Would you like a full-body workout without leaving home? These SOLE Ellipticals may be just what you want. They provide an intense cardio workout and strength training all at once. Let’s look at the features of each elliptical machine and see which one is the right fit for you.
Sole Fitness E25 Elliptical Machine
This is the base model of the SOLE elliptical trainer lineup. The maximum weight it can support is 350 pounds. If you need a higher capacity, check out the other models described below.
What makes any SOLE elliptical worth buying? First off, SOLE says that their articulated foot pedals slope two degrees inward to minimize ankle and knee stress. The pedals are 15 inches long, large enough to accommodate a size 15 men’s shoe with plenty of room to spare. If you adjust the incline, the E25 changes the stride length between 20 and 22 inches.
The user can change the amount of resistance through 20 levelsof difficulty. The LCD display has ten pre-set programs: six standard workouts, two heart rate programs, and two custom programs. There are two handles that move with the user’s stride for an upper body workout. The two fixed handles have pulse rate monitors built into them. There’s also a chest strap with a heart rate monitor included with the elliptical, but it’s optional to use.
The front of the machine has speakers for listening to music and a fan to cool the user. Just below the display there’s a water bottle holder. It doubles as a place to put a phone or mp3 player if the user plugs their device into the audio port. Some users have complained that they must choose to place either their water bottle or device because there’s not a place for both things. If the device or bottle is large it blocks the view of the display.
A couple of things to keep in mind with these elliptical machines are that they usually require assembly and are quite heavy. The E25 is the lightest of these four models at 189 pounds.
More features of the E25 Elliptical
- The LCD display has a blue backlight and is 6.5 inches in size, the smallest display of these four models
- The elliptical needs an AC power source (i.e. wall outlet) to run
- The display shows distance, speed, watts, pulse rate, and calories burned once the user enters their age and weight
- The elliptical works forward and backward
- The E25 has a 25-pound flywheel, the same as the E55
- The machine measures 64 inches high, 71 inches long, and 24 inches wide
- SOLE offers a lifetime warranty on the frame, a 3-year warranty on the electronics and moving parts, and 1 year on labor
Sole Fitness E35 Elliptical Machine
The E35 Elliptical has a few differences from the E25. It can support user weight up to 375 pounds. The machine itself weighs more at 215 pounds and is larger in size by a few inches. The flywheel is 29 pounds. The moving handlebars have two different grip handles instead of the simple single handles on the E25 and E55. This gives the user more grip positions. The LCD display is larger at 7.5 inches. Finally, the warranty has longer coverage for both parts and labor than what the E25 has.
The other features of the elliptical are the same. The articulated foot pedals slope two degrees inward to minimize ankle and knee stress. The pedals are 15 inches long, large enough to fiteven a size 15 men’s shoe with plenty of room to spare. The E35 has the same 10 pre-set programmed workouts as the E25. It has the pulse monitor in the fixed handles and the chest strap heart rate monitor. The user canadjust resistance and incline. There is a fan for cooling and an audio jack to plug in an iPod or other mp3 player, along with speakers to hear the music. Some users have complained that the speakers aren’t very powerful.
More features of the E35 Elliptical
- The E35 measures 82 inches long by 67 inches high by 27 inches wide
- The user can run the elliptical forward or backward
- Includes an optional chest strap heart rate monitor
- The display shows distance, speed, watts, pulse rate, and calories burnedonce the user enters their age and weight
- The elliptical needs an AC power source (i.e. wall outlet) to run
- SOLE offers a lifetime warranty on the frame, 5-year warranty on the electronics and moving parts, and 2 years on labor
Sole E55 Elliptical Trainer
The E55 Elliptical has the samemaximum user weight capacity as the E35 at 375 pounds.On the down side, the user stride length is limited to 20 inches, unlike any of the other three models. The E55 also goes back to the 25-pound flywheel and single grip handlebars like on the E25. But it has two new features.
First, the foot pedal angle is now easy to adjust with a dial. Second, the LCD display is larger at 9 inches.
Other than these two improvements, the E55 includes the same features as the other elliptical models.The foot pedals are articulated and slope 2 degrees inward to reduce ankle and knee stress. They’re also 15 inches long, large enough to fit even large shoe sizes with plenty of room to spare. There are 10 pre-set programmed workouts. There is a pulse rate monitor in the fixed handles and an optional chest strap heart rate monitor. The resistance and incline are adjustable. There is a fan for cooling the user and an audio jack to plug in an iPod or other mp3 player, along with speakers to hear the music.
More features of the E55 Elliptical
- The E55 measures 71 inches long by 64 inches high by 27 inches wide
- It weighs 211 pounds, more than the E25 but less than the other two models
- The display shows distance, speed, watts, pulse rate, and calories burnedonce the user enters their age and weight
- The elliptical needs an AC power source (i.e. wall outlet) to run
- SOLE offers a lifetime warranty on the frame, a 5-year warranty on the electronics and moving parts, and 2 years on labor
Sole Fitness E95 Elliptical Machine
SOLE says their E95 model has won “Best Buy” awards, although they don’t say from where. This model has the highest user weight capacity of the four ellipticals. It supports up to 400 pounds. The E95 has some top-of-the-line features. There is a dial to adjust the foot pedal angle, just like on the E55. The hand grips on the moving handlebars are custom-molded. There are two handles on each handlebarjust like on the E35. This gives the user various grip positions. The incline and resistance controls are integrated right into the handlebars, too. The LCD display measures 9 inches just like on the E55. The stride is adjustable between 20 and 22 inches like on the E25 and the E35. The foot pedals are large enough to fit a size 15 shoe with room to spare.
More features of the E95 Elliptical
- The E95 weighs the most of any of these four models at 236 pounds
- It measures 83 inches long by 67 inches high by 32 inches wide
- If the user lifts the rear of the elliptical they can move it by rolling on the two small front wheels
- The display shows distance, speed, watts, pulse rate, and calories burnedonce the user enters their age and weight
- The elliptical needs an AC power source (i.e. wall outlet) to run
- SOLE offers a lifetime warranty on the frame, 5-year warranty on the electronics and moving parts, and 2 years on labor
Recommendation
There is simple way to start narrowing down which model to choose: user weight capacity. Anyone under 350 pounds can choose any of the four models. The E35 and E55 are made for someone weighing over 350 but under 375 pounds. The E95 is made for a person weighing between 375 and 400 pounds.
Another way to narrow it down between models is stride length. If you’d prefer the whole range of 20-22 inches, any model except the E55 will work for you.
If the size of the LCD display matters, the E25 has the smallest at 6.5 inches, with the size increasing up to 7.5 inches on the E35, then the E55 and E95 at 9 inches each.
If you’d prefer the convenience of a dial to change the heel-to-toe angle of the foot pedals, the E55 and E95 have this feature.
Finally, the E95 has the most convenient design because of the controls integrated into the ergonomically-molded handlebars.
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