Product Features :
- Provides smooth upper and lower body cardiovascular workout with 16 resistance levels
- 7 profile courses 2 programmable user profiles 20 total programs
- 4 Polar heart rate programs with telemetry grip and chest belt included
- Powerful fan and multi point console adjustments
- 300 pound maximum user weight 10 year warranty on frame 2 years on parts 1 year on electronics
>> Good so far
I got this machine yesterday and assembled it as soon as I got home from work I do have to disagree with the time to assemble posted in another review It took me just a hair over an hour and fifteen minutes to assemble and that was including unboxing all the way to final assembly I am fairly mechanically inclined though but I can t imagine it taking more than 2 hours to assemble for the average person
After assembly I spent an hour working out on the elliptical and it seemed smooth and steady You need to make sure the feet on the bottom are level though so it doesn t rock at all I am 187lbs and it was very stable during my workout but I can see that not being the case with people closer to the maximum weight for the machine The machine only weights 160lbs or so so it s just simple physics at that point p
Overall a good experience so far I will try to update this after a few weeks as I will be using this pretty much daily
>> Not impressed
I ordered this product from Amazon last November It s been an overall bad experience so far
First of all when the unit arrived at my house the box looked like it had been dropped from an airplane It was covered with black grime and there were several holes I should have refused shipment at that time but I was excited to start my exercise program and did not want to wait another 2 weeks So I did a quick inspection and since most of the parts were metal I figured it was OK and accepted the box
This turned out to be a bad decision as even though most of the parts were metal there were some plastic parts and they had been damaged strictly cosmetic I figured I could easily call Nautilus and have them replaced so I started assembling the machine Unfortunately Nautilus refused to supply a replacement part and told me I should send the machine back to Amazon Obviously this was not happening after I had already assembled the machine
The assembly took about 2 5 hours and I am fairly mechanically inclined Some of the parts did not go together easily
The electronic display looks nice but has some minor design flaws The worst one of these in my opinion is the heart rate monitor It takes about 20 30 seconds to get an accurate reading The heart rate strap does not look very comfortable The workouts are divided into 40 segments For some reason the unit is unable to divide the time properly unless the workout is a multiple of 10 minutes So you wind up getting extra intervals at the end of the workout Also the workout routinely tells you to increase or decrease your stride which I find odd for a machine that has a fixed stride
Overall the machine does not feel very solid I am 280 lbs and the machine sometimes sways from side to side while I am working out especially while drinking water or wiping sweat off my brow The machine also makes a loud grinding noise while I m using it Maybe my expectations were too high for a product priced at 650 but I would be surprised if this product lasts until the warranty is up
Update 2/4/10 The plastic bushing that attaches the pedal to the drive shaft has broken the machine is now in an unusable state and I am going to have to call Nautilus customer service tomorrow Will report my experience here Downgraded rating to one star pending speedy and successful resolution
Update 4/20/10 Nautilus was unable to replace the plastic bushing that came apart and had to ship me a whole new machine I had to escalate to their consumer relations dept to get them to actually send someone out to set up the new machine they originally told me assembly and disposal would be my responsibility which I found completely unacceptable The entire process took about six weeks during which I was unable to use the machine So far the new machine has been OK with no mechanical issues Upgraded rating to 3 stars since Nautilus eventually handled the problem to my satisfaction although the amount of time it took and the overall inconvenience I was caused makes it unlikely that I will buy any exercise equipment from them again
>> Excellent Buy
I waited until I had this trainer for a month I am very happy with it It is well designed and has many design features I like It is portable I keep it in a corner and I can easily move it each day I use it I would recommend it to anyone
