Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Echelon Row-S
B08BQS7PKY
Love the rower. Remarkably easy to install if you watch the installation video at the same time -- even the screws are numbered to make it easy. Rower is very solidly built. Very easy it is to adjust the tension on the fly. Feels like an excellent workout.
I'm not as enthusiastic about the Echelon app, and decided not to use it after a brief period. I didn't think that the instructors were nearly as good as the instructors on the two other devices where I have subscriptions (Peloton and The Mirror) -- in terms of quality, quantity, variety, or anything else I can think of. I ended up subscribing to Apple Fitness +, which has rowing as one of many programs, and costs roughly 1/4th as much as an Echelon subscription and, at the same time, seemed like much higher quality instruction to me. You don't get the same stats, but you basically row at the same pace as the instructor, adjust the tension as appropriate for you, and monitor your heartbeat and calories to see how you're doing. Even if the costs were the same, I'd prefer the Apple Fitness + instructors, but at 1/4 the cost, I thought changing was a no-brainer. Overall, my view is it's an outstanding machine but there are better alternatives than the Echelon app.
Echelon Row-S
B08BQS7PKY
Love the rower. Remarkably easy to install if you watch the installation video at the same time -- even the screws are numbered to make it easy. Rower is very solidly built. Very easy it is to adjust the tension on the fly. Feels like an excellent workout.
I'm not as enthusiastic about the Echelon app, and decided not to use it after a brief period. I didn't think that the instructors were nearly as good as the instructors on the two other devices where I have subscriptions (Peloton and The Mirror) -- in terms of quality, quantity, variety, or anything else I can think of. I ended up subscribing to Apple Fitness +, which has rowing as one of many programs, and costs roughly 1/4th as much as an Echelon subscription and, at the same time, seemed like much higher quality instruction to me. You don't get the same stats, but you basically row at the same pace as the instructor, adjust the tension as appropriate for you, and monitor your heartbeat and calories to see how you're doing. Even if the costs were the same, I'd prefer the Apple Fitness + instructors, but at 1/4 the cost, I thought changing was a no-brainer. Overall, my view is it's an outstanding machine but there are better alternatives than the Echelon app.
