Overview
This rear driven elliptical is probably most similar to what you use at your gym. At 304lbs, it’s extremely stable, and not so easy to move around your house. It boasts a very natural stride length of 21″ with cushy foot pedals to absorb some of the shock.
The LCD touch screen display offers 21 built in programs to choose from, so boredom won’t be an issue. Not to mention, it has a connection for an mp3 player and built in, high quality speakers (also has a headphone jack in case you need to be a little quieter). Another great feature to save you from getting bored is the integrated reading rack.
One of my favorite features of this machine is the heavy duty flywheel. The heaver flywheels tend to eliminate some of the “bumpiness” experience with some machines. Get ready for a Smoothe ride!
Smooth Fitness CE 8.0LC Elliptical Review
The Smooth CE 8.0LC is a stable and sturdy exercising machine. Among smooth elliptical trainers, the CE 8.0LC has been rated as light commercial and home elliptical machine. Its 21inches stride, oversized pivoting foot pedals and twenty four intensity levels along with many other features are meant to satisfy your exercising demands.
Product Features
Heavy Duty machine
The smooth CE 8.0LC uses the steel of heavy gauge and therefore weighs 304lbs, one that can bear up heavy use even by more than one individual.
Flywheels
The trainer has eliminated rollers while using heavy duty flywheels. This not only reduces bump felt with other elliptical machines but also provides with smoother and even ride.
21 Preset workout Programs
With twenty one preset exercise programs, the users are offered a great choice of exercise as per their temperament. These programs include twelve preset programs, one manual program, one watt control program, four heart rate programs, one random program, one personal program and one pulse recovery program.
21 inch stride length
The Smooth 8.0LC becomes versatile for having longer stride length extendable to 21 inches. With this length, you can extend your legs to the maximum during workouts.
24 intensity levels
If you want to increase the intensity levels of your workout, you can do it easily for Smooth 8.0LC elliptical comes with twenty four levels of intensity. Whether you want to burn fat, increase your cardio stamina, build six abs muscles, or shape your lower body muscles, it has an intensity level to meet your requirements.
Rear Drive
Smooth 8.0 LC elliptical has rear drive design having zero rollers. The logic behind this design is that it does not wear out as compared to front drive elliptical machines. Moreover, the rear drive design consists of fewer parts and therefore requires less service and repairing issues. And best of all, this design focuses on the whole body while reducing stress and pain on your front body.
Pros of the CE 8.0LC
- The CE 8.0LC has an advanced back-lit LCD display to read time, speed, distance, calories, watt, resistance level, pulse, sex, height, age, weight and target heart rate.
- The magnetic braking system stops the trainer even during intense workouts.
- It has tilt and go wheels enabling you to easily transport it from one room to the other.
- The Smooth CE 8.0LC has an exclusively designed SmoothSound integrated Mp3 audio system. Besides two additional speakers are there to motivate you for workouts.
- It has a bottle holder than can be accessed conveniently during intense workouts.
Cons of the CE 8.0LC
- Though it has a variety of preset programs numbering 21 but they include only one custom program. In a way the user may find limits with this machine.
Pricing
The price of smooth CE 8.0LC runs around $1599 which is a steal because it includes free shipping. Additionally, the manufacturer offers a lifetime warranty on frame and magnetic braking system, ten-year warranty on all parts and a two year labor warranty. There are four delivery options offered by the manufacturer. Home delivery is free; inside front-door delivery costs $49; in-room delivery costs $99; and finally delivery plus assemblage is offered at $199.
