SOLE Fitness Elliptical Exercise Machines, Models E25, E35, E95, E95S, E98, Elliptical Machines for Home Use, Home Exercise Equipment for Cardio Training, Work from Home Fitness Stepper Machine

To start off, I had some trepidation over having this delivered, since my wife's stationary bike had several broken parts due to poor handling. However, as noted in other reviews, this was delivered by a separate company, not FedEx or UPS or anything like that. In short, the elliptical arrived in fine condition and the delivery service brought it into the house for me. Do follow the markings on the box; if necessary, have the shippers help you get the box correct side up, so that you can slice around the bottom of it with a box cutter and lift the box up and off. That box makes a perfect storage container for all the packing materials inside, and if you just cut it open and tear it up, you lose that option. I've had the machine for over a month now, and have used it almost every day (most times twice a day.) PROS: **Assembly was rather straightforward. There were a couple of issues, but if you've put together other bulky items, this won't be a challenge, just time consuming. As my wife mentioned, this was the first time she can remember me putting together anything and NOT cussing a blue streak while doing so. **Mostly quiet operation. Most of the time, there's little to no noise when in use. Exceptions noted later. **Solid construction. I was a bit leery, again after my wife's bike, due to cheapness of flimsy materials. I was happy to see that there are no easily broken parts. **Consistency of operation. I've been logging my workouts, and have yet to see any wild fluctuations. I only run on Manual mode, so I can't give any advice concerning the other modes, but there is a noticeable gradiation in the resistance levels, but not too much of a jump from one step to the next. CONS: **About two weeks into use, the right foot platform developed a squeak. I have yet to isolate the source; I've loosened and re-tightened the bolts and checked everything out. It appears to be about halfway back, and is simply a flex point. A week later, the left foot platform had the same issue. The noise comes and goes, and at this point, is noticeable at the start of each exercise but goes away after about five minutes or so. **Almost immediately, the left foot platform was noticed to be slightly wobbly. Instead of only rotating as one expects it to, it also will occasionally slip laterally. If it happens at all, it only happens once or twice during a workout, and usually in high (for me at least) RPMs (upper 70s-lower 80s), then goes back to the way it should be. It does not feel loose when I'm checking the machine out, so I'm not sure what the issue is or how to fix it. **A single lap appears to be 1/3 mile, not 1/4 mile like I'm used to on other machines. Not necessarily a con, but something that I wasn't expecting. **The machine's starting level 1 resistance is much tighter than I was expecting it to be. I'm now doing workouts ranging from 9-11 resistance level, but the first week or so I was stuck around level 3, and there didn't appear to be very much difference between levels. I'm thinking it just had to be loosened by activity, and since then the levels have come out to a reasonable level...just don't expect level 1 on this thing brand new to be anything as easy as level 1 on a gym's elliptical in use by hundreds of people. **Probably the biggest drawback for me is the lack of heart rate monitors on the moving handles. They are there and work fine on the stationary handles, but ideally I'd never touch those in a workout. They do include a remote chest monitor, with instructions on use; I haven't used it yet and probably won't. Overall, I'd probably give this somewhere around an 88-90%. I specifically bought this after reading reviews on this as well as other similarly and cheaper priced ellipticals, and I would say that if you can afford the extra couple hundred bucks, go for this one if you're searching in the $1,000 price range.

**updated review*** After using this Elliptical for over a year now, I found that my old machine made me use a different stride and different arm location. Once my muscle memory got used to the SOLE E35. I've found it to be reliable and stable. It took a month or so, but my stride and arm movements seem much smoother than when I first started using. I was ready to extend the front bar under the flywheel, but now find it unnecessary. This machine is reliable and still quiet. Upped my rating to 5 stars. Replaced an old Reebok elliptical with this unit. Unit was delivered by a lift gate truck, and arrived in fine shape. The machine seems well constructed, and assembly was not exactly easy, but with the help of YouTube university all went smoothly. Some of the covers are tricky to assemble, and at first don't seem to fit, but with trial and error everything was installed. My only complaint is that if you want to use this machine for upper body workouts, using more of your arms than legs, the unit is extremely unstable. Pulling with your arms will make this thing wobble to the point of almost tipping over. It receives good grades in every review I've read including Consumer reports, but I'm disappointed with the stability when using the arms. Complicated control panel, trying to use for multiple users. I tried using the supplied manual, but instructions for this are not clear. I just gave up trying and use the manual workout adjusting the incline and resistance levels to my needs. I would rate this elliptical with solid 5 stars on everything, but the stability with arm use makes me wish I found a different machine. After the work it took to unbox and assemble, not going to return and will see if I can engineer a more stable platform in the center to stabilize this thing. **

The elliptical is relatively quiet, with a smooth stride and easy to use interface. The instructions for assembly were awful, and the YouTube video instructions did not match the paper instructions for the same mode. In any event it was easier to put together than the Sole treadmill I also bought. It’s also taller than I expected and I almost hit my head on our 8 ft ceiling (I am 6’1”). The stride also feel short for me, but good for other, shorter members of my family.

Good machine, it’s been a week and customer service so far so good and I m happy

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I am extremely please with this elliptical. It provides some of the smoothest rides than all my last elliptical machines. An 18″ to 24″ which are adjustable stride that accomodates several people at home using it. I love the moving arm bars for total body training and stationary handles with heart rate sensors. My only complain is tha I have to wait for about a month before I can use it due to shipping defects. The support was excellent as they sent in a tech to fix the problem but unfortunately he has to come back twice becuase of the wrong parts sent. It was vey inconveneience for me as I have to go out to the gym after work instead of my regular exercise at home.

This thing is physically great. It's an awesome machine. It's silent and sturdy and the mechanized elevation is something I find absolutely vital to any elliptical worth its salt. However the features and functions are very weak and disappointing. I only use the manual workout button since the programmed workouts only serve to avoid you having to press buttons while working out and I find the workout too conservative even at the highest settings. The calorie counter stops at 999 then goes back to 0 instead of 1000. In 2020 having a digital counter go back to 0 after 999 is a big joke. The fan is useless; who wants a small gust of (often dusty) air blown in their face while working out? The speakers are useless; who wants cheap sound blasted in their face while working out? The Bluetooth connection is unsecured so neighbors can access it. So it's also useless. The e35 doesn't connect to any smartwatch unless the smartwatch is transmitting un-encrypted data (so no Garmin, Apple, Polar, etc. - maybe some cheap basic watch could connect but who owns those). My email to tech support was never answered and I had to escalate to the US support team for the Canada group to contact me. The sync app is trash. Look it up on Google play people literally hate it. Disconnects and crashes multiple times each workout do not install it! The heart rate monitor seems to work well but make sure it's wet before wearing it or else no heartbeat detected. Also the heartbeat detector gets confused if you have anything tapping on it while working out (like a shirt or a headphone cable). All in all, I am baffled why such a great machine would suffer from such poor software integration. Everything about the "added value features" is weak, badly designed or useless. The machine itself is phenomenal. I workout at 6am with my downstairs neighbor never the wiser as it is so silent. I would probably buy it again but be aware of it's horrendous gimmicks and only get it for the machine and the workouts it can dish out. They should sell a cheaper version with none of these frustrating features. On the physical side, I find the three adjustments the pedals offer are not flexible enough for my height (6 feet / 183 cm). I can't really stand up on it and have to tilt forward a bit. It's fine - I workout 60 to 90 minutes on it no problem, but its missing a bit of adjustment options for a true great fit. It also looks great.