Nordic Track CX 650

I must have done something terrible in a past life because I bought a Nordic Track X-trainer 18 months ago and in that time it has only been functional for about 9 months. It was great for about 3 weeks, then the grinding, the rubbing, the grating and the bumping started. I have had the engineers out and had various part failures. The parts can take months to be sent out. The service desk promises to call and simply doesn't bother. They take down the wrong part details, they send stuff to the wrong address. You'll end up looking for the hidden camera when you're dealing with them because you'll think it's a joke. Take my advice. Don't buy one of these. Just save yourself a bucketload of hassle. When the guarantee runs out I'm going to take it to the dump and buy a decent machine. I'll never touch anything by Nordic Track or Ikon Fitness again. Learn from my mistake and save yourself a heap of hassle. Just don't do it.

After only a few sessions the grinding noise from the front strut became unbearable, which no amount of tightening and oiling could resolve. Nordic Track would do better to concentrate on the build quality rather than gimmicky extras. The display is adequate but cannot be locked. The batteries supplied died after one session. Maybe I just got a bad one but I can find nothing to recommend this cross trainer. My advice; spend an extra £200 and get a Kettler.