rowing machine

Creamy Goodness

hey first post here so be easy :P.
also if this isn't the right section please move

i used to be part of a rowing club about 5-6 years ago and absolutely loved it, but now due to college/work/life etc i no longer have the time to get up and get out into a boat.

so i was thinking of getting a rowing machine to relive the rush i got off rowing.

anyone got any suggestions on what type of machine is best ie, hydraulic or magnetic etc.

i had these two in mind...

http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=30001&langId=-1&catalogId=10751&productId=767316&clickfrom=name
http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=30001&langId=-1&catalogId=10751&productId=741938&clickfrom=name

my budget is around 200 euros.

cheers guys and girls

Save and get a ConceptII,

They are the best, and there would be a couple of the older models floating around second hand. No idea on prices through...

Creamy Goodness

jaysus them concept II's are fecking massive, i should of said in the orignal post that i don't have a huge amount of room to work with either.

legoman

pyscho is right, save and get the concept 2. its what all rowers use. There not as big as you would think. I had one a few years ago. We kept it outside with a bicycle cover over it too stop it getting wet and before that we used in a emptish wooden shed (your basic garden shed) They are slimmer than you think and you probably could store it upright but i dont know that would effect the mechanics.

Concept two aint that big. Put it behing a couch or something

It simple really - if you want a good machine then get that a CII, if not, then try the argos ones.

jaycummins

for the sake of the rowing world, do not get an erg in Argos. thats were the reject erg models go to find a home. get a conceptII. best machine ever.