By the way I do have one at home they are good, very well made, but at �1,000 for the basic model your really have to know your will use it, if you do plan to buy your own try and test one out at a friends or a gym to see how it feels, you can rent them as well from concept 2 but as you can guess if you plan to keep it for a while it will turn out to be more cost effective to buy one.
May I also note, however and where ever you plan to use one it is all in the technique on these rowers you have to the movements and positions right so have a look of the concept 2 website for these.
Any further question I would be happy to answer
6ft female
uk
of average fitness