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Smooth Fitness
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Smooth Fitness is at the top of our list. They are one of the only manufcaturers that hasn't sacrificied quality over the years. Their prices are great for the quality you get.
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98/100
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Life Fitness
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Life Fitness makes a quality product, but their elliptical prices are just too high for the limited features you get
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73/100
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Precor
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Much like Life Fitness, Precor makes en excellent product. However, their quality ellipticals don't justify the outrageous prices.
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71/100
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True Fitness
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True Fitness offers a selection of twin center drive elliptical trainers that get the job done, but lack versatility, cost a fortune, and offer poor value for money.
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68/100
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Octane
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Octane only manufacturers ellipticals, making their units very high quality. Primarily front drive machines, Octane units offer a unique design but the value for money is not great.
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64/100
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Bremshey
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Based on a high quality German manufacturer that went bankrupt, these ellpticals still offer decent value in the $1000 price range, if you can find a retailer.
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62/100
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Bodyguard
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Based in Canada, these ellipticals lack visual appeal, but do offer a quality workout experience. Import tax can add a signifcant financial burden if purchasing out of the US.
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60/100
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Quantum
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Offering a twin center-drive system similar to True Fitness' design, Quantum fitness ellipticals offer a decent workout experience but lack the quality and innovation of other ellipticals in this price range.
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59/100
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Diamondback
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Diamondback elliptical trainers offer solid performance for their price, but do lack some key features expected at this price point, including grip pulse heart rate monitoring.
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56/100
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Sports Art
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Being the first company to make adjustable stride elliptical machines, they deserve credit for innovation, but have fallen behind other brands in today's market.
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56/100
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BH(BladeZ)
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BH is the largest fitness equipment manufacturer in Spain, but has little impact in the mainstream market today. Regardless, this brand does offer quality elliptical trainers for a reasonable price.
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55/100
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Star Trac
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New to elliptical design and without a commerical grade machine, Star Trac builds a nice unit but has little presence in the elliptical trainer market.
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53/100
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Cybex
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Offering a unique design focused on high-level biomechanical innovation, the Cybex arc trainer is a well-made machine but can be uncomfortable and offers poor value for money over other more traditional elliptical trainers.
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52/100
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Horizon
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Horizon used to dominate the entry level elliptical market, but without design innovation and high quality components, other manufacturers have surpassed Horizon, offering lower prices.
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50/100
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Keys
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Keys fitness ellipticals are decently made, but the elliptical market is not the companies primary focus making their machines feature sparse, low quality, and offer poor value for money.
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50/100
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LifeSpan
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With only one elliptical trainer being offered, LifeSpan probaby will not remain in the elliptical market very long.
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48/100
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Nautilus
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Left behind by other manufacturers innovations, Nautilus fitness has fallen very far behind in the elliptical trainer market and probably won't make a comeback.
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42/100
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Nautilus
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Left behind by other manufacturers innovations, Nautilus fitness has fallen very far behind in the elliptical trainer market and probably won't make a comeback.
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42/100
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Redzone
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Made from the same frames as Sole units, the Redzone ellipticals are decent machines and hold up fairly well to light duty use.
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40/100
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Spirit
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Offering only one elliptical option, Spirit fitness offers decent value for money, but little else.
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40/100
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FreeMotion
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Now owned by Icon Health and Fitness, FreeMotion ellipticals are slightly beefed up version of Icon's lower end machines. Overall, the changes are minor and not worth the higher price.
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39/100
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TunTuri
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Offering decent designs with streamlined cosmetics; TunTuri ellipticals are decent, but distribution is almost solely confined to Europe.
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38/100
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Vision
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With an outdated design, Vision elliptical trainers have fallen behind in the market as other manufacturers are doing a lot more at the same price point.
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33/100
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Sole
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A problematic roller design really limits the durability and usability of Vision elliptical trainers; overall unit quality has dropped over the past few years.
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31/100
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NordicTrack
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Offering a number of poorly integrated and over-done features on almost every machine, Nordictrack consistently sacrifices core build quality for cheap bells and whistles.
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30/100
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Proform
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Owned by Icon, like Nordictrack, Proform offers the same cheap bells and whistles to draw attention, but little effort is put into quality design or a solid warranty.
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30/100
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LifeCORE
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Offering very small frames and a poor elliptical motion path, LifeCORE ellipticals have not caught on in the US and have a very limited distribution range in other areas.
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29/100
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Reebok
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Built by Icon, Reebok elliptical trainers offer very cheap components shrouded within a multitude of workout features.
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28/100
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Schwinn
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A subsidiary of Nautilus fitness, Schwinn ellipticals are low quality machines with terrible customer support.
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25/100
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New-Balance
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NewBalance ellipticals are low quality entry level elliptical trainers, but do offer an appealing console design.
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20/100
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Gold's Gym
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Licensed by Icon, the Gold's Gym elliptical trainers are extremely low quality and should be avoided.
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15/100
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Epic
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Created by Icon health and fitness, Epic elliptical trainers were designed to be sold at Costco. These elliptical trainers are identical to Reebok models, but sold at a much lower price. Still a very low quality machine.
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12/100
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HealthRider
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Bought out by Icon health and fitness, HealthRider is primarily a treadmill manufacturer, but will produce a low quality elliptical trainer from time to time.
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11/100
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Image
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Image is an outdated brand owned by Icon health and fitness, offering very poorly made elliptical trainers that no one should invest in.
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9/100
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Weslo
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Found in wal-marts, kmarts, and other big box stores, Weslo elliptical trainers, owned by Icon, are extremely low quality units and should be avoided.
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8/100
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