Consumer Reports Home Gyms

Consumer Reports rated these 12 machines 1 being the best 12 being the worst . 1. Hoist multi-gym H210 price-$1,700 voted the top machine on the list but a little pricey but does everything well. It has a good range of motion and very good resistance for those power excercises. there are a number of stations including bench press, lat pull down, seated row, curl bar, leg curl, leg extension, and abdominal crunch. The space required is 79 in. 45 in.. Warranty life time on frame; 5 year on pulleys bearings, and bushings; 1 year on cables and upholstery. The assembly is difficult.2. Body Solid Multi-Station Home Gym ECM-1500S price-$700 voted a excellent performer at a consumers price. Also has a very good range of motions and no problem with the resistance on the major excercises. The resistance is easily adjustable. Best of all little or no set up needed for exercises. Good leg support for lat pull down exercises. Space needed 70 in.x 44in.. The warranty is lifetime on the whole machine but assembly is difficult.3. ParaBody 400 Home Gym price-$1,900 yet another outstanding performe, but has a large price tag and is large. The resistance is easy t oadjust and change. There is little or no set up needed. Flat bench inclines to various degrees for chest workout. Has a vertical butterfly press. Resistance is not that great for stronger users on chest and butterfly work outs. Warranty life time on frame and parts 3 years on cables and upholstery. 4. Schwinn 8100s Series II Strength machine price-$1,700. A ecelletn macchine but very large and expesive. Resistance is easy to change. Very little setup. Different inclines for chest and shoulder workouts. You can perform heel raises with this machine. Space needed 110 in.x 63 in.. Warranty is life time on the entire product. There is no mid pulley system on the machine. 5. Bowflex Power Pro XTL price-$1,400. This was the best tested out of the non-weight stack machines but a little pricey and the resistance from the flex rods was unnatural. A excellent range of motion. The dual cable design offers maximum variation in angles and exercises. Some exercises need set up. Comes with 210 lbs. of resistance and can be upgraded to 410 lbs.. Space needed is 97in x 73 in.. The warranty is 5 year on machine and lifetime on power rods. 6.Soloflex Muscle Machine price-$1,195. A good machine for limited space but is pricey and needs set up between exercisies. The resistance is low on the machine. You can add free weights to the press bar for squats and deadlifts which is a plus. Is the easiest unit to assemble. There is not very many leg exercises. Warranty None.7. Total Gym 1000 price_$200. This is a small machine and very easy to assemble and cheap. Not a very good machine for a advanced body builder. The range of motion is very good beacuse of the dual cable design. Space 95 in.x 27 in.. The warranty is only good for one year. 8. Life Flex Gym price -$700. Is a decent home gym but has limitaions. To change resistance is not a problem at all. The bench is set low m

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