ProForm Carbon EL Elliptical - 30-Day iFit Membership Included

This is an excellent elliptical with a few faults. First, it pedals smooth, has a large easy to read display and doesn’t take up a lot of space. Second, my body doesn’t care if it’s burning calories on this machine or one that cost 3x more. Calories burned is the end goal and this machine does that well. Now for the negatives. I consider myself handy and own a lot of tools. I used both of those while building it. I needed help lifting it and getting the feet under it to attach. Also, like someone else mentioned, the lowest setting was difficult so I had to watch some YouTube videos and adjust the magnet near the wheel to provide a more realistic resistance. I left the swinging arms off of mine because I don’t use them. I hold the handles with heart rate monitor and the arms just get in the way or hit me when I reach for the remote or water bottle. I will include some pictures to show you how much assembly is required.

The top part with the handles/timer JUST SNAPPED OFF MID WORKOUT. Less than 6 months of use. Don't waste your money.

The machine itself I give 5 stars. I assembled myself- very easy. I am no way a wrench person so IF can do it-so can you. A bit heavy so you need a second person to help lift. Works great just like the ones in the gym! My only complaint- IFIT only gave me 1 month free trial. However BB & ProForm indicate 12 months free with purchase of elliptical. After several emails to IFIT sending all the proof they ask for- I gave up waiting for a fix. I will never use them!

I little shaky- but I didn’t buy the mat- compact- quiet and works well- great machine for the price

Overall it's a great eliptical machine. I purchased it for $599 and that was an excellent price at the time. The height of the eliptical is rather tall, even at the lowest incline level. That could present an issue for ceilings that are lesser than 6'5" (e.g., some basement areas). If you have great ceiling height than it's no problem. It offers smoothe strides and is moderately quiet. It offers several resistence levels and workout programs. I enjoy using my eliptical and I've had it for about 7 months. It wasn't too difficult to put it together, I did it solo and it was about 3.5 hours. I took my time, followed the instructions and laid everything out.