I own a Bowflex, I bought it used off of eBay for $1000. 410 lbs leg thing and lat pulldown attachment, which the site sells for like $1500 so I got a pretty good deal.
Anyway, here are some things to think about before you buy it:
1. I'd buy it new and not get any of the attachments if I could do it over again. Simply because I don't use the lat pulldown thing or the leg attachment. If I did try to do a ton of exercises each time I worked out, it would take 1-2 hrs. Instead, in 20-30 minutes, I can only do about 2-3 sets of 6-8 exercises out of 70+. After 30 minutes I'm usually ready to quit, maybe I'm a wuss or something, but I get tired.
2. It takes some time getting used to. It's definitely a different FEEL than free weights. On some exercises, the cables may rub against your arm or something slightly, which isn't too annoying.
3. The instructions that come with it do outline all of the exercises which is cool and useful, as well as some routines to do depending on what you want to get out of exercising.
4. Unless you are already buff as hell and really strong, you wont need more than 210 lbs. The most I use for any one exercise is 160-180. Stuff like the bench press is way tougher on bowflex than free weights. I'd say the average person could only do 66% of their max on freeweights on the bowflex. Just a guess.
Thats all I can think of now. Overall I recommend the product and would give it 9/10.
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