Pretty good when crunched for time

Reviewer: steve

Posted: 3/18/13

I think it is a great work out, the only downside is the size. as someone who travel allot it isn't something you can bring with you.

Go with Precor

Reviewer: Carol

Posted: 3/10/13

FYI - if you are looking at several brands, stay away from Smooth, the new company has extremely poor customer service, is not forthright & does not deliver. Not sure how trustworthy review sites are so beware of Internet only retailers.

My 5.37 was delivered within 2 weeks of ordering, I paid for the in home set-up which was great. The elliptical works wonderfully, takes up less space than I thought & I am working out daily. It is quiet, smooth.... and best of all I am able to use.

Worth the price, excellent cust. Service

Reviewer: CC

Posted: 3/10/13

Very happy with my precor elliptical. Must confess that after reading multiple reviews, I had decided to go with an elliptical from Smooth Fitness.... BIG mistake!
FYI - if you are looking at several brands, stay away from Smooth, the new company has extremely poor customer service, is not forthright & does not deliver. Not sure how trustworthy review sites are so beware of Internet only retailers.

My 5.37 was delivered within 2 weeks of ordering, I paid for the in home set-up which was great. The elliptical works wonderfully, takes up less space than I thought & I am working out daily. It is quiet, smooth.... and best of all I am able to use.

Go with Precor, you won't regret it!

Not as smooth as expected

Reviewer: Bob Rosenberger

Posted: 2/13/13

Service people have been out twice and a third visit next week. I think it is reasonable to expect the right side of the machine should be as smooth as the left side. No clicking, knocking, just smooth strides is all I would expect. Service guys can't even figure which wrench to use. Not happy and if this trip doesn't fix it I want to return it.

Excellent.

Reviewer: Sue

Posted: 1/11/13

Love the stride and incline. Perfect body motion

Excellent.

Reviewer: Sue

Posted: 1/11/13

Love the stride and incline. Perfect body motion

Great machine!

Reviewer: Naresh Bhatt

Posted: 11/29/12

Love using this EFX. It keeps all my settings handy and love working out in comfort of my home. Great product. I love various preprogrammed workouts it comes with.

Couldn't ask for a better machine

Reviewer: Trevor

Posted: 11/18/11

My wife and I really want to be more fit, but we hated going to the gym. So when we went the one thing we both loved were the ellipticals so when we decided to quit the gym membership we looked into purchasing the same elliptical we used in the gym.

The price, while high, is absolutely worth it and over time we will save money with this machine if we break down the monthly gym dues compared with the cost of the machine.

More importantly however, economics aside, the machine is amazing and smooth to use. We have been using this almost everyday and we have not looked back. We both use it for about 30 minutes a day and since we live in an area that rains a lot it's nice to have an indoor option when we can't walk the dogs or do other things outside.

I imagine this machine will last us for years to come and we will certainly buy another unit if/when this one ever breaks down on us. If you're like us and hate gyms and high impact exercise then you can't go wrong with this machine. Thanks for reading.

Great Workout

Reviewer: Tanis

Posted: 11/16/11

I traded my life fitness for the precor and it is so much better. I really feel like I get a great workout and now enjoy using it. I love the way it increases the height of it so you go from almost a walking step to an actual lifting step. It’s great.

Keeps me fit

Reviewer: Denise

Posted: 11/15/11

I purchased my 5.37 in Jan 2011 and I have used it faithfully about 5 times/week since getting it installed. I'm using it to keep fit after losing 80 lbs using the LoseIt! app on my iPod.

Overall, I'm quite pleased with my purchase. I think that having a machine in the house makes a huge difference in getting exercise regularly---it just makes getting down there and doing it much easier (compared to a trip to the gym). The Precor is also a much much better machine than the one I replaced (the electronics gave out on that one). It is rock solid, smooth and the ramp/resistance settings allow for any number of workout types. The thing is built like a tank---I only hope I never have to get it back out of the house!

There are some features on the 5.37 that I don't use as much as I thought I would. I don't convert the arms much. I also thought I would use my own programs more, but I've ended up just sticking with a couple of favorites (gluteal, x-train and hill climb). I like the variety and difficulty of those programs and haven't seen the need to make up my own. And I don't use some of the metrics as much as I thought I would. I probably could have gotten the 5.35 and been happy.

My only small quibble with the machine is that I wish that amount of time you could pause a routine was user-settable (instead of being fixed at 10 minutes). I like to step off the machine for other exercise routines and it would be nice to be able to pick back up where I left off when I get back on the elliptical.