I never wanted to pay too much for exercise equipment so a couple of years back i bought some peice of crap elliptical from sears and hated it. I went on-line and found that champion fitness usa was the closest exercise dealer and i bought a Life Fitness X1 for a great price. i was amazed at how quiet and smooth the machine was compared to my other one. Life fitness is a great product to buy and definitely worth the price- championfitnessusa.com is the place to get your fitness equipment