Hydrow Rowing Machine Review: The Peloton of Rowers!
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The Hydrow is a rowing machine that allows you to race others. I've had the Hydrow Rower for about three months now. I've used it for HIIT and longer, steady state rows. I've also used pretty much every rower on the market.
Today, I review the Hydrow and compare it to competitors like Concept2 and other smart home gyms like Tonal, Peloton, and Mirror.
Is Hydrow cheap? No. But is it good? Yes. Very good. Let's discuss.
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For what it's worth, the HYDROW can be used without the subscription. They do have a feature called JUST ROW.
Thank god
thats why i bought one
You do not need an active membership to use they Hydrow. The default mode is called “just row” and offers Rowing 101 tutorial, able to adjust drag, metrics during workout, and Bluetooth connection for headphones and some heart rate monitors.
The membership and having to select a class are definitely a problem for me. Great review!
Definitely...bummer...a smaller screen version with just a few measures features for a lower price and they would have the ultimate rower right there. The screen as an option or for a deluxe model would be fine for peeps who want it !
I was interested in this machine, but does not come with pre-determined clases? I have to pay?
$2250 would buy a concept 2, a huge TV, an apple TV and a LOT of stock footage of people rowing
apple make TVs ? lol
@@trevordollinger6569 sounds dumb
@@trevordollinger6569 but not near as good as the much cheaper Google TV or Amazon Firestick
Thank you for this. Was considering a Hydrow till 1. Learned about the constant subscription 2. Concept 2. Bye Hydrow.
Bro that’s where I’m at haha made my own hydrow out of everything you just mentioned, it’s sickkkk and no monthly payment. I already dropped enough on the hardware. I’m not sure why these companies feel anything over $10 a month is acceptable when we’re buying the home gym equipment because we don’t want a membership! Otherwise we would just go to a local gym, duh! 🦦
It’s like the line from Lethal Weapon 2: “They f**k you at the drive-thru!”
“They f**k you at the membership!”
Separating out the specific parts and tools for each of the seven step assembly process steps was brilliant on the part of the manufacturer. For the price, I am impressed at how sturdy this th-cam.com/users/postUgkxvObaTzoHoHQLL4lHbJQmExHqsrZQm-f7 unit is and it does go together easily. Well, I was puzzled at first at Step 5 and maybe the instructions should mention that rail #62 needs to be tilted upwards a little to get the rail to fit into the main part #44. I like it that the rower can be stored vertically in a really small amount of space, but be forewarned that this rower is top heavy and for safety you'll need at least two bungee cords to keep the unit upright, attaching them to something; in my case to a third garage door. I have had this unit only a short time, and I will post an update once I've had it for a year. As for working your legs, I have to admit that I'm mainly rowing for upper body strength and I use other forms of exercise for leg strength (like walking fast, biking, or using a trampoline. But if you pull as far forward as possible, then you can give preference to your legs for the first 4 feet or so of travel. I also admit to not taking the two electronic connectors apart at Step 7. I simply inserted the two batteries while the other parts remained connected. By the way, there is plenty of resistance here, even in the lowest resistance settings. Kudos to Sunny Health & Fitness !
I love how thorough you are in reviewing all equipment. Coop is so good.
I am not spending thousands on anything that I can't use independently.
I'm the same wanted one of the whoop bands but I'm not renting it forever
@Electionfraud Isreal Love Concept2! This thing and others, like mirrors/Tonal, it's as if they are saying buy this insanely priced piece of tech/equip, but you can't really own it in your own house?
@@bitemashite1534 You sure as shit won’t be renting it forever. You can bet that the manufacturer has already planned for its obsolescence, at which point it’s just a massive paperweight.
There is a lady who posted a video from 2 months ago saying you can row without an account “just row mode”, but can’t program your rows, nor participate in the classes/videos. I guess that mode will show distance, s/m, heart rate etc. I bought one last weekend and had to go out of town the following day, so I didn’t activate my account. I will see if I can pull up the “just row mode” before I activate it (End of the week).
@Electionfraud Isreal the just row mode (no membership) offers rowing 101 tutorials.
Nah I'll stick to a C2, I don't want a machine that needs a subscription in order to work.
I have this hydrow and currently you CAN just row and it does show a-lot more metrics like he recommended in the video. I LOVE this machine!!
Do you NEED the membership fee to use it?
@@fennec7906 No you do not.
Do you have a manual option? Easily accessible?
@@rxonmymind8362yes, it’s called “just row.” I was using this feature for awhile, but the membership is worth it. Call in and they might give you a few months free to try it out.
Can't wait for adjustable dumbbells subscription based.
Very in depth review to help me make my decision, thanks!
7:54 an Australian right in my garage it’s amazing 💀😂
I see those gains you've been making the last few months!!!
Great review Coop! Thanks
I love the no poop content that coop puts out!
You're absolutely correct on this review. If they don't roll out the ability to just sit down and row outside a class I'm gonna return it and get an Ergatta.
Great review!
Great review
I have a concept 2 rower. Daily use for over 20 years, I better oil the chain. Big screen gun videos and 20 min. Row in my garage gym. I enjoy your reviews.
I would love to see you review one of the “Mr. Right water rowing machines” more of a budget model on Amazon. they have what seem to be multiple different models. My wife and I are new to the home gym crowd. But we have been following so many of your videos. So I’m getting more confident on what to buy. We can’t seem to find many real reviews or anyone talking about it.
Thank you!
Coop dropping some Friday 🔥🔥🔥!
Nice review! I bought and reviewed one of those cheap magnetic rowers your talking about on my channel, I find the waterrower is much better in comparison, looking forward to trying the hydrow out soon.
Good and honest review here- nice job on that. As far as this rower is concerned, I’ll pass… it has limited functionality without a subscription (and even less functionality if not plugged in and connected to the internet), it’s very expensive to start with, can’t disassemble it into two manageable pieces, and it also looks like it uses a belt instead of a chain attached to the rowing handle. I currently have a Concept 2 Model D… it cost me $900 (not incl shipping) about a year ago, is basically bullet-proof, needs no plug or internet, has no add’l subscription you need to purchase for full functionality, and offers pre-defined and custom workouts with the built-in PM5 monitor. To each his (or her) own of course… but the Concept 2 is the real deal for me.
Coop you should try to review the Tempo Studio. They just announced a foldable squat rack and incline bench, as well as heavier weight packages.
I've loved having the membership. It has replaced my gym membership. As a new rower, I need the visual example of the athletes to follow. The rowing motion is not simple and I need to be reminded over and over to do it correctly. It is in our spare bedroom and looks beautiful.
Coop, you can choose Journeys which you can just row. No coach.
Coop is funny as hell! 😆🤣
The barbell in bed cracked me up, but I just use a weighted blanket! 💪😎💪😎
I'm not really in a group of runners or rowers, so using a rower has always been something that is used for a quick warm up. I couldn't imagine paying 2250 and then 500 bucks a year for a sweet looking warm up machine.
Most people on the internet have bad rowing form but yours is surprisingly good
Shape of the rower reminds me of the Viking ship sculpture in Reykjavik, Iceland
Simple basic functionality is missing, if I cant "just row" then I am out. I will keep my nuke proof Concept 2 model D :) in addition 38 dollars/month?? LOL. Looks great though :)
Two years of the subscription alone is basically the cost of the concept 2
How do you like your concept 2? I'm on the waiting list for the model d. Pretty excited!
Concept 2 is fantastic. Don't have my own unfortunately, but used them many times in gyms over the years
@@thefinder8087 why wait on the waiting list? They are in stock on Amazon with free shipping. There is an Amazon account that will list them new for $930 and then the price goes to $1,300, the price bounces back and forth.
@@seth8982 on Amazon it's priced at $1350 right now, I'm not paying 450 extra to get it a few weeks earlier. I don't mind waiting.
Coop looking jacked 💪
Seems like a product for an entirely different market. For the people who just want to "get on and row" they've got plenty of options, the best of which is already pretty well established as Concept2. This is definitely a high end product geared toward people willing to spend the money on the external motivation. It's a gorgeous machine with classes that make you want to use it (or at least hate it a little less). They're going to continue to charge people for the motivation because people will continue to pay for it.
I think the simpler the better. I was a PTON owner for 3+ years verified - I actually got my original 3K invoice back. I owned so many PTONs that they could never deliver an actual working bike that lasted more than 1 year. I love the concept - but Concept 2 is more appealing because it's a simpler maintenance program and you can integrate it into strength workouts without the extra membership.
It's a beautiful rower, but I don't think it's competing directly with a C2 in many aspects. If my workouts consisted of only longer rows and I could justify the upfront and ongoing costs, I might consider it. I love my C2, and it works perfectly for my workouts, whether it's a 20 minute interval row, or if it's part of a complex.
definitely considering buy a Hydrow... I;ve lost 150 lbs from weight watchers and bariatric surgery.. ive never been tone before and i'm older.. 49
Thanks, for the review. I will probably go with the concept 2 because I hate and I mean hate companies that trick you into giving them more more. Agree with you I should be able to just row.
A way around the high price tag and expensive membership? Yes there is. I bought a Stamina X water rower which has a holder for an Ipad. Then I bought a Hydro App subscription from the Apple app store which is about much less monthly than the built-in hydro app. Around $22 vs $38/mo. Pros: Stamina X is a water rower which I prefer, it is very smooth and sounds like you are on the water, I have access to all the recorded and live classes, $700 rower instead of $2500 hydro, and no electronics that will go bad (I just switch out the Ipad). I can take the Ipad off and just use the included data screen. Cons: I have no onscreen data when using my Ipad. Instead I just match the pace of the onscreen coach but that is easy to do. I can't compete against other rowers (but I don't care, you might), I don't think I can earn the same accolades and awards as someone in their machine system.
An Australian. In my garage. It's incredible
Thank you Coop. HAVAK review coming? I see a cameo in every other video
Next week :)
Coop you should consider reviewing the bells of steel belt squat.
Nice garage gym. Who did your renovations? I would like to know where you bought your floors for the garage. Great setup.
If they sold that exact model with no classes and just a big screen to show my rows/cals/distance - i'd pay $2000 easily for it. It's a great look and the low sound is what home gym owners want. They are missing out on a base package big time. Then if more people see that they can add a membership here/there, they would do it.
i think they know they won't have a big market so they are trying to fidelize rich customers
All that smack talk and I absolutely WRECK this guy every time, haha.
Their website is now saying there is a "Just Row" Mode, but it will constantly ask you to activate a membership from the looks of it. And that mode still needs internet connection at all times. A little too shady for my liking. I'm glad I went with the Concept 2.
$2500 plus a membership that without makes the product useless is a hard pass for me. Now if Rogue made a rower I wonder what they would come up with. 🤔
Rogue knows they can't compete with the concept2
Rogue Rower aka Concept/2
@@artu262 concept 2 is life
You are right. I don't like cheap things as well
Great intro...
If you want to row without a coach....choose journeys from the menu. Love my Hydrow!
Thanks for the review! I was about to buy a used one, but to have to pay a membership and that high of a membership, I am out!
Would love to see a review on the ergatta rower!
Me too
I own the Lifecore R100. It is a great machine. not the cheap mag rower. I has many ways to adjust the rowing experience. The only thing it lacks is that cool monitor and membership. I could mount a monitor in front of it and watch anything I want. I have a great speaker system to play tunes or listen to anything else.
I was considering the Hydrow. but for the cost of membership or unit price I think I will stay with Lifecore. Yes they don't make it anymore but it will last forever in my home gym.
So a monthly membership is required to even use the machine in my house? If so, that’s a deal breaker for me, which stinks, because I was ready to buy. I’m glad I found this review.
I think the NordicTrack RW900 is right in the middle of the Concept 2 and the Hydrow.
It’s true, I kinda want to buy this one but I really don’t need that screen in front of me since I use prescription glasses from very bad eyesight from having screen brightness on electronic devices all the way up in the past, so for that reason I don’t wanna spend all that money on it, I really don’t care about the screen. I think I’m gonna have to go for the concept 2
How about reviewing egg weights/egg weight tourque force? I think it'd be unique and maybe a cheap seqway into introducing some boxing/mma equipment into your reviews. Introducing boxing/mma stuff would at the very least expand your content library with all that equipment out there.
Concept 2 is still my pick
Coop, should try Zwift with a Wahoo bike .... Great competitive upgrade versus Assault bike while non-class like versus Peloton
Perfect for those boutique gyms I guess.
I work on this company who assemble this machine, didn't know the price would be so high. But i appreciate that you guys like it tho
This coffee mug though!
Buy a Concept 2 Rower and BikeErg, and have money left over.
Exactly what I’m doing. Just got the tower today, on waitlist for the bikerg. Also got the rogue echo bike but am kind of regretting it now
Some prefer a Porsche over a Honda, and also don’t think about money when making a purchase... just saying
@@tommytators9814 some like the option to drive their porsche long after the company goes under, some drive a 911 despite the 992 being available.
@@lmaoroflcopter haha well I just buy the next best thing and when they go under I buy the next best thing again. Nothing is so great to me that a new and improved version won’t be up to par enough to satisfy my immediate wants... because that’s all any of this is. Def not worried about a classic that performed well when the newest version will be fine and if not, buy another. Wash and repeat 🤷🏻♂️
@@tommytators9814 which is why e-waste is filling up landfill.
A screen and some TH-cam vids does not make this the next best thing, I suppose if you're easily swayed by the hype I can see why you might think it is.
Damn coop your arms looking bigger 👀
Looks like something you'd see in a hollywood movie set in the future.
When will you do a on water rower?!
you deserve a sports car as your next vehicle and call it the coop coupe
I do a 5k on concept 2 while listening to coop drone on. No need for class.
The meters literally disappear!
Coooooooop!!😎
Great review, thanks Coop. One stupid question from an English 'bird', I really want to buy one but currently Hydrow don't offer an assembly option. I KNOW it's easy to put together BUT I live on my own and have heard it's very heavy. I know you don't know me from Adam but, for an average woman, do you think I'd be able to lift this to put the feet and monitor on - is it really THAT heavy? I know it's a little heavier than the Peloton bike and I have that and that's hard enough to move so ..... Thanks :-)
Hey Coop
Dude what kinda shoes are those? I want some 😊
Feiyue
Coop let me have some plates!! Ill pay shipping!!! Hahah
Im disappointed by the lack of proper knurling on that cup
It looks like nice equipment but the price+membership is a non starter for me.
I really like how quiet it is
Wait wait wait, it's called HYDROW but it's NOT a water rower??
Water rowers suck
@@SJNatale I know nothing about them, I always just assumed this was one given the name, lol
@@stephennolan219 HY-priceD-Row
What about the warranty if left in the garage? My Norditrack treadmill’s warranty was voided after a few years because they saw it in my home gym garage during a service check. With garage gyms growing and people purchasing expensive treadmills, rowers, bikes, and such, having your expensive equipments warranty voiding because of the location sucks. Could you do a video explaining that in the future. Maybe have the company owners touch on that.
There’s a just row function. It doesn’t do any long term tracking and it requires that you don’t have a sub. When you click a video it’ll give you the option.
Lol
I love how candid you were in this review , except the part when you bragged about smoking us ...#in your dreams
should talk about bike trainers and zwift
7:50 as an Australian I burst out in laughter
You should review the whipr its on Kickstart er
You can row for time but they are buried in the class selection. I almost always do those and they still have the competitor feature while you are doing those, which is great.
Your legs and arms are looking thicc and muscular, Coop! Great review!
Will it work without the paid membership or i that required for function?
Do a review on MaxPro fitness
Looks like they took the exact foot plate right off the Concepts.
11:33...Coop gives away he's never been on an erg before. >:)
Am I the only one whose heart jumped when the alarm went off?
Great review. The monthly cost is enormous, and that’s a no fly zone for me. I’d rather spend 600 dollars per year on equipment. It’s just not worth 14 dollars per week. (Canadian dollars)
Is that like a 720p-otato screen? Maybe it's just the camera recording, but I can see too many pixels for something you're supposed to keep staring at and watching.
My gym membership is only $20 i'm not going to pay almost double that every month. Plus you know eventually they will raise the membership price. If they had an option where I could just watch preset videos and row with those I would definitely get this.
Great review but the membership kills it for me😞😞😞😞
I was sold until the $38 a month membership. That’s too expensive a fee for a rower that already costs so much
Waiting for titan fitness to come out with one! 😅🤣😅🤣
I'm sure the classes and competition element/gamification are cool, but I doubt it rows better than the waterrower.
At $38 a month the machine should be free.
You can use it without the subscription lol
ROM machine, could you do a review?
Regatta has been doing this for a while now
Do your need home internet for this and at your saying we also have to pay for classes?
Can you interface the workout results with Strava?
The whole membership thing is what I don't like, even for bikes I would just get an echelon over peleton much cheaper and you can watch tons of free youtube workouts on your phone, tablet, laptop.