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Untethered
Location:
Naples, FL
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Untethered At Last
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Date: April 26, 2009
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"Untethered at last. The iPod docking station and speakers totally rock and have made my workouts more fun that you should legally be allowed to have. My kids crack up at me everytime I workout now, because I crank up the music and start singing along. You definitely can't do that at a gym. How many times have you been in the groove at the gym with your headphones on and just want to cut loose and belt out a few bars to get over the hump of a hard part and can't or even worse the earpiece shifts and it just messes up the moment. Now I can crank up Van Halen and let loose. It's awesome and I can't wait to workout.
The machine is pretty much amazing as well. IIt is definitely more intense of a workout than a normal elliptical and I love the dynamic pedals. I thought it was just me that got a numb foot or two when on an elliptical, but reading the reviews I see this is pretty common. It hasn't happened once since I have been using the DMT x2.
I did a ton of reasearch on Ellipticals before buying this one and was very close to spending $3,500 or more for either the Life Fitness or PreCor machine, when I stumbled on the DMTx2. I got the whole package delivered to my house and set up with the white glove delivery for $2,198.00, which was only $200 more than the X1. The only real difference betweent he two is the color controls adn the iPod dock and they are both good features and well worth the extra $200. I would highly recommend the white glove set up for $99.00 more if you afford it. The thing weighs 250 lbs so having someone bring it in and set it up will save you a lot of frustration. Although, it took 12 days to get her after ordering, I would still recommend it.
Heres what I love:
- Great workout that far surpasses anything I ever experienced on any other elliptical
- The adjustable motion range is an excellent feature that makes the machine comparable to any higher priced dynamic stride machine on the market.
- The iPod docking station is simply an awesome feature and I am surprised no one else has it. Although, I am probably going to blow my speakers, so they are going to need to sell replacement speakers as an accessory on their website.
- The machine itself is relatively quiet when operating (except when you crank up the iPod, which I highly recommend doing).
- The dynamic pedals are great and no more numb feet.
- The color screen is cool and fairly intuitive
- The fan is a nice feature.
- It has a reasonable form factor and fits nicely in the corner of my bedroom. You really don't need anything more than this for home use.
- Very solidly built and sturdy. No wobbles or swaying or anything that you sometimes get with the cheaper home models.
I only have a few small minor beefs, which hopefully someone at Smooth will read and fix. It is too awesome of a machine not to incorporate these few things into the next design.
- They definitely need to either include or sell as an accessory a water bottle holster. It would fit nicely on the yolk under the display and not get in the way. This is way to intense a workout not to be able to hydrate periodically.
- The touch controls for motion and intensity are pretty much hairtrigger. They should give them a little more of a tactile response so you don't accidentally over shoot. Also, they should switch them on the handles. The motion control should be on the left, because the motion bar chart is on the left of the screen and the intensity control should be on the right, because thats where it is on the screen. I am always getting this backwards when I go for an adjustment and adjusting the wrong thing.
- It could be that I just have big hands, but the heart rate monitor hand sensors really don't work that well. I seem to have to move my hands all around to get a reading and then it fluctuates a lot (changes of 10 heartbeats in one second - I don''t think so). My unit came with a chest strap and I am going to try it tommorrow.
- There should be a program that alternates intensity and movement. The endurance program comes closest, but it increases them both at the same time and it is brutal. I know you can create custom programs, but I haven't gotten around to figuring out how to do that yet. Smooth should just program that in. In addition, the endurance program won't let me lower the intensity level when in the middle of the routine. I guess that can be good as well as the machine won't let take any shortcuts, but if you happened to pick the wrong starting level and want to finish a workout you started, you should be able to adjust it down.
- When the workout is done, it eliminates all the LED metrics on how far you have gone and how many calories burned and the timer goes off. It should leave these things on so you can write them down if you want to track them. Also, after a workout the timer should start counting up in a cool down mode or something. I don't like to stop until I reach my distance goals.
- the User manual is a little thin on description of the features.
Overall, I am highly impressed with this machine. It is an incredible workout and an exceptional value. Incidentally, in case you are wondering, I don't work for Smooth and they didn't pay me anything to say any of this. Indeed, I rarely take the time to leave feedback like this, but was so impressed with this machine that I felt I owed it to future buyers to let them know how great this machine is."
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