Proform Elliptical Trainers – Are They For You
A lot of fitness equipment manufacturers appear to be in a tight spot with the arrival on scene of Icon Health and Fitness, the largest fitness retail company of the world. Their products are already in vogue in local gyms from New York to Tokyo. And now there is nothing to prevent you from having one for your personal use at your home. You may choose one from any of their subsidiaries like Reebok, Nordic Track, and Weslo.
Icon has annual revenues of more than a billion dollars. The attractiveness of its model Profrom Elliptical Trainer, despite consistently being reviewed and rated as “average” plus a number of well-known troubles, has certainly overtaken the popularity charts once created by the Nordic Track.
Variations of the ProForm Elliptical Trainer
This has been suitably designed for informal runners and is definitely for those of you who like to sweat it out. Following are the four models:
* ProForm 880,
* ProForm 1080S
* ProForm 1280
* ProForm CrossOver
Depending on the model, the price varies from $ 300 -1000. Isn’t that cheap for a Icon’s ProForm Elliptical Trainer that has the aura of a very expensive machine fashioned in such a way that not a piece of plastic is used for its construction. Its greatest feature is the inclusion of the iFit technology. Its extraordinarily designed software permits the user to take charge of his/her workout thru sets of manifold challenges and obstacle courses. The program is designed to keep you motivated like any forceful personal trainer. The ProForm Elliptical Trainer has a cut and dry warranty of ninety days only for service plus an additional ninety days for parts, but there’s an option of an extended warranty.
Consumer Reports, (CR) prides itself of being an authority on checking the utility of domestic products. The organization rated the ProForm Elliptical Trainer as “very good” for being simple to use. But, while commenting on reliability factor and the quality of components, it was rated as “average”. As a matter of fact most of the machines bearing logo of Icon fell in that category. With reference to the 1080S ProForm, CR mentioned a few particular incidents of bad workmanship on the machines received in their lab.