--- description: Find out why Hydrow is one of the best inventions of 2020. title: Hydrow: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt184fae089da79f95/698a14394ee26244f33181b9/best-inventions-of-2020-Hydrow-3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # Rowing with a Router Hydrow by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy Call it the Peloton of the pond. [Hydrow](https://hydrow.com/ "undefined") combines a burly electromagnetic-resistance rowing machine with a 22-in. touchscreen and a web connection. That allows home scullers to train with real-life instructors and teams all over the planet, with interactive workouts set in famed bodies of water—from the Charles to the Thames. Boston-based rowing coach and entrepreneur Bruce Smith dreamed up the Hydrow in 2018, intending to bring onto dry land the feeling of rhythm and synchronicity that you experience rowing with a team. The recent fervor for at-home workouts has provided Hydrow with a tailwind: sales of the machine, which retails for $2,245, surged some 400% from January to April. _—Jesse Will_ **Buy now:** [Hydrow](https://shop.hydrow.com/?%5Ffs=45a1a1a5-eff9-4bf8-ae0c-1fca2dfe39c8&%5Fga=2.143024950.2086543128.1605641743-1640857177.1605641743 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911371/hydrow/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911371/hydrow/"},"headline":"Rowing with a Router","datePublished":"2020-11-19T13:54:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:46:19.982Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911371/hydrow/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt184fae089da79f95/698a14394ee26244f33181b9/best-inventions-of-2020-Hydrow-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt184fae089da79f95/698a14394ee26244f33181b9/best-inventions-of-2020-Hydrow-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911371/hydrow/","name":"Rowing with a Router"}}]}] ```