resistance level concept2 vs. Waterrower

[alexius]

Dear Community,
i´ve been rowing for about 3 months on a waterrower with a wateramount of 17.5 liters. i´ve tried the concept2 too, but unfortunately it doesn´t fit in my flat (at least not where i wanted to place our rower).
are there any experiences about how many water in the waterrower corrospond to a resistance level of 3-4 on the concept2 which should be pretty close to rowing on water? Waterrower recommends 16-18L, but i have no idea how much it would be on the concept, 16liters is 1 and 18 liters 10 on the Concept2?

thanx and i hope you can help me,
alex

[Citroen]

Ask Xeno Müller https://twitter.com/XenoMullerCoach he's used both a C2 and a Waterrower.

[Carl Watts]

You can still get a good workout on a Waterrower, the only problem is you simply cannot compare your results to anyone else's due to the fact there is no auto calibration in the monitor like there is in the concept 2 making every concept 2 machine the same.

You cannot compare anything on the waterrower to the concept 2, you would have to just go by "Feel" as all the numbers are meaningless.

[jamesg]

Once you get going with flywheel up to speed, damper level 3 on a clean C2 (so drag around 120) will let you pull a full length stroke (70% of your height) at rating 20 in less than 1 second, leaving more than 2s for the recovery. Presumably a specific water volume can give you similar timing on the WR.

If you're tall and quick off the stretcher, the C2 can give a good low-rating workout even at drag factor 80 (damper below zero), so you don't need to think that damper 3 is essential.