Pro XS Sports 2-in1 Elliptical Cross Trainer Exercise Bike-Fitness Cardio Weightloss Workout Machine-With Seat + Pulse Heart Rate Sensors

Nine months in. I've worn out a friction belt, which is taken as fair wear and tear, so I needed to buy a replacement. As ever, service very good indeed. There are a few tricks to make 'em last longer. Anyway, the bigger issue is: I broke it. Big time. In cross-trainer mode, wobbling violently from side to side. OK in cycling mode. Inspection shows virtually all the welds holding the uprights to the long fore/aft base had separated. Worth a glance. If you have the right contacts, easy to repair, I'll bet. Anyway, reported it, and fantastic service. Inside a week, a full replacement base arrived, bolted back together easily and while it's too late tonight to give it a proper workout, it looks great. So, no need to change the ***** review; it remains well deserved. I still love the product and service leads the pack! ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************* So, three months on and almost daily use, this is standing up very well. It gives me a very good workout. Yes, this is not the most expensive and sophisticated machine out there, but it works very well. However, it does like a little bit of attention. Check the main bolts- pedals to cranks-especially- for tightness every so often, and keep an eye on the trueness of the flywheel. Thankfully, that's easy, because the bar over the top of it gives an excellent guide. As the wheel drifts out of true, it starts to jerk as if the chain's going to come off. Which I'm sure it would if left. However, the requisite fittings are there to adjust it all, and then it's back to a satisfying and steady whirr. To set the tension, I've found it best to leave the screw adjuster in the middle of its range, give a good pull on the strap, and adjust from there. Oh, you could probably read the instructions, I suppose. Setting the cross-trainer bars relatively low makes then less prone to rattle a bit. Good stuff, very, very pleased so far. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Only four stars so far, as it's an exercise machine, so there's some reluctance to "love" it. However, it arrived promptly, assembled easily (pedals a little fiddly), and does provide a good workout. It does creak a bit, but so far survives a forty minute daily work out. Really, nothing to complain about, and I hope to raise the score to ***** when the longevity has been proved. it seems like the same thing is available differently badged from a number of places, but at the time, this seemed the cheapest by a pound or five, and I can testify to the excellent delivery service.

I have had this machine a week now and have used every day for around an hour. First of all, the trainer arrived well packaged and took around an hour to fit together. The instructions aren’t great, but with a bit of common sense it is fairly painless assembling all the parts, all the tools required are supplied, and everything is clearly labelled. Onto the workout itself, I think it is doing the trick, the onboard computer gives you an idea of time, distance, calories burned and speed, I am not sure how accurate these measurements are, but for me it’s not a problem and provides a good indication, but I use my Apple Watch to accurately record heart rate and calories burned. After using for an hour each day for a week, I definitely feel the difference, and have more energy and actually quite enjoy my work out time. The machine itself feels sturdy enough while using, and your backside soon gets used to the fairly hard padded saddle, although a little sore after the first use, this soon eased after a day or two of usage. Onto the cons. The various nuts and bolts that are used to assemble quickly seem to work loose, and I have found that after each workout I am having to re-tighten before he next, one of the nuts on the left peddle worked loose. This isn’t a great inconvenience but more a mild annoyance, but then I suppose I should have expected this for the price paid. The machine is quite loud when using, however with your headphones in, this will be more of an annoyance for your family rather than yourself. Time will tell if this machine will stand the test of time and an hourly work out each day, I doubt it, however I think that now I know I am using it I will, when it completely falls apart, invest in a more expensive model. All in all, a good machine for the moderate new user and cheaper and more convenient than a gym membership. UPDATE: A bit completely fell off the left pedal. Luckily I was sitting down at the time and so avoided injury. Contacted the seller who has said I must have put it together wrong, but will send me a new part as a good will gesture. Downgraded one star, will update again when the part turns up. FURTHER UPDATE. The part arrived as promised and was fitted nice and easily, I have added pictures of the bolt that was removed compared to the new one. Let’s hope this one is fine. I have used the machine for 2 weeks now and really starting to tell the difference. I have also found I am going greater distances in the same amount of time. +one star for the service and replacement part.

Lockdown fitness being less than it should be, bought this so I can try return to normal (not terribly fit but better than now) levels. Spent ages reviewing but reality is that everyone’s bought the dammed things so there’s few to pick from. However, I did know I wanted a combined cross-trainer and bike and the reviews for this one were largely good whether for fit people or not. It was also reasonable price. It arrived partly assembled. The scary exploded diagram therefore wasn’t needed. What was needed was a parts inventory as I spent 20 minutes trying to find a part and was about to give up when I found it. All the tools were provided and although the instructions could have been clearer I managed it alone in under an hour including the wasted time trying to identify parts. Everything was there but there was damage on the padding on the upright handles. This was cosmetic only but as the box was undamaged it can only have been done before shipping. Contacted the manufacturer who was both very speedy and very helpful. Sent a couple of photos and we agreed what they’d provide a full replacement for that part), which arrived very quickly. I was happy with that and impressed by how quickly they sorted it out. In use it’s quite noisy (dreams of working out whilst on work conference calls will never be realised) but not massively so. It needs the bolt checking and tightening every so often as in use the variable directional forces means it can loosen things. There’s an adjustment wheel in case it all becomes too easy and a display (battery required) for speed, heart rate etc. I think there was supposed to be somewhere to prop a smartphone or tablet but I can’t see where. I found it far harder going than I expected but then 6 months of not going anywhere haven’t helped. I’m building up my exercise and because it’s a cross-trainer and bike I can swap between the two. The ‘pedals’ aren’t great for cycling but it does the job (though it’s harder going than my real bike). It does have wheels for tip and wheel moving but not something I’d want to do too often. It’s currently sat on an exercise mat (to protect the carpet) and a bit in the way but ok. Having initially sneered at it my son has used it a few times. And I’m smug in that I can manage longer than he can :)

After two hours assembly and a huge amount of swearing (Why are instructions so small??) I was ready for a spin on this. First impressions were good - sturdy and stable, easy to use. So far so good. With one month of daily use behind me, I feel I can comment a bit better now. Firstly, its easy to use. I mostly use the elliptical trainer and its good to see the data. The cycle is fine too. However....if your'e going to cycle, I'd advise an additional seat cover. Gets uncomfortable quickly on your derriere. I purchased this as an upgrade on a previous machine as I hoped it would be quieter. I also bought an additional rubber mat to further minimise sound ( I use it upstairs.) It's not quiet, actually the opposite, more so than my previous machine. This is disappointing, I can't really use it if there's people downstairs as it sounds like 'the roof is going to come through.' It clanks - a lot. I'm disappointed with the adjustable resistance dial. I really don't see much of a difference between the minimum and the max. It sits at max permanently. I tend to finish off with five or ten minutes cycling, which is when I hear complaints about the 'upstairs washing machine.' What's more annoying is that the right arm, which you use for the elliptical trainer, always comes loose. Every. Single. Time. I have tightened this so many times but yet one minute in and it's come loose, clanking away. It's at the stage where I actually just take it off altogether, which is a nuisance. I go around and tighten the various bolts etc every week, sometimes more. Doesn't make a button of difference. I'm a bit disappointed with this purchase, I had hoped for better. Next upgrade and I'll spend a few more pounds.

After having read those reviews I was quite sceptical about this purchase. Many reviews moaned about the difficulty in assembling, manufacturing quality and design flaws, noise and it's reliability as it was constantly falling apart (getting bolts loose, breaking). This wasn't the case in my experience. Assembly was a bit of a fiddle but not overcomplicated, since assembling it I had no problems whatsoever maybe because I assembled it properly as I'm an M&E technician. The bolts are not getting loose to me I did not need to tighten them up frequently at all. It's running for 3 months of light use almost daily already. I like it size and weight so I can move it easily out of the way after use. I price for this is no a brainer! It would be silly to expect to have performance in the same level of professional gym equipment for 100x more of it's cost, weigh and size many times more. As a home training device for light use it fit the purpose.

As mentioned by others, the poor construction causes the right pedal/axle to generate a disproportionate amount of friction, leading to grinding and the bolt-head holding the pedal to the axle coming loose and dropping off. I saw this mentioned by quite a few reviewers but thought "what the hell" and rolled the dice that I'd be one of the lucky ones that didn't have this problem, but after roughly 25-30 minutes' use over two days, the bolt just fell off and I had to stop my workout to reattach it - which was annoying given how hot the axle had become. The build of the machine overall is quite poor, with the central handlebars that hold the heart/pulse monitors feeling so wobbly that I'm afraid to hold onto them while peddling in case I break the machine - yes, I am afraid I will break an exercise machine, it feels that flimsy. The right "walking" handlebar is loose in the socket no matter how I tighten the screw attaching it to the bike, so I assume the hole for the screw was drilled too large, and now I have to use the walking action very carefully in case I work the handlebar even more loose, though if I put any weight into it, it feels like it could pull off the machine entirely. The noise is also quite bad, as after a remarkably short space of time - presumably because the whole machine is so unsteady and wobbly - the plastic housing for the large wheel run by the pedals started to moan and creak so loudly that I couldn't hear a tv less than two meters away that was running at maximum volume. The aforementioned axle also creaks quite loudly, as metal tends to do when it's being overly-stressed. The central "computer" feels really flimsy and is baffling to programme, with a counter-intuitive UI that made it impossible for me to set any workout programmes. I once bought a 9.99 smart watch off this very website (because it was a smart watch that cost less than a tenner - wouldn't YOU be curious?) and it's laughable construction was still easier to read and programme than this - and was also full colour and not just an off-the-shelf mono lcd display from the mid-1980s. I can't recommend this to anyone, not even as a starter machine, as I'm already looking for something to replace it.

It arrived a day early which wasn't a problem on this occasion as someone was unexpectedly at home. Appears to be the norm? Easy to put together, took about an hour and a half with a lunch break in between. Lining up a bolt to thread it through 3 holes can be a bit fiddly but patience always helps. It was very helpful that some of the screws were actually screwed into the piece of equipment where they should go: anything that was to be placed on a specific side was actually marked as such and the bolts that were specifically threaded were in separate plastic bags and marked as such so if you unwrap each part as you need it, you can't go wrong. Would agree the saddle is a bit uncomfortable on long sessions but bearable and yes i would find it more comfortable if the feet paddles were positioned further forward but for the money and the use i will make of it, it is a great machine. Minimal noise but you have to expect some. I love it and look forward to enjoying getting fit. So pleased with my purchase.

The machine arrived on time as I paid for a quicker delivery. I installed it with no problem, took me 2 hours with little distractions during the installations. The little monitor was not working properly but I emailed the company and they sent another one next day which was really good. The machine is good for home training, does the job well and it is worth the money. I just think that the strength of the bike is not much because I already turned to full plus but the strength seems to be still easy, maybe im used to the hard one that I find this easy but other than that, its a great machine.

Das Trainingsgerät an sich ist super. Es stören mich nur die "Pedale". Die Flächen auf denen die Füsse ruhen haben so starke Noppen, dass es richtig weh tut darauf zu trainieren und die Socken kaputt macht. So bleibt einem nur übrig mit Schuhen zu trainieren und dann frage ich mich wieso man nicht einfach raus geht zum joggen. Mal ernsthaft... was sollen diese Noppen?! Der menschliche Fuss hat bereits sehr guten Gripp. Es hätte eine leicht angeraute Fläche bereits genügt und wäre weit angenehmer gewesen. Da diese Noppen wirklich SEHR schmerzhaft sind gibt das ordentlich "Punktabzug" und ich kanns leider nicht empfehlen.