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In this guide
Concept2 Australia sells the RowErg at A$1,705 with standard legs and A$1,980 with tall legs, PM5 monitor and device holder included, with Add to Cart live on 5 November 2026. Freight is worked out in the cart by postcode rather than printed as a flat rate. On Amazon Australia the same machine was A$3,895.62 that day from a marketplace seller, DAISY BUSINESS COMPANY, usually dispatched in 7 to 8 days: more than twice the maker's price.
Concept2's case for the money is a monitor whose readings match the RowErgs in gyms and at races, on a machine it still publishes repair sheets for. So the decision rests on two measurements rather than a feature list: how much clear floor the house can give up, and whether the standard monorail fits the rower's legs.
Our verdict
At A$1,705 direct, the RowErg is the rower the shared numbers are built on, with repair sheets behind it. Buy it from Concept2 Australia once the floor and the inseam check out; the Amazon marketplace copy costs twice as much.
- A good fit for
- A home with a clear 183 × 336 cm patch of floor, a rower who wants the numbers a gym program or league table uses, and an inseam under 96.5 cm.
- We would skip it if
- An inseam of 96.5 cm or more, a room that cannot give the manual its free area, or a need for a published decibel figure before ordering.
Reasons to consider it
- The PM5's readings are the ones a gym program, Concept2's online ranking and the next RowErg in the room share, which is what the price is really buying
- Two years on moving parts and the monitor, five on the frame, and a printed maintenance schedule with repair sheets published for the chain, seat rollers, shock cord, flywheel and the monitor itself
- Splits into two pieces without tools and rolls on castors, from 244 × 61 cm assembled to 63.5 × 83.8 × 137.2 cm stored
The compromises
- The manual's free area of 183 × 336 cm is the largest floor figure Concept2 prints for the machine, and a room that cannot spare it stays short
- Rowers with an inseam of 96.5 cm or more may need an extra-long monorail arranged through Concept2, priced nowhere on the Australian pages
- Tall legs lift the seat from 36 to 51 cm for A$275 more and arrive in two boxes; there is nothing between the two heights
What we have not verified: No decibel figure appears on the Australian product page or in the owner's manual, so noise cannot be compared from Concept2's own documents. Freight to a given postcode is only shown in the cart, so the delivered price varies by address. The spec table carries two maximum-user weights, 227 kg as tested by Concept2 and 135 kg under EN 20957-7, without explaining the gap.
The things in this guide
A closer look at the products, who they may suit, and what to check before buying.
RowErg
A$1,705 from Concept2 Australia buys the PM5 and its comparability, a frame tested to 227 kg, two years on moving parts and the monitor with five on the frame, a printed maintenance schedule and a two-piece breakdown to 63.5 × 83.8 × 137.2 cm.
Before you buy: An inseam of 96.5 cm or more may need an extra-long monorail through Concept2, the manual's 183 × 336 cm free area is the real floor requirement, tall legs add A$275, and the maker prints no noise figure.
A$1,705 buys the sport's reference numbers, not a longer feature list
Concept2's case for the machine is comparability, and the Australian page says so outright: the Performance Monitor gives consistent, comparable results, events and races around the world run on the RowErg, and the online ranking holds over a million results. The air flywheel leaves intensity to the rower — a harder pull meets more drag — and the PM5 reads the effort back as pace and distance. The figure it prints is the one a gym program, a league table and the next RowErg share.
The rest of the price is documentation and support. Concept2 publishes repair sheets and schematics for the chain, seat rollers, shock cord, flywheel, monorail track, castors and the monitor, plus a reboxing guide, and the Australian page names the device holder and PM5 as standard in the box.
Standard or tall legs: a seat-height choice with an A$275 step
Standard legs put the seat 36 cm off the floor and ship in one 38 × 55 × 144 cm box. Tall legs raise it to 51 cm for A$1,980 and arrive in two boxes. The frame changes with the choice — aluminium front legs and steel rear legs on the standard version, steel at both ends on the tall — and the machine goes from 26 kg to 31 kg.
Height is not the dividing line. Concept2 describes the higher frame as easier on and off for tired knees or mobility, says it is not required for taller users, and gives both versions the same 96.5 cm inseam ceiling. Storage does change: the two-piece breakdown measures 63.5 × 83.8 × 137.2 cm with standard legs and 68.6 × 119.4 × 137.2 cm with tall ones.
Room to row: the manual asks for more floor than the product page
At rest the RowErg measures 244 × 61 cm. The product page asks for 274 × 122 cm with clearance for use. The owner's manual adds two larger figures: a training area of 122 × 274 cm and a free area of 183 × 336 cm. The free area is the widest clear-space figure Concept2 prints, and it is the one to measure a spare room or garage against.
Length is where long legs meet the first hard limit. The monorail is 137 cm, and Concept2 Australia says users with an inseam of 96.5 cm or more may need an extra-long monorail and should contact it. That option has no price on the Australian site, so the tallest buyers carry an open question into the order while everyone else can treat length as settled.
Buy direct: A$1,705 against A$3,895.62, and what each channel does on a return
Concept2 Australia's A$1,705 plus cart-calculated freight is the price to start from. Delivery is by third-party carrier in one to three business days for most areas, longer for regional and remote addresses, and not to a PO Box or parcel locker. On Amazon Australia the listing's buy box belonged to DAISY BUSINESS COMPANY at A$3,895.62, with four other new offers from A$3,894.82: A$2,190.62 more for the same standard-leg machine, dispatched in a week or more.
Concept2 itself says only a small number of resellers carry its machines, that it cannot vouch for their pricing or stock, and that its customer service will confirm which companies are authorised in Australia. A direct order also carries the money-back guarantee: 30 days, the box kept, a call to 1800 324 872 for return authorisation, and a refund of the machine's price excluding freight, for direct Australian sales only. The two-year and five-year warranty runs from the date of purchase from Concept2.
Wear parts, the printed schedule, and where the purchase stops
The warranty covers two years on moving parts and the monitor and five years on frame parts. The owner's manual supplies the schedule behind those terms: wipe the monorail after every session, oil the chain with a teaspoon of mineral oil every 50 hours, and at 250 hours inspect the chain for stiff links, check the shock cord, tighten the screws and clear dust from the flywheel. A worn chain, sprocket or handle U-bolt should be replaced with genuine Concept2 parts. The add-ons are small: A$30 for the Deluxe Seat Pad, A$90 for the floor mat.
Three conditions end the order. An inseam of 96.5 cm or more, which turns it into a call about the extra-long monorail. A room that cannot hold the manual's 183 × 336 cm free area. And a need for a published noise figure, since none appears in Concept2's documents.
How we put this together
Built from the product pages and listings below, without test scores or results we have not measured. Specifications and prices change, so check the original page for the exact model, current price, delivery, and returns.
- Concept2 Australia: RowErg product page (opens in a new tab)
- Concept2 Australia: RowErg warranty and money-back guarantee (opens in a new tab)
- Concept2 Australia: Ordering and Shipping (refund policy, resellers) (opens in a new tab)
- Concept2: RowErg owner's manual (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
- Concept2: RowErg manuals and schematics (opens in a new tab)
- Amazon Australia: Concept2 Model D Indoor Rowing Machine with PM5 (opens in a new tab)
