Morning,
I am in the process of purchasing the Batca Fusion 2 wth leg press. Has anyone had any experiences with it? I don't have access to hands-on so I am going by what I can see and what I have been told. It looks like a quality piece of equipment. I considered the Bowflex Revolution but was concerned about getting my money's worth. The bowflex was going to come to $3200.00. Same price range as the Fusion. Thanks for the help.

David

Morning,
I am in the process of purchasing the Batca Fusion 2 wth leg press. Has anyone had any experiences with it? I don't have access to hands-on so I am going by what I can see and what I have been told. It looks like a quality piece of equipment. I considered the Bowflex Revolution but was concerned about getting my money's worth. The bowflex was going to come to $3200.00. Same price range as the Fusion. Thanks for the help.

David

David,

Yes, I have first hand experience with the Batca Fusion. I fell in love with the machine from a photo and was set on purchasing it. I found a local dealer that had it set up on his floor and I played around with the machine for over an hour. The machine looks awesome but I found some shortcomings that swayed my decision towards the Inspire M3 which I ultimately purchased.

First, the press arms were extremely uncomfortable/unnatural feeling. They are isolateral only were as the Inspire gave a choice between a freemotion style as well as a fixed arm type of press bar. Second, the cable arms had a very limited range of motion. In fact, I couldn't even do a side lateral without the stack hitting it's stopping point. I really wanted this machine to be what I had hoped for but I was really disappointed.

However, once I left that store, I immediately went to another dealer that carried the Inspire M3 and was glad that the Batca fell short of my expectations because the M3 is awesome. It is smooth as glass, has the best leg extension I've ever used (including some of the best commercial machines), a compact footprint and looks amazing as well.