Women's Health Men's Health BT Rowing Machine

I've had this rower for just under a year, but I don't think it's going to last a full year. It was great for the first 9 months or so, but then it started to show signs of rapid degradation. I started to hear a "clunk" every time I took a stroke, but it seemed to still operate fine so I continued to use it. Then I started to hear a screech and shortly thereafter the sensor stopped working (the only thing that continued to function was timer, the rep counter, distance tracker, etc were all non-functional). I'm pretty handy so I opened up the case and discovered (as I suspected) that one of the magnets that activates the sensor had fallen off the flywheel. So I glued it back in place and the sensor started functioning again and everything was good for about a week (although the "clunk"s continued). Then the "clunks" started to multiply and now it clunks 3 times for every stroke I take and the ropes have stopped retracting all the way and additionally sometimes they let go when I pull on them so I jolt backwards as I take the stroke. Having had it apart to fix the magnet for the sensor I suspect that the axel the flywheel is on is warping and will soon fail or dislodge, at which point the entire unit will be worthless (not that it's even useable right now, it feels rather dangerous to use it given how prone it is to letting me unpredictably fall backward). Granted I use this rower quite frequently (10k meter sessions several times a week) but I would expect it to last more than a year, especially given the cost (I paid a the full price, not the heavily discounted price that is now available -- my guess is that they're trying to unload them because of quality issues). I got this one because it had separate sides instead of one strap in the middle, which I really liked, but with total failure in less than a year I would not recommend anyone purchase this, find something higher quality (I know I will). I don't know what company actually manufactures these because they're just branded with the Men's/Women's Health brand (surely they don't actually manufacture these) but I'd like to find out to avoid their inferior products in the future. Wish I could get my money back on this one, but I guess I should've been more cautious of buying something that's rebranded, even if it has a cool/unique feature. Update—I was unable to repair the rower and ended up sending it to the landfill. I have since purchased a new rower from a much more reputable brand and I’ve learned that even when this rower was new and working as expected the quality was low! It was my first rower and I didn’t have anything to compare it to. The smoothness and solidity of my new rower was never there in this one and comparatively the workouts are much better on the new rower, this one tricked me into thinking I was getting a higher level of workout but after comparing to the new rower and another one in a gym that I tested for comparison, those were much better workouts. This rower is just an expensive toy that will break.