By Paul Kendrick, Cardio & Endurance Editor · Updated 18 September 2026
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Superun is better known in the UK for walking pads and treadmills than rowers, and this 32-level magnetic machine is a fairly new listing with around 70 ratings. On paper it undercuts most of its rivals: at roughly £170 you get double the usual 16 resistance levels, a belt-driven magnetic flywheel, an app and a monitor that shows a 500m split, which several cheaper rowers leave out.
We'd recommend it to most people shopping at this price, with two caveats. The single rail and 136kg rating put it a step below dual-rail machines for heavier users, and the listing's UK service promises are big claims from a brand without much rowing history.
How we review
We built this review from Superun's Amazon UK listing, including the photos and diagrams, which we checked against the written specs, and from how belt-driven magnetic rowers perform as a category. We haven't rowed this machine ourselves. The listing has around 70 ratings, which is too few to judge long-term reliability, so we don't pretend to.
It suits someone under about 6ft 2in and 120kg who wants quiet, structured rowing at home and would actually use the split and stroke rate numbers to pace workouts. It's also a sensible pick if you've read our rowing machine HIIT workouts and want a machine whose monitor can follow them.
If you're heavier or taller, look at the MERACH rowing machine, whose manual version costs about £20 more and adds dual rails and a 158kg rating. And if the budget is under £100, the Jupgod hydraulic rower is a very different, much simpler machine.
| Resistance | Magnetic, 32 levels |
|---|---|
| Drive | Belt |
| Monitor | LCD: strokes, calories, time, distance, speed, 500m split, stroke rate |
| App | PitPat |
| Rail | Single beam |
| User height | 150cm to 190cm (manufacturer claim) |
| User weight | 136kg |
| Dimensions | 161.8 x 46.7 x 68.6cm |
| Storage | Stands upright on end, transport wheels |
| Assembly | About 80 percent pre-assembled, around 20 minutes |
| Warranty | One year |
Most budget magnetic rowers give you 8 or 16 settings on a dial. Superun doubles that and groups them in four bands: 1 to 8 for warming up, 9 to 16 for cardio, 17 to 24 for harder work and 25 to 32 for strength. The group labels are marketing, and so are the calorie figures printed next to them, but the finer steps are genuinely useful. When a jump between two settings is small, you can make a hard interval a bit harder without the flywheel suddenly bogging down.
A graphic on the listing says the flywheel delivers 30kg of progressive resistance. Superun doesn't explain how it measured that, so don't compare it with other brands' figures.
Keep in mind what magnetic resistance can't do. The magnet sets the drag and it stays put whether you pull gently or hard, so the machine doesn't reward a strong leg drive the way an air or water rower does. Our guide to what type of rowing machine is best goes through the trade-off. For steady cardio and pacing by split, it barely matters.
This is where the Superun pulls ahead of cheaper rowers. The LCD lists strokes, calories, time, distance, speed and the 500m split. The round readout in the photos also shows stroke rate in strokes per minute. Almost every structured rowing plan, including the ones in our HIIT guide, is written in terms of split and stroke rate, and many sub-£150 machines only give you time, count and calories. Treat the calorie number as a rough estimate, which is true on any home rower.
The monitor sits in a tablet holder on top of the flywheel housing. Pair a phone or tablet with the PitPat app and you get animated rowing scenes, programmes and a record of your sessions. Superun's copy mentions AI trainers and online events; we'd judge the app on whether it logs your rows reliably, and check what's behind a subscription before you count on it.
The frame is a single beam running from the white flywheel housing to a rear stabiliser, with the seat on rollers. Single-rail rowers work fine, and the Concept2 uses one, but the rail has to be stiff, and a 136kg rating is lower than you'll find on dual-rail rivals such as the MERACH. If you're over roughly 120kg we'd choose a machine with more headroom.
Superun says the rower fits people from 150cm to 190cm and gives overall dimensions of 161.8 x 46.7 x 68.6cm. There's no published seat travel or inseam, so tall rowers can't check whether they'll reach full compression at the catch. Rowing on a rail that's too short pushes you into a cramped, rounded catch, and low back pain is already the most common complaint among rowers (International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy scoping review, 2023).
It doesn't fold. Instead you tip it onto its front wheels and stand it on end, which Superun says cuts the footprint by 70 percent. For most flats that's enough; it just needs a bit of wall height.
One listing image says Superun ships from UK stock within 24 hours and offers a local showroom, return pick-up, home repair and home installation, with hubs listed in Birmingham, Manchester and London. We haven't tested any of that, and the stated warranty is one year. If after-sales service is part of why you'd choose it over a cheaper Amazon brand, ask the seller exactly what's covered, and get the answer in writing before you order.
Stock was also limited when we checked in September 2026, with the listing showing only 13 left, so the price may move.
Rowing works far more muscle than cycling. A study that recorded eight lower-limb muscles in elite rowers on an indoor rower found all eight active during the stroke, from the calves to the quads and hamstrings (Sensors, 2020), and your back and arms join in at the finish. We break it down muscle by muscle in what muscles a rowing machine works.
For general health, five 30-minute moderate sessions a week meets the NHS target of 150 minutes of moderate activity, and rowing gets you there without the impact of running.
Check the Superun price on Amazonaround £170For around £170 it's a solid magnetic rower. You get 32 resistance levels on a belt-driven magnetic flywheel, a monitor that shows 500m split and strokes per minute, and the PitPat app for scenic rows and programmes. The limits are a single rail, a 136kg user weight and a height range that stops at 190cm.
No, but smaller steps help. With 32 levels each change is roughly half the size of a jump on a 16-level machine, so you can nudge the load up for a harder interval without overshooting. Most people will live between levels 8 and 20.
The listing shows PitPat, a third-party fitness app. It records time, distance and strokes, and runs virtual rowing scenes and programmes. Check the current PitPat subscription terms before you buy with the app in mind, because the listing doesn't say which features are free.
Superun says it fits users from 150cm to 190cm, roughly 4ft 11in to 6ft 3in. It doesn't publish an inseam or seat travel figure, so if you're over about 6ft 1in, ask the seller before buying.
It doesn't fold, but it stands upright on its end. Superun says that cuts the footprint by 70 percent. With the machine stood up, the seat, rail and handle sit above the flywheel housing, and there are transport wheels on the front stabiliser.
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