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Rogue Fitness / Cardio

Rogue Echo Rower

A 72.6 lb air rower with a 500 lb user rating that folds to 38 inches — the lightest, highest-rated rower here.

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Specs

Product weight72.6 lb
Length99 in
Width26 in
Height16 in seat height from floor
Footprint99 x 26 in; 38 x 26 in folded
Console4.7 in LCD with customisable modes
ConnectivityBluetooth and ANT+
Max user weight500 lb
Max user height38 in inseam
ColourBlack

These figures are copied from Rogue Fitness’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 Rogue Fitness before you buy.

Choose this one if

  • You want the highest user weight rating of any rower here
  • You want a rower that folds to 38 inches and can be lifted by one person
  • You want Bluetooth and ANT+ so the monitor talks to your apps

The detail

A 500 lb user rating is far beyond anything else covered here — the Force USA R3 manages 441 lb and the Assault machines 350. Combined with a 38-inch inseam maximum, this is the rower that accommodates the widest range of people, in both directions.

It is also the lightest at 72.6 lb, and it folds to 38 by 26 inches. Those two facts together are the practical case: a 99-inch machine that one person can fold and stand in a corner. Every other rower here either needs eight feet of floor permanently or a deliberate two-person lift.

Bluetooth and ANT+ on a 4.7-inch LCD is the specification most rowers in this class leave unstated. ANT+ reads chest straps; Bluetooth talks to training apps. On a rower, the monitor is where the training value actually lives — pace, split and stroke rate are how you run an interval — so a console with real connectivity matters more than the frame.

Air resistance behaves as it does on any 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, and it is what the Concept2 RowErg established.

Ninety-nine inches is the longest rower covered here and the constraint that decides the purchase. Measure the space, including room to get on and off at both ends.

The 16-inch seat height is worth noting — that is on the taller side for a rower, which suits people who find low seats hard to get up from.

Rogue lists this as not made in the USA.