Cross Trainer recommendations

RATM

Was thinking of buying a cross trainer for the spare room, just so I could do a 20 minute workout the odd day of the week to supplement gym trips. According to MyFitnessPal 20 minutes on a croos trainer at my current weight will burn 345 calories so I'd like to do this 2 days a week just to make sure I'm staying within my calorie counts and to get fitter. Plus I enjoy cross trainers the most out of all the machines I use (threadmiill, rowing, bike).

My aim here is weight loss so need to know if I'd be better getting an exercise bike over a cross trainer in terms of burning calories ?

Assuming a cross trainer is the way to go my requirements are
*Not too noisy (live in an apartment). Must be sturdy and take a large person (115kgs, 6ft)
*Timer, calarie counter essential, heart rate monitir would be nice but not 100% necessary.
*Some programs for weight loss
*A good long gliding motion- I'm 6ft tall
*Central hand bars to compliment the moving bars

Years back I bought a rowing machine from Argos, Roger Black was the brand. It was pure cheap tack so I ended up sending it back almost immediately. I'm looking to avoid a similar episode but without breaking the bank. I'm going to buy second hand on Adverts or Donedeal due to budget. The ones I use at the gym are Precor and are excellent but I'm guessing they're €1000+. I'm looking to keep this under €200-250 hopefully.

So if anyone can recommend a brand & model that fits all or most of the above criteria then please let me know

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RATM wrote: »

Was thinking of buying a cross trainer for the spare room, just so I could do a 20 minute workout the odd day of the week to supplement gym trips. According to MyFitnessPal 20 minutes on a croos trainer at my current weight will burn 345 calories so I'd like to do this 2 days a week just to make sure I'm staying within my calorie counts and to get fitter. Plus I enjoy cross trainers the most out of all the machines I use (threadmiill, rowing, bike).

My aim here is weight loss so need to know if I'd be better getting an exercise bike over a cross trainer in terms of burning calories ?

Assuming a cross trainer is the way to go my requirements are
*Not too noisy (live in an apartment). Must be sturdy and take a large person (115kgs, 6ft)
*Timer, calarie counter essential, heart rate monitir would be nice but not 100% necessary.
*Some programs for weight loss
*A good long gliding motion- I'm 6ft tall
*Central hand bars to compliment the moving bars

Years back I bought a rowing machine from Argos, Roger Black was the brand. It was pure cheap tack so I ended up sending it back almost immediately. I'm looking to avoid a similar episode but without breaking the bank. I'm going to buy second hand on Adverts or Donedeal due to budget. The ones I use at the gym are Precor and are excellent but I'm guessing they're €1000+. I'm looking to keep this under €200-250 hopefully.

So if anyone can recommend a brand & model that fits all or most of the above criteria then please let me know

Hi, I bought one about a 2 years ago and it's still perfect, been using it half hour a day 6six days a week.
I got it from FITNESS SUPERSTORE in the uk cost 399pound sterling and about €40 delivery the same machine to but in cork was €899. They were very good to deal with.
The machine was called Nordictrack E7 elliptical cross trainer have a look at there site they have very good deals.