Bells of Steel Blitz Air Rower
A 90 lb air rower with a monitor included and a 5-year frame warranty — the lightest rower here, and 95 inches long.
Specs
| Weight | 90.00 lb |
|---|---|
| Length | 95 in (2,413 mm) |
| Width | 24.25 in (616 mm) |
| Height | 37.5 in (953 mm) |
| Seat | 10.37 in long, 12.25 in wide |
| Flywheel type | Air-powered |
| Monitor | Included |
| Weight capacity | 320 lb (145.1 kg) |
| Warranty | 5-year frame, 2-year parts |
These figures are copied from Bells of Steel’s own published specs and were last checked on 2026-08-31. Manufacturers revise products without notice, and variants differ. Confirm anything your decision depends on with Bells of Steel before you buy.
Choose this one if
- You want a rower you can move and stand up on your own
- You want a monitor included rather than an unspecified console
- You have 95 inches of clear floor
The detail
At 90 lb this is the lightest rower covered here — against 99 for the Force USA R3, 109 for the Assault Rower Pro and 143 for the Rower Elite. Light means you can stand it against a wall by yourself, which for a 95-inch machine in a shared room is the difference between using it and resenting it. It also means less mass damping the catch on a hard stroke.
The monitor is listed as included, which sounds trivial and is not. Rowing without pace, split and stroke rate is just pulling on a handle — the monitor is where the training actually happens. Several rowers in this price band leave the console unspecified; Bells of Steel at least commits to shipping one.
Air resistance behaves the same as every rower in this class: no levels to set, resistance scaling with how hard you pull. That self-scaling curve is why air is the standard for interval work.
Ninety-five inches is the constraint that decides the purchase. That is just under eight feet, and the stroke needs all of it — measure, including the room to get on and off. Twenty-four inches of width is average.
The 320 lb user capacity is the lowest of the rowers here (the others are 350 or 441), which is worth checking against.
Five years on the frame and two on parts is solid — better than the Force USA R3's two years on parts, and short of the Assault machines' seven-year frames.
The seat is 10.37 by 12.25 inches, which is compact. That is normal on a rower, where you are meant to be driving rather than sitting, but on long steady pieces it will make itself known.