Finnlo Rowing machine

Jonathan Baker 20.11.2019 - Finnlo rowing machine Aquon Evolution

WOW - what a fantastic piece of equipment. I did spend a fair amount of time reasearching the various options, but the Aquon Evolution has actually exceeded my expectations. For a starter, I am 193cm tall, so I wanted a machine that was solid and large enough for me. I think I could be 10cm taller and still have room to stretch out, so it is perfect in that respect. It is also very well built. No creaks or groans when you are using it, in fact I have been on less sturdy machines in professional gyms. Both my wife and I have used it nearly every day since it was delivered a few weeks ago and are both enjoying it immensley and feel that we are only just starting to discover its (and our :-) true potential. Even with no magnetic resitance turned on (and you can turn it up and up – phew !!) there is a nice weight on the pull. My only complaint is the intruction manual. For initial assembly it is OK, but for use of the computer display it is absolutley dreadful - and in some cases it actually gives completely WRONG instructions. For the record, this rower allows you to set up different users but the manual tells you the wrong way to do it. We had actually got to the point where we decided that perhaps the rower no longer had the multi-user function and that the manual was out of date, when I accidentally found that if I held the Reset button down for a few seconds, the set up user function appeared. Also, the rower has excellent built in training programs. The manual mentions them, gives ridiculously complicated (and tediously boring) instructions on how to access them - but doesn't bother to list them nor their various merits. Whoever wrote the manual at Finnlo should be given another job. A small child would have written clearer instructions. Even so, this is still a 5 star machine without a doubt. We Love Our Finnlo :-)