Costco, formerly known as Price Club, is a membership warehouse chain with hundreds of locations all over the world. It opened in 1976 and offers its members discount prices on quality items. Members may purchase packaged foods, meat, produce, bakery items, clothing, home hardware and appliances, electronics, furniture, tools, books and movies, and fitness equipment, along with camping gear and other specialty items. Its selection of exercise equipment is impressive, with both low-and high-end machines available for sale. One of the...
Both Treadmill Doctor and All Ellipticals give the Spirit XE 550 elliptical trainer high marks for value; it offers the standard range of elliptical features with a high quality build and a good warranty, at less than $2,000. A...
The ProForm ZE9 elliptical trainer doesn't do much to stand out from other low- to mid-price elliptical trainers. It offers the usual wide spread of features you should expect from ProForm in almost any price range, with a some...
With a good company reputation for service, quality and performance, the Smooth Fitness CE 7.4 elliptical trainer is "a strong value" and "a very safe choice," according to Treadmill Doctor. This mid-range, rear-drive elliptica...
Marketing material for CardioZone elliptical trainers brims with enthusiasm, declaring these exercise machines to be the "best deal ever" in every way possible. Although the CardioZone elliptical trainers are advertised as "hea...
A bump up from the treadmill, an elliptical provides it users with more movement and versatility. Whether you have the choice of exercising indoors or out, you want an elliptical that is going to give you a run for your money. ...
Reebok Ellipticals are produced by ICON Fitness, the largest fitness equipment manufacturer. They are licensed by Reebok. These machines are considered medium- to high-end machines with the slogan "designed for the club, made f...
Treadmill Doctor warns that this elliptical trainer won't last long-term if you're a competitive athlete, but declares the Commercial 1300 "a great value" if you're "an average Joe that just wants to lose weight." Although no m...
The Nordic Track CX 1000 Space Saver Elliptical is similar to the CX 1055 elliptical in a space-saver format. According to Elliptical Trainers.com it's appointed for light- to moderate-intensity workouts only and saves about 24...
Look for a Stamina elliptical that matches your body and your needs. If you are interested in a full body workout, you should purchase the Stamina Dual Action. However, if you just want the elliptical motion on your feet to wor...
Look for a an elliptical machine that fits your workout needs. So, if you want to do high-intensity, low-speed workouts, an elliptical with an incline could be just the thing for you. Conversely, if you like high-speed, low-int...
If you are in the market for an elliptical machine for your home, Sole Fitness might have what you want. The company offers four models of elliptical machines. The Sole E55 is the second most equipped model available.
The ProForm 785 elliptical is an in-home exercise machine that provides a low-impact cardiovascular workout. Its customizable resistance settings allow the machine to accommodate users at any fitness level.
The NordicTrack A.C.T. elliptical machine is an in-home workout machine that is designed to be compact and to provide a variety of workout difficulties. The machine's frame comes with a lifetime guarantee and the parts and serv...
The Stamina 1772 Magnetic Elliptical is designed to give you a low-impact aerobic workout that firms and tones your muscles and increases your stamina and endurance.
The ProForm iSeries 800 Elliptical Machine is designed to provide an efficient customized workout while keeping you engaged and motivated.
Another offering from Icon Health & Fitness, the front-drive ProForm Perspective 1000 elliptical trainer's most distinctive feature is a 7-inch cable-ready, in-console television. The Perspective 1000 comes with a reassurin...
Finding an elliptical trainer that fits your body means finding the right stride length. The ProForm 950 SpaceSaver elliptical trainer makes this easy by offering three manual-adjust stride lengths in a single machine--an unusu...
The Image 9.5 elliptical trainer is a compact, lightweight rear-drive model manufactured by Icon Health & Fitness, the same brand behind NordicTrack and ProForm exercise equipment. As of August 2010, the manufacturer's sugg...
The NordicTrack ASR 1000 Elliptical is a full-body workout machine. The product has been discontinued by NordicTrack, but as of 2010, some online retailers continue to sell it.
Consumers can exercise in their own home with the proper equipment. There are a wide array of options to choose from when choosing home exercise equipment. Among these options is the elliptical by HealthRider.
Part of the Cardio Performance Series, the Stamina Products EX 3.0 elliptical trainer offers a low-impact cardiovascular workout. As with almost all elliptical trainers, you have the option of pushing and pulling moving handleb...
The Life Fitness X3 elliptical offers the advantages of a gym elliptical in the comfort of the home. More than a basic elliptical machine, this machine offers customizable workouts as well as electronic readouts.
The Schwinn 420 elliptical trainer has 16 levels of eddy current brake resistance. This is the best type of resistance system available for elliptical trainers, an extremely rare find in the under-$1,000 price range.
The discontinued rear-drive Smooth Fitness CE 2.0 elliptical trainer was a compact, entry-level model. The CE 2.0 originally retailed for $1,500, but you may be able to find secondhand or refurbished models for significantly less.
Originally sold in 2005, the front-drive Horizon Fitness CSE2 Club Series elliptical trainer has since been discontinued. The CSE2 itself is self-powered; you don't need to plug it in to exercise, so there's no hidden extra cos...
The Horizon Elliptical E5 has a 14-pound flywheel for a smooth stride during your cardiovascular workout. The E5 allows you to workout both your upper and lower body and has both forward and backward pedaling capability to help...
The Stamina InMotion E1000 elliptical trainer is an unusual miniature elliptical trainer; it greatly resembles a mini stepper, but the pedals move on a small elliptical path instead of an up-and-down stair-stepping motion. As o...
The Weslo Momentum 630 Elliptical WLEL71807 is a basic, entry-level elliptical machine designed to provide both a cardio and a toning workout.
The Precor EFX 5.25 home Crosstrainer is a professional-quality elliptical machine designed to provide both a cardio workout and muscle toning for the upper and lower body.
The ProForm SpaceSaver 600 elliptical trainer has an unusual folding design that reduces its footprint by nearly three feet when not in use. It also comes with an impressive array of features, given its $600 retail price as of ...
The Treadmill Doctor website identifies the NordicTrack CX 1600, a clone of the Elite 1300, as a "beefy, durable elliptical." The CX 1600 originally had a MSRP of $1,399, but NordicTrack has since discontinued the model. You mi...
The Sportsart Fitness E80 Elliptical is designed for at home use. The elliptical provides a full body workout and is built so that users can stride naturally as they would when running.
Those looking for a low-impact and high-calorie burning workout can take advantage of the Reebok RL525 Elliptical. The Reebok elliptical offers the same calorie-burning movements of walking or running but without the high impac...
The Octane xR6 seated elliptical trainer is the entry-level model in the xR6 series. You may see these unique recumbent elliptical trainers occasionally referred to as elliptical bikes, since at first glance they somewhat resem...
Professional reviews of the Sole E35 elliptical trainer compare it to commercial-quality elliptical trainers. Simply Fitness Gear calls it a "smart choice," and the Exercise Equipment Expert calls it "one of the very few genuin...
The Sole Fitness line began as treadmill manufacturers. The company now offers a variety of treadmills and elliptical machines for home-use and other settings, such as hotel rooms.
Originally sold through Costco in 2007, the front-drive NordicTrack Elite 1300 is now sold directly from the manufacturer and through other retail outlets, at a greater cost. Treadmill Doctor gives the Elite 1300 better-than-av...
You can download personalized personal trainer-guided workouts or pedal along to simulations of real trails, thanks to Google Earth. This and other features lead the Elliptical Trainer Review to single the AudioStrider out as a...
Image fitness products are produced by Icon Health & Fitness, the same company that manufactures NordicTrack and Pro-Form exercise equipment. The Image 9.5 Elliptical Trainer uses the same magnetic resistance and iFit inter...
The front-drive Horizon E30 elliptical trainer folds for storage, reducing its length by 38 inches. As of August 2010, it retails for approximately $600.
The rear-drive ProForm SpaceSaver 500 folds for easy storage. This is a common feature for treadmills but relatively unusual in an elliptical trainer.
The rear-drive CX 998 has a fixed 18-inch stride length and moving handlebars that supply an upper-body workout, too. Its "1 Step" workout controls allow you to push a single button to adjust the resistance to your desired leve...
The Horizon Fitness E6 elliptical offers a range of features targeted for comfort, control and convenience. It garnered mid-range rankings from EllipticalTrainers.com, scoring an average of 5.20 points out of 10 possible.
Billed as an entry-level version of the Q45 elliptical trainer, the Q35 by Octane Fitness lacks some of the distinctive features you might expect from an Octane elliptical, such as Powerbands and side platforms for doing off-el...
The Horizon EX-22 elliptical trainer sports an ergonomic design that includes pivoting foot pedals and a narrow stride width. It was a 2006 model that has since been discontinued.
The Horizon Fitness E5 elliptical trainer is a front-drive model with 10 resistance levels. Treadmill Doctor calls the E5 a "good looking, average quality elliptical." AllEllipticals.com calls it a "decent little start-up machi...
The front-drive Horizon E701 elliptical trainer retails for about $800 as of August 2010. Its pivoting foot pedals and narrow stride width help mimic the motion of a natural walking or running stride.
Once known for its cross-country ski exercises, NordicTrack has since branched into providing other cardio equipment, including treadmills and elliptical trainers. The E5 joins the line of folding "SpaceSaver" ellipticals.
The HealthRider C550e and Pro-Form 500f elliptical trainers are, for all intents and purposes, the same machine. Both machines are produced by ICON Health & Fitness, and offer a better value that most ellipticals in the same pr...
Made by Bladez Fitness, the Inspirit Elliptical Trainer is a rear-drive, low-impact and ergonomically designed elliptical trainer with a number of built-in programs and features and a range of resistance levels.
