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My water rower and Rob's home gym arrived yesterday. This morning I got up thinking YAY FINALLY EXERCISE YAY! Until I discovered about fourteen spots of what Jackie-cat had left all over the house. Note to self: next time choose a healthy cat.
I did manage to siphon water into the tank. That is the stupidest design ever: the fill and drain hole is directly under a wooden support, rendering it inaccessible with something so prosaic as a funnel. DURRRRR. So you have to use their cheapy plastic siphonlike gadget, which takes fifteen minutes to move even a little water, and God help you if you ever lose the $2 gadget and want to do something with your $1000 water rower. Who thought THAT up? But I got about five gallons in there. It'll eventually need another five as I get stronger.
Then I cut and mangled some extra cardboard to construct supports for my feet. This one I can't blame on the manufacturer; normal feet would need the straps where they're installed. It was soon obvious that my cardboard constructions needed to be taped in place. I'll do that tomorrow morning, and TOMORROW will be YAY FINALLY EXERCISE.
I did manage to siphon water into the tank. That is the stupidest design ever: the fill and drain hole is directly under a wooden support, rendering it inaccessible with something so prosaic as a funnel. DURRRRR. So you have to use their cheapy plastic siphonlike gadget, which takes fifteen minutes to move even a little water, and God help you if you ever lose the $2 gadget and want to do something with your $1000 water rower. Who thought THAT up? But I got about five gallons in there. It'll eventually need another five as I get stronger.
Then I cut and mangled some extra cardboard to construct supports for my feet. This one I can't blame on the manufacturer; normal feet would need the straps where they're installed. It was soon obvious that my cardboard constructions needed to be taped in place. I'll do that tomorrow morning, and TOMORROW will be YAY FINALLY EXERCISE.
