is a great machine at a great price.
It has just enough pre-programmed programs to keep it interesting. I did have some damage during shipping. It will give you a great workout. I highly recommend their customer service.
The rowing machine was easy to assemble, stores nicely, works smoothly and I can get an excellent workout WHEN I can set the exercise paramaters correctly in the programable box.
It's very quiet and a nice machine. Don't know what the bid deal is, you can't really expect to look straight down and see clearly with that type of display, so don't let it discourage you from this item. Mine was also dropped(probably UPS) but only had a small dent in one of the metal end pieces so with a little tweaking, went together ok. The display does look like all 8's when your knees are bent, and you are looking down at the display, but you can see the numbers just fine when you are in the extended, seat back position.
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