AmStaff Fitness DF-2293 Seated Row Machine

Solid and Affordable

The seat and chest support pad are adjustable and are comfortable. The handles are pretty good and the range of motion is decent. The price is reasonable for the quality and build of this seated row machine.

Awesome!

First of all. The price is unbeatable, especially for something with the newer style swivel handles. Easy assembly, works great, would buy again.

Poor quality

Would not recommend, this piece is of poor quality. Firstly the seat itself does not fully lock into place (it rocks back and forth even when the locking pin is tightened. The rocking occurs while the machine is in use). I thought this was minor and didn’t address it with the company. The chest pad is a bit too narrow for me but I also managed to mitigate this myself with some extra padding. What I should have addressed sooner are the adapter sleeves. I use Olympic plates hence needing the 2” adapter sleeves which are plastic and slide over the 1” metal horns. The adapter sleeves are tightened using an allen screw. From the beginning the sleeves would slide off of the 1” horns when I would unload weight plates. At first the sleeves would slide off an inch or two until after several uses at which point the sleeves would fully slide off. I attempted to tighten the allen key which somewhat prevented the sleeve from sliding off. In doing so though it appears the allen key was overtightened causing the sleeve to bulge out which then prevents the weight plate from being fully loaded onto the sleeve. Loosening the allen screw does not correct this. Now I cant fully load the plate because of the sleeve expansion nor does the sleeve stay intact while unloading. Though Fitness Ave was prompt to acknowledge my concern and quick in responding via email, their recommendation is to sand down the sleeves. To me this is not a viable solution because a) the product seems inferior and b) sanding a plastic sleeve will weaken it. If you’re wanting to amend several aspects of this piece then buy it, otherwise save your money for something higher quality…. Or get warranty and address your claims within that warranty window.