Elliptical Reviews
For the best price, the best product, and the best performance you need to read the reviews. A review gives the real, blunt picture, and then rubs it in your face just in case you don’t get it. Ellipticals especially, as there are so many brands out there making them, have a lot of professional reviewing websites.
So if you would like to know the truth, take the review pill. If you would like to keep living a lie, take the salesman pill.
You have chosen the review pill, please step this way. First of all, if you want an amazing elliptical and don’t have $1000 - $5000 to spend, then you can either pay in monthly instalments, or get a gym membership (recommended). If you are a gym looking for ellipticals, then keep reading.
When you know your budget, you can start looking around at the cross trainers available in your range. While you work out your price, let me just lead by example.
As the least you can realistically pay is $200, I’m going to go slightly up and settle for $350 as a maximum budget. Now let’s see what we have here.
Now you have your budget, let’s find the brands available for your budget. Through an online search and a forum I found that Weslo, Stamina, and Schwinn offer ellipticals on a budget. You could also search reviews from magazines to find product labels.
Findings
After researching some products offered by the companies, I saw that Weslo offer a nice little elliptical called the Momentum 630. This is very basic, but for $250, push button resistance and two built in workouts it’s not bad.
Now, to put it to the review test:
The first review I saw was the one on their official website. They said it was overall good, but the stride is quite small. They were ‘pleasantly surprised’, that’s a good sign then. The next review I saw was on a professional elliptical review site. He basically didn’t give any reason for why it was bad, but said you couldn’t buy an elliptical that would work longer than a week for that price. Unreasonable, unreliable source.
I then went to a review site with more constructive feedback, they said this elliptical is wrong in many ways, the feet are too far apart, it’s unreliable, it rocks from side to side. They then pointed me towards something more suitable.
A good tip for gaining information from reviews, if you find a review very detailed in knowledge about the product, then most of the time you should take their advice too.
I was pointed towards an elliptical called the HealthRider C550e. It sounds great in their opinion, although the price is $100 more than my budget. Going to other sites about this product via a web search, I found it is a well-rounded product and everyone who has reviewed it has liked it.
Now, through my workings, you can base your researching and review findings on this to find the perfect elliptical for you. Don’t get ripped off, read the reviews!
Brands Reviewed:
Proform Elliptical
ProForm is a company that sells exercise machines, which includes ellipticals. They offer more professional styled cross trainers, aimed at gyms and anyone wealthy enough to afford one. The products they sell look very suave, like it belongs with the whole collection of high-class exercise machines. More on Proform Elliptical...
Life Fitness Elliptical
Life Fitness is a very popular brand of cross trainers, through a vast range of products Life Fitness have conquered the market and now you can see them all across the country. Life Fitness promise to give the best, most natural oscillating movement available. More on Life Fitness Elliptical...
Schwinn Elliptical
Schwinn ellipticals are cross trainers on a loose budget. From $600 - $1000 it’s not exactly cheap, but it is good enough for the spare room. I like the fact that they know where they are at in the market; they have a specific small price range that they stick to, because it is what they do best. More on Schwinn Elliptical...
Horizon Elliptical
All Horizon products are front driven, and look very similar to each other. Their feet holdings are comfortable, and therefore you will want to stay on the machine and lose them calories longer. Another great attribute to the ellipticals is that a lot of their products use iPod docking stations. More on Horizon Elliptical...
Nordictrack Elliptical
NordicTrack offer high tech, expensive machines suitable for a gym. The company offers three different types of cross trainers; front driven, back driven and centre driven. They all have advantages and disadvantages. More on NordicTrack Elliptical...
Reebok Elliptical
Reebok ellipticals are somewhat in the cheaper end of the market. These cross trainers have a great reputation to live up to, but let’s see if they have what it takes. They have entered the upper end of the market recently offering ellipticals up to $1600. They have great upper body workout regime and they offer the iFit technology. More on Reebok Elliptical...
Octane Elliptical
For the real top high quality elliptical products, there really is no other better choice than Octane Elliptical. ...it may seem lazy to sit down and exercise, but it is more convenient and comfortable. If you are overweight and it is a pain to stand up when exercising, then this product will make it easier for you to lose it. More on Octane Elliptical...
Weslo Elliptical
If you don’t have a money tree growing in your garden, then this company is directing their products at you. Hold your breath and dig into the bargain bucket known as the Weslo Elliptical. From $200 you can purchase one of these cross trainers for your spare room. More on Weslo Elliptical...
Ironman Elliptical
This calorie-crunching, cardiovascular training, elliptical creating company creates affordable products for the family home and gyms around the country. The prices of the IronMan Elliptical are from around $300 up to $2000, if you are just looking for a simple exercise machine then a cheaper one may be just what you are looking for. More on Ironman Elliptical...
Kettler Elliptical
The Kettler Elliptical is built by Germans, who are known to be perfectionists in everything, so you know you will be getting quality if you buy from Kettler. Expect reliability and durability when buying from this company. Kettler also sells a range of other gym products, bikes, and furniture, a precise engineering business. Their ellipticals come at $1000 to $2000. More on Kettler Elliptical...
Diamondback Elliptical
This company has been around for quite a while, offering averagely good products at averagely good prices (sorry Diamondback!). Although only being $700, compact and light, it still feels like an average deal, nothing special. More on Diamondback Elliptical...
Stamina Elliptical
The Stamina Elliptical range is like a penguin in a library, it doesn’t quite know where it stands. They are generally all under $1000, and a lot are $150. The Stamina SpaceMate E100 at only $169 is not a bargain. It looks terrible, even a toddler has bigger strides than this offers. More on Stamina Elliptical...
New Balance Elliptical
The New Balance elliptical is shockingly hard to find online, so it worries me at how good they are at marketing, therefore at how far they will go with the product. Their more up the market ellipticals are dramatically better, offering a nice 18 inch stride, better design, and multiple resistance levels. These models are version 9.0 and 9.5. More on New Balance Elliptical...
Image Elliptical
If you are looking for an inexpensive elliptical then this company has them. From $300 you are going to look around nervously after buying the Image Elliptical, looking for someone to accuse you of stealing. And then you unpack it and realize you’re the one who just got ripped off. However, some reviews are actually quite splendid. More on Image Elliptical...