Spirit XE295

Owned a XE295 v1 since 2012, very dependable and easy to use. Requires minor regular maintenance on the tracks, with silicon spray. Needed to be serviced after 10 years when things got squeaky, which has kept it going so far. As of today 13 years and over 450 hours of use (from the odometer) and still going strong. Only drawback was the heart rate monitor was not reliable after 5 years.

Everything you need in an elliptical – I have owned a cheaper elliptical before this one and I can honestly agree that you get what you pay for. This machine is more expensive but if you do not plan to use it as a clothes horse and rather a useful piece of excercise equipment then it will do well.... Although I am sure it would be a nice clothes horse too. The machine is large and sturdy. Front wheel drive feels far better than the old rear wheel drive.

I bought it second hand and have taken it apart, squished it into a small car and moved again a couple of times and it is still great.

As a shortie, I need a realistic stride that is not too big or far apart and this is perfect.

Love it.

Excellent – Brilliant piece of home gym equipment. I use a LifeFitness Club series cross trainer at my gym and it's great, but this cross trainer at home works my legs far more as it's got incredible resistance built in. Very effective for building leg strength. Good long stride length and heavy duty and durable with 180kg weight limit. It takes up a lot of space and is quite tall (taller than me). The heart rate programs are a good idea if it's picking up your heart rate accurately, but I have found that it rarely does when I wear my Polar chest strap which is more comfortable than the included strap.

I love the hill workout and the strength workout. The hand grips are very comfortable and of high quality. I usually do a 30 minute workout and maybe a 10 minute cooldown on the manual program - it would be great if it automatically incorporated a cooldown in the programs like the ones at the gym do, but it's easy enough to switch to it when you need it.

At the end of my workout, I'm absolutely dripping with sweat which is exactly what I want. I'm very happy that I bought this product and I believe I will get many years out of it - I got a 10 year guarantee too, which shows how much they believe in their product. Heavy duty, works your leg muscles incredibly well, good choice of programs Heart rate strap that comes with it is quite scratchy and cheap, machine usually fails to read my Polar chest strap accurately, fan is located poorly and really fails to cool you down.