Okay, tried out multiple different cross trainers and bikes alongside rowing machines and multi-gyms and bought this in January but pointless reviewing until given a decent trial so here goes. My advice is go to your local gym, try out a bunch of machines and make your own mind up. That said;
I’m what I thought was a pretty fit 51 year old geezer but motivation was that, out of nowhere but for genetics, had a heart attack in December. Prior to that I was a semi pro rugby player up to my late 20’s in the days when amateur meant as pro as you could get but went for professional career over short term sports career gain but I think I know what I’m talking about. This is a pretty decent machine and the pre-set but flexible workouts can give you a lot to work with and think about. I’ve worked with it for 2 months now and plus points are it’s exceptionally quiet, has programmable flexibility (a few of the peak/ trough programme are absolutely excellent for speed burns). Look, what can I tell you, it’s really easy to put together, really well built and you could spend loads more on a similar product or cross trainer (or worse, a recumbent waste of time) but this is the best value, day to day, work machine I’ve tried and so bought. Negatives are that calorie counter is a bit of waste of time and, contrary to the opinion of others, the handlebar heart rate monitor is nowhere close to accurate.
As a wee side note I also got the DKN R-400 rowing machine. Not because I’m a DKN fanatic but because I tried out units near where I live and converted my cave next to the kids bedrooms so need quiet kit and this stuff is virtually silent.