Bowflex Xtreme 2 Home Gym
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List Price: $1,699.00
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Binding: Sports
Brand: Bowflex
EAN: 0708447141767
Feature: Compact, easy-to-use home gym
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Label: Bowflex
Manufacturer: Bowflex
Model: Bowflex Xtreme 2
Publisher: Bowflex
Studio: Bowflex
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Features
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Compact, easy-to-use home gym
Change exercises more quickly and easily without cable changes
210 pounds of Power Rod resistance standard--optionally upgradeable up to 310 or 410 pounds
Lat tower features two adjustable positions with angled lat bar
Four-position adjustable lower pulleys with longer squat station
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Bowflex Extreme 2
Comment: Recently purchased. Pricey, but high quality material. Will last many years. One person can assemble but plan on 2 to 3 hours. Recommend working on technique before wanting to upgrade the power rods. You might not need the additional upgrade and save some $$. Also, recommend the $15 purchase of the rod rejuvinator (holds the rods in place when not in use). Would definitely recommend the Bowflex to my friends.
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Summary: Good machine, but very poor quality control.
Comment: We picked up our new Bowflex Xtreme 2 last weekend and promptly started opening boxes to build our new "Home Gym". Box #2 states clearly on the outside that the instructions are provided in Box #1. In our experience, that wasn't the case. No instructions were provided in any of the boxes (issue #1). I found the assembly instructions on-line, but really didn't want to waste 26 pages to print the manual so we contacted the sporting goods place we bought the Bowflex and they dug up a very worn manual we could use to get ours assembled. As others have indicated, plan to spend a little time and work through the assembly instructions step-by-step.
As we progressed through the instructions, we found multiple discrepancies between what the instructions showed, and what was pre-assembled from the factory. As an example, the pulley bar that ties the leg supports together in the back has the pulleys mounted in the front while the pictures have them in the back depending on which page you are looking at (issue #2). Another discrepancy is where the manual shows a place the hooks on the rear idler pulley bracket when not in use. The cables are not long enough to reach the bracket so they end up dropped on the floor (issue #3)
The final kicker to our assembly debacle came when we started to load the power rods for an enjoyable workout. One side has the 50-30-10-10-5 rods as described while the other side has a set with 50-30-10-5-5 (issue #4). Given that the power rod block was pre-assembled by the factory in Box #1 (without the instructions), it calls into question the overall quality control surrounding the assembly at the factory.
A few people have referred to the operation of the cables and power rods as silent. This is not true. The eye-bolts have flat spots on the insides that cause the cable bracket eye-bolts to snap at certain points throughout the range of motion of the tool. Some minor detail work with a rotary sander will smooth out the flat spots, but the first couple of times you hear the snap and pop, it's surprising.
Response via email from Bowflex is not the greatest. On the 5th day after our original email asking for a new manual, poster, and DVD, we received a return email that was blank. I suspect a phone call will be in order to get the problems worked out.
After all the initial issues, we are still keeping the Bowflex Xtreme 2. It is built well enough and we look forward to thinning down the overwhelming number of exercises into a more manageable group as we develop a workout routine.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Arrived in good order before Christmas
Comment: Easy to order. The 5 boxes arrived in fairly good condition. We emailed the vendor about not receiving the assembley instructions. We were assured we would receive them. That has not happened as of today. In retrospect the vendor was very pleasant to deal with.
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Summary: Excellent purchase
Comment: I have always wanted a Bowflex and when the opportunity to purchase one became a reality I did not hesitate. In the past I have made purchases and ended up with buyers remorse even though I had desired the product for a long time. Not this purchase, I am extremely happy with my Bowflex. I especially enjoy the ease with which I can get a good work out. I encourage anyone with thoughts of buying a Bowflex to hurry up and do so. You are gauranteed a good time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice machine
Comment: We have had the machine for a couple of weeks now and have not had the opportunity to explore the many exercises that you can do. I agree with other reviews that it does take a coule of hours for 2 people to set up - and the multiple boxes were all shipped in one very large box. As long as you read the directions and pay attention to what you are doing, it will go together with no problems. Once set up though, we gave it a test and one of our rods broke in half. I contacted Bowflex the next morning and within 5 days had a replacement rod with no hassel at all! Once put together, it ended up being a bit larger than both my husband and I had thought. Make sure that you have ample room for it. No complaints and we would defintely purchase a Bowflex again! I only gave 4 out of 5 stars because we are still waiting for the additional rods (a promotion when we purchased) from Amazon - not a Bowflex issue!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Bowflex Xtreme 2 Home Gym Exercise Equipment We took the Bowflex Xtreme 2 Home Gym and improved it. The Lat Tower adjusts to two positions, plus the longer squat frame gives you 4 adjustable positions. And, the Bowflex Xtreme 2 Home Gym lets you change ex
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