If you're looking for a well rounded workout in your own home, one of the best pieces of equipment you can buy is a rowing machine. So we've been searching today's Prime Day sales to see if any of our favorites are discounted. The picks of the Amazon sales in 2023 are the original Hydrow rower and the Hydrow Wave, both excellent machines for beginners and intermediate rowers. The original Hydrow Rower has a saving of $500 right now, and the Wave has a saving of $200.
According to Filip Ljubicic, chair of the Indoor Rowing Commission and member of the World Rowing Council, who spoke exclusively to Live Science: "The rowing machine gives you a full-body workout and uses 86% of your muscles," making it one of the most efficient workouts you can do.
We've extensively tested both the Rower and the Wave, and we rate the Wave as the top machine for beginners in our round-up of the best rowing machines. Hydrow rowers come complete with touchscreen displays offering a series of challenging rowing workouts (however, you'll have to pay extra for membership).
As well as providing a comfortable experience that puts all of the emphasis on keeping fit, there are more than 3,000 workouts to keep you busy. You just need to have sufficient space to house it (and you can't fold either rower away for storage). You also need to purchase an all-access membership to the Hydrow app and that will cost $38 per month.
On balance, we think that you should go for the Wave if you're choosing between the two. While the saving is smaller, it's a smaller and more finessed rowing machine, and you're spending less money overall. It scored higher than the original Rower in our tests, and we often use the Wave for personal use.
If you're not sure if Hydrow is the brand for you, we've compared it to its main competitors: Hydrow vs Peloton and Ergatta vs Hydrow
