Body Power BRT5088 Trio Trainer - 3-in-1 Elliptical Machine for Total Body Workouts

rail8: I had been using a treadmill and wore it out in about a year. This elliptical takes about 2 hours to assemble and requires regular tightening of bolts due to vibrations caused by use. It works out your legs, thighs, arms, and shoulders. I really enjoy using it.

United States on Sep 12, 2023

Amelia Young: I have purchased 2 of these now. Each time the resistance strap around the wheel frays and breaks after about 1.5 years. While some would think you get your money's worth - I don't. The strap needs to made of something sturdier than nylon because the wheel itself creates fraying. I have also purchased with a warranty and my claims are denied. Will be switching to a new brand.

United States on Sep 06, 2023

MaryAnne: I am very happy with Trio Trainer. It is well made, very sturdy and surprisingly quiet. The assembly instructions were very clear and made it easy to assemble. Their customer service is excellent as well. When I contacted Body Flex to let them know the pulse reader wasnt working they immediately mailed out a new monitor to my home address. I highly recommend this bike/eliptical.

United States on Aug 22, 2023

Kallisto: Staring with positives that made me give it 3 starts and not 1.
Pros:
- Not hard to assemble if you have some prior experience (my husband did it under 2 hours, said instructions were easy to follow)
- bike seat is very comfortable
- it's fairly compact and can be moved around by one person
- elliptical works OK
- not very noisy
- sturdy enough to last at least a year
Cons
- Parts keep coming loose, have to tighten over and over again
- Elliptical is wobbly so you cannot go fast
- No resistance, which makes it useless as a bike
- No customer servie

Now, details, starting with the bike function. Resistance is almost non-existent. Rotate the resistance knob all you want, you will go from 0 to may be 1 and that's it. Called the customer service thinking the knob could be bad. Call goes straight to voicemail, and nobody ever called me back. This was early 2021, so may be it was the pandemic, but I never got any customer support.

On a closer look, it seems that resistance is created by a thin, straight strip of felt rubbing against the front of the flywheel. The strip is very flimsy, and everywhere in instructions they caution you not...

United States on May 30, 2022

FrankFrank: I'm writing this review after using the Trainer for a total of about 15 minutes on day 1. I'll update if something changes significantly with further use.

The item arrived broken. As shown in the picture, the "encased" flywheel is surrounded by brittle plastic that cracked and shattered during shipping. The pieces in the second picture were inside the "encasement" when I took it out of the box. It's not a significant enough breakage to warrant packing this beast back up and lugging it around to return it, and it doesn't seem to have any effect on the operation, but it was less than optimal.

That's really the only negative thing I can say about this. It is sturdy and operates very smoothly. Initial impression is very positive.

Assembly was a workout on its own. It wasn't difficult, but it was pretty physical with bending and kneeling and maneuvering. I'm at about a 7 on a 1-10 scale of handiness with a fairly decent set of tools, and it took me about two hours from opening the box to hopping on.

I watched the assembly video that was attached to this listing when I purchased the item to kind of get a feel for what the process would be like. I think that...

United States on Aug 28, 2019