Hey there!
Loving Zwift on bike I would like to buy a indoor rowing machine. Hearing that Zwift will implement rowing soon, I want to buy a machine I can use on Zwift for sure.
What is the minimum Equipment for an indoor rower to use it on Zwift? Is Bluetooth enough? Which rowers (will) provide zwifting? Beside the Concept2, is - for example - the Sportstech WRX700 compatible?
I‘m using my iPhone for zwifting, connected with a TV and would like to do so with rowing, too.
Thanks from Germany
Hi Martin,
at the moment there is no release date for official rowing in Zwift, and you can see in other topics that there is no real hope for a quick solution. However, rowing in Zwift is already possible and works flawless if you don’t mind that your avatar is a cyclist. I’ve been using it for years now with my Concept2, it’s great fun! There’s a great instruction guide for how to set up rowing in Zwift on zwiftinsider, just google for “rowing on zwift“.
I’ve no idea if Concept2 is the only supported rower, I’ve never heard of another machine being used for Zwift. But there’s many good reasons why Concept2 is the market leader, it’s just a great and absolutely reliable machine.
Hi S! Many Thanks for your response.
I’m actually more interested in a water rower Made out of wood materials. that’s why I asked about the Minimum Equipment for a Zwift rower to see which other rowers might be compatible in the Future. I would like to know which technical equipment is needed to use the rower on Zwift. Is Bluetooth sufficient? Or will I Need more?
i have a WaterRower and the bluetooth adapter.
it connects to Kinomap correctly and im guessing when zwift introduces rowing it will work great with it as well.
i did purchase the ipad holder which is nice to have.
ive used the concept2 with the pm5 at my brothers and im sure that will work as well once Zwift figures it out…
Hello,
I’m interested into this topic. For me the noise of the C2 is a showstopper (sport room being next to sleeping room). So i’d like to go for a water rower. And I’d like to be able to adjust easily the resistance easily (to suit both me and my son) which is not doable with the brand waterrower. So I was thinking about the Sportstech WRX700 which is compatible with Kinomap. Do you think it would then automatically be compatible with Zwift using rowedbiker or painsled app?
Thanks for your help, and see you soon around watopia (biking today, maybe rowing tomorrow)
@Martin_Acido I’m tagging you, since we seem to have the same constraints 
Thanks for your feedback. Did you ever try to adjust this artificially with painsled or rowedbiker app?
I‘ve Never heard about these apps😉 i just knew Kinomap and EXR. The wrx700 computer is the reason for the false data. The computer just counts 1 meter per row and gives the information to the apps.
painsled and rowedbiker are free applications which can convert the signal sent by the rower to the rowing application. This way for example you can add an offset to make the power generated by a rower to zwift (because we usually push 30% more watts with a bike compared to a rower…).
But to use these, you need two mobile devices, since one device cannot send a bluetooth signal to itself…
