WaterRower Performance Ergometer | Walnut

The Performance model sits somewhere between training machine and design object — and it's a more useful place to land than either extreme. The steel frame gives it a slightly more technical look, while the wooden rails soften the overall feel.

In use, it delivers the same signature WaterRower experience: smooth, quiet, and entirely controlled by your own rhythm. The resistance builds organically with your stroke, which means no awkward warm-up phase, no mechanical ceiling — just output that matches effort, every time.

If the Original feels classic, the Performance feels more contemporary without losing the essence of what makes a WaterRower special. It's the one to reach for if your space has evolved past purely functional fitness gear.

* Dimensions (in use) αpprox. 220 × 56 × 52 cm
* Weighτ ≈ 33 kg (dry)
* Seat height 31 cm
* Maximum user weight 150 kg
* Resistance system: Water flywheel
* Frame: Steel frame with hardwood rails
* Monitor / data system: Integrated SmartRow power meter for advanced performance analysis.
Instead of a built-in screen, SmartRow connects to a smartphone or tablet running the SmartRow app for detailed training metrics.
• Connectivity: Bluetooth connection to SmartRow and compatible training apps.
• Storage: Vertical storage possible.
• Manufactured in the USA

WaterRower was designed in the mid-1980s by Yale graduate and U.S. National Team rower John Duke, who founded WATERROWER Inc. in 1988 in Rhode Island, in the northeastern United States.

Inspired by the natural movement of rowing on water, Duke developed a rowing machine that used a water flywheel to recreate the smooth, self-regulated resistance of a real boat.

More than three decades later, WaterRower continues to manufacture its machines in Rhode Island, where the company remains headquartered in the small coastal town of Warren.