Fuel Fitness Elliptical Trainers
Fuel Fitness is a fairly new brand to hit the already highly competitive fitness scene, setting themselves apart with elliptical trainers that pack a lot of bang for your buck. Fuel offers features rarely found in budget elliptical trainers that make them an enticing buy. The pivotal features that set Fuel elliptical trainers apart from other equipment in the same price range include their massive flywheels and articulating footpads.
Fuel Fitness Elliptical Trainer Reviews
Fuel Fitness FE44 Review
Fuel Fitness FE46 Review
Fuel elliptical trainers incorporate incredibly heavy front flywheels ranging from 19lbs to 21lbs, which generate a remarkably fluid motion, especially for elliptical trainers under $1000. The weight of the flywheel also plays a role in the stability of these otherwise fairly lightweight machines. Each Fuel Fitness Elliptical also features articulating foot pedals which rotate with each elliptical motion—a feature usually only seen on high end, expensive elliptical trainers. This feature is key to keeping proper alignment to reduce stress on your foot, ankles and knees.
Generally cheaper elliptical trainers only offer short stride lengths under 17”, but Fuel offers both an 18” and a 20” model, suitable for most users. Users 5’11” and taller tend to prefer at least a 20” stride length, which Fuel offers in their FE46 model.
Fuel elliptical trainers keep things simple when it comes to their console display with a backlight LCD display. While they don’t have the kind of depth some other brands offer, they are straight forward and fairly user-friendly. Even though Fuel tends to focus on quality over flair, they aren’t completely lacking cool extras. Fuel Fitness trainers include built-in speakers and a jack to hook up an MP3 player. While of course this isn’t a vital feature in an elliptical trainer, most customers enjoy the option. However since these are still fairly low end elliptical machines in terms of price, don’t expect great sound quality.
While the large front flywheel design is one of Fuel’s design strengths, there’s a major downside as well. The foot pedals are spaced around 4.5” apart, which can be uncomfortably wide for some users. Also, as a single rail front drive machine it has a higher risk of wear and tear and may require frequent lubrication to avoid squeaking sounds.
Possibly the number one complaint in Fuel elliptical reviews, especially customer reviews, pertains to assembly. Many customers find Fuel elliptical trainers hard to assemble, but that’s pretty common with elliptical machines in general, especially for new users.
Fuel Fitness is a new brand but puts their focus on quality construction over advanced console technology or extra accessories to provide features and not normally found on elliptical machines cheaper than $1000. Fuel Fitness elliptical trainers are perfect for people on a tight budget looking to get into shape with steady workout, rather than extremely heavy users or frequent intense workouts by multiple users.
