Four hundred and twenty-six pounds of exercise equipment and packing material, spread over eight boxes, are making their way to my apartment from Hodgkins, Illinois, via brown and gold panel vans this week. The first eighty-pound box sits in my living room. Three more come Thursday; the last four should arrive by Friday.
As promised by the sales guy, my new Bowflex Ultimate 2 shipped exactly three weeks after I placed my order.
I will do my best to document (with photos) the unpacking, assembly, disassembly and repacking of my old Bowflex, and my initial first impressions. I have a feeling though, that this “insert Part A into Slot B” project may take me awhile.
Update 10/06, 5:10 PM EST: Boxes 1, 3, and 4 came today. The first one was Box 2. Two hundred forty-six pounds delivered; one hundred eighty to go. Box 1 has the assembly manual, but I don’t need no stinking manual. Yeah, right.
Boy am I glad I’m not putting that together!!
Worst part will be actually finding the time to assemble one and take apart the other (actually, maybe I’ll do the assembly part this weekend). Average time for assembly should be around 4 to 5 hours. I really can’t remember how long it took to put my Bowflex Power Pro XTLU together five years ago.
I do remember that a few parts were missing, and I had to call customer support. I hope everything’s in there this time.