Horizon E401 Elliptical Trainer

The Horizon E401 elliptical trainer offers a wide variety of features that users are responding to with great vigor. Whether you have used elliptical trainers before of this is your first go around, the E401 offers users simplicity combined with genuine quality and high quality features.

The Horizon E401 elliptical machine comes with a rather low foot pedal height to make stepping on and off the machine easy while providing better headroom for taller users. With adjustable strides, maxing out at 18 inches, the E401 gives you a good range of motion for strength and fitness development. While it lacks the incline feature of the E1201, the E401 still offer the smooth front frame design to assist with smooth motion and vigorous work out sessions.

The LED screens are separated to offer two windows for viewing. User complaints state that they would prefer just one larger window but the read outs are still clear and the feedback provided is still quite useful for maximizing work outs and developing new work out plans.

Like many of the other Horizon elliptical machines, there is a narrower foot pedal spacing as well as a pivoting pedal design to help ensure a more normal gait flow. This helps ensure more comfort and ease of use for work out sessions.

Users have reported that they find the 6 programmed work outs and the 10 variable resistance levels to be sufficient for creating work out plans that are challenging but comfortable. While other machines in the same line offer 10 work out programs and more resistance levels, the average pricing difference between those machines and the E401 is about $400 to $500. For an upper middle machine, the Horizon E401 offers a great deal of flexibility in a more moderate price range.

The warranties offered on the E401 include a lifetime on the frame, as well as a 15 year warranty on the magnetic brake system. The parts and labor warranty is good for 1 year.

Users report that this is one of the quieter machines in its price range and that there are many features that other comparably priced machines have overlooked. Perhaps the most important user claims is that this is one of the easiest and most user friendly elliptical machines that they have used, and these reports come from those who often worked out previously at expensive gyms. Most gyms are equipped with rear driven elliptical trainers, which offer a different feel and in many cases, a less effective work out.

Front driven machines are designed to push your work out limits from the very first use without over taxing your capabilities. It’s a smoother and quieter feel so that you can work out longer and with more precision. Overall, the Horizon E401 is a well built investment in exercise equipment that runs in a mid to upper price range that is limited in bells and whistles but creates a stable and effective work out environment. Those who have purchased the machine report being very happy with the results as well as the equipment.