Model Name | FDP-3015-001 |
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Brand | FitDesk |
Color | White |
Product Dimensions | 20"D x 34"W x 12"H |
Material | Alloy Steel |
Resistance Mechanism | Magnetic |
Maximum Weight Recommendation | 300 Pounds |
Maximum Stride Length | 18 Inches |
Screen Size | 8 Inches |
Item Weight | 5.8 Kilograms |
Number of Resistance Levels | 8 |
Item Package Dimensions L x W x H | 29.06 x 18.81 x 16.06 inches |
Package Weight | 14.95 Kilograms |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 28.4 x 11.3 x 18.4 inches |
Brand Name | FitDesk |
Country of Origin | China |
Warranty Description | 1 year frame; 90 days parts for bikes and under desk products. |
Suggested Users | Sports and Outdoors, Office Equipment, Office Furniture |
Manufacturer | FD Products |
Part Number | 857989004242 |
Model Year | 2016 |
Style | UnderDesk Elliptical Trainer |
Size | Universal |
Sport Type | Exercise & Fitness |
FitDesk Under Desk Bike Pedal Machine with Magnetic Resistance for Quiet, Fluid Motion - Adjustable Tension with Digital Performance Meter
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Model Name | FDP-3015-001 |
Brand | FitDesk |
Color | White |
Product Dimensions | 20"D x 34"W x 12"H |
Material | Alloy Steel |
About this item
- WORKS WITH LOW DESKS - Lowest pedal rotation height available; only 8 inches, Can work with desks as low as 25 inches
- SMOOTH & QUIET - 8 position magnetic resistance and balanced high velocity flywheel keep the pedal motion smooth and whisper quiet
- HANDS-FREE ADJUSTMENTS - No reach easy foot shifter allows for hands-free tension adjustment
- 6-FUNCTION DISPLAY - Desk stand included for easy access to 6 function display
- COMFORTABLE PEDALS - Large pedals are easy to locate under desk and comfortable when not in use
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FitDesk is a health and wellness company focused on creating a difference in health at work, school, and home. FitDesk has created a line of products that add light exercise to your day, as well as help you fight sitting disease and feel better.
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Bike Desk 3.0
Bike Desk 3.0 lightweight, folding exercise bike, with an adjustable desk platform and built-in tablet holder
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How did we get our start?
The FitDesk is the brainchild of Ryan Moore and Steven Ferrusi, who engineered the machine in their Tennessee garage in 2010.
What makes our products unique?
Our products make it easy to incorporate light exercise into your daily routine, so you don't have to completely change your daily schedule.
Why do we love what we do?
We love to encourage everyone to build a more active lifestyle whether you are at home or at the office.
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ASIN | B00SIBYETQ |
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Customer Reviews |
4.2 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #247,433 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors) #82 in Physical Therapy Leg Exercisers |
Date First Available | January 21, 2015 |
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Customers like the performance and ease of assembly of the elliptical trainer. They mention that it's a good workout for their legs and helps with their overall fitness routine. Some appreciate the simple instructions and labeled parts. That said, opinions are mixed on noise, fit, quality, movement, value, and weight.
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Customers like the performance of the elliptical trainer. They mention that it provides a good workout for their legs, helps with their overall fitness routine, and is effective for daily use at work. The odometer has some potential to inspire more rigorous workouts by setting goals. It does provide exercise, but it keeps them more focused and energetic throughout the day. The unit does provide the ability to exercise your legs while sitting at your desk, and the eliptical motion helps keep knee rise to a minimum.
"...This thing is short and sleek and pedals like a dream. Whisper quiet and is easy to manually adjust the difficulty settings...." Read more
"...4. Even on low, it's great for the legs all the way up to the glutes5...." Read more
"...Original review:Decent option to get your heart pumping if you're tied to the right type of desk all day..." Read more
"...The unit does provide the ability to exercise your legs while sitting at your desk...." Read more
Customers find the elliptical trainer easy to assemble. They say the instructions are simple and easy to understand. Customers say it takes less than 10 minutes to put the pedals, stabilizer bar, and stabilizer. They also say it pedals like a dream and is a time saver.
"So I have had this for an hour. It assembled very easily. The display on the counter does not work. I have fussed with the connection etc...." Read more
"...This thing is short and sleek and pedals like a dream. Whisper quiet and is easy to manually adjust the difficulty settings...." Read more
"...It was a breeze to put together with simple instructions and labeled parts. Took me just under 15 minutes with all provided custom tools...." Read more
"...It's a time saver for sure! Also, it keeps me moving all day!" Read more
Customers are mixed about the noise of the elliptical trainer. Some mention it's very quiet, while others say it has a low steady hum that is easy to ignore. The unit functions pretty silently, and it doesn't squeak or groan. However, some customers say it makes a small squiggle, a knocking noise on the inside, and gears clicking. They also say it becomes too noisy to use.
"...I made it work though.- My unit started making a knocking noise on the inside. I thought I got a broken part...." Read more
"...The thing is pretty near silent at this point, with just a very gentle and almost inaudible whoosh noise when I'm pedaling...." Read more
"...it every work day, you will probably be disappointed as it becomes too noisy to use, and destroys itself in the process...." Read more
"...Both are GREAT! This machine is technically not silent but it's a low steady hum that is easy to ignore...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the fit of the elliptical trainer. Some mention it fits well under their desk, with a low profile that doesn't bang their knees on. However, others say that it's a bit too long to fit under their desktop against a wall. It takes up a lot of space lengthwise, so you may need to change desks or seating.
"...It is meant to be used sitting down, in your own office chair, so there's no 'saddle soreness' which I'd be prone to if using a standard bicycle..." Read more
"...The unit is a bit too long for a desk with a backboard...." Read more
"...1. Took about 25 minutes to put together2. Fits perfect under my desk, but it is a little long, so be sure to measure...." Read more
"...And, with both of them, the cable used to connect that screen was too short to locate on top of my desk...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the elliptical trainer. Some mention that it's very solidly constructed, and works as intended. However, others say that it is cheaply made and has already broken.
"...The FitDesk elliptical feels solidly-built and not cheap, and when I'm not actively pedaling, the pedals can be positioned rather comfortably as a..." Read more
"...But, earlier this week it started to make some strange knocking and scratching noises...." Read more
"...I can't comment upon its long-term durability, but it seems very solidly constructed, and I haven't experienced any of the squeaks or rattles that..." Read more
"...So pedaling caused the clunk, as and then the bolthead on the pedal broke completely off rendering it unusable...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the movement of the elliptical trainer. Some mention that it does not move much at all, has very little up-and-down motion, and has a much better motion than other cheaper solutions. However, others say that it moves as you pedal it, so it needs to have some sort of mat if you're going. Some say that the specs are so loose that it causes a lot of movement in the foot wrests, making it difficult to move.
"...bound up, and even putting all of my weight on the pedals, it they would not move...." Read more
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"...Unfortunately, this prevents me from rolling my chair very close to the desk. If your desk has an open back, this shouldn't be an issue...." Read more
"...The Elliptical has a much better motion than other cheaper solutions (I have two for my kids) and my knees aren't hitting the desk...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the value of the elliptical trainer. Some mention it's well worth the money, has the best price, and is solidly built. Others say that it'd be better off buying a different product.
"...The FitDesk elliptical feels solidly-built and not cheap, and when I'm not actively pedaling, the pedals can be positioned rather comfortably as a..." Read more
"...'m giving it 3 stars because the product itself seems well made at a good price and probably one of the better ones on the market...." Read more
"...that this unit failing has caused, it is also now causing me loss of productivity as I stop more often because my legs are restless...." Read more
"...All-in-all, it's a good package for the price...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the weight of the elliptical trainer. Some mention it's easy to assemble, and sturdier than they thought. They say it works great and is portable. Others say that it'd be too heavy to carry, and bulkier than expected.
"...I'd say literally the only caveat is that it's just a touch heavy to carry..." Read more
"...The FitDesk is heavy enough that It does not move much at all and i have bungy-corded my wheel-bottomed chair to it so I am securely in place as I..." Read more
"...Ten pounds is pretty stiff at a lowest resistance, so I contacted FitDesk...." Read more
"...Also, it is rather heavy so he had to carry it to work for me...." Read more
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Pros:
- Being right under my desk, I'm tempted simply by it being there to use it more than I do the treadmill on the other side of my home office. Much more. (I am literally pedaling right now as I type this.)
- It is meant to be used sitting down, in your own office chair, so there's no 'saddle soreness' which I'd be prone to if using a standard bicycle seat type elliptical. Yes, it is entirely possible to use this from other kinds of chairs, such as when watching TV, but a recliner (especially if it rocks) would be somewhat challenging.
- The range of motion is plenty to give your legs a good workout and the adjustable difficulty setting ranges from "noticeable" to "challenging." (I would not say there's an 'effortless' setting however, although it is possible the trainer might loosen up over time.) As noted in the description, the lever for this is positioned so you can use your foot and there are solid clicks to denote the different setting numbers.
- The FitDesk elliptical feels solidly-built and not cheap, and when I'm not actively pedaling, the pedals can be positioned rather comfortably as a footrest. Alternatively, the pedals can be pivoted up and out of the way, but I'm trying to resist doing that so as to develop the habit of using it as much as possible.
- For ergonomic reasons, my slab-and-trestle style desk has only 25 inches of clearance under it and pile carpeting below. It's close, but I have no problems with room for my legs. (Fair disclosure: I'm only 5' 4" and a little overweight but not obese.) It's possible with a lower chair I might be able to eke out another inch or two, but that's pushing the limit of what's possible. One of the top reasons I went with the FitDesk versus other any other compact elliptical is it's specifically designed not to have a large up-down motion, going instead more forward and back. Your toe may be tracing a circle up to 6-8 inches in diameter (going from the length of the crank-arms), but the back of your foot isn't doing more than flexing and your knees may be going up perhaps 2-3 inches total, if that. If you have a more standard 28-30 inch clearance desk, chance of it fitting go up considerably. (My desk is crazy-low precisely because I'm as short as I am, plus I had a major bout of RSIs a decade ago and really need to pay attention to proper arm positioning. I built this one custom for myself.)
- There is a kind of foot-massager bar towards the rear which I'm given to understand you can hook your chair wheel around for added stability while pedaling, but I haven't needed it. My wheeled Aeron chair stays in place pretty well without, even atop a pressboard carpet protector.
- I did need to adjust the pedal crank-arm nuts and the nuts holding the rear pedal wheels just a touch to make them looser because they were too tight to start with. However, after using the trainer for a while, I'd imagine they may loosen through use enough to need to be re-tightened. I did hit all the rotating joints with some WD-40 and also sprayed the wheel deck (the black metal part) with some silicone. (Other folks have said furniture polish such as Pledge also works for the plate and rubber wheels, but I'd still use WD-40 or 3-in-1 oil on the metal joints and bearings.) The thing is pretty near silent at this point, with just a very gentle and almost inaudible whoosh noise when I'm pedaling. As with any exercise device, I do expect to have to do a little preventive maintenance now and then, mostly lube but also occasionally to retighten the nuts and fasteners.
- There's a 30-day no questions asked return policy (provided the unit is sent back in refurbishable condition) and a really remarkable 3 year parts replacement guarantee. (The guarantee doesn't include the pedals themselves, but replacements if needed are available and probably wouldn't cost too much.)
Cons:
- To be honest, the device is a little long. My desk is 36" deep and the front end of the trainer still sticks out about 2 inches on the other side. I'd say if you have a desk up against a wall or do not have at least about 6-8 inches vertical clearance under the back-panel of your desk, the FitDesk Elliptical may not fit. (My desk uses a trestle, so the rear height isn't an issue, and I'm in the middle of my room with lots of space out the back so the sticking out is also not a problem for me. However, my spouse in another home office room here is up against a wall and has a short 30" prefab desk, so there's no way this device will fit there.)
- Same thing if you are really big and/or the tops of your thighs are already brushing the underside of your desk or center drawer in the desk. Trouble is, it may be difficult to really know for sure until you actually get the trainer whether it will fit or not. I'd say as a general guideline, if you can't get at least 30" forward clearance at ground level from where your hands are right now (i.e., just above your knees, atop your desk), you may not be able to get the FitDesk elliptical to fit far enough under your desk to use it comfortably. As for space between your legs and the underside of your desk, only a few inches are needed.
- If you want to have the monitor on your desk (which is a nice feature, really), the cord provided for between it and the trainer is about 2 feet shorter than it ought to be. However, it is a standard 2-wire 1/8" male/female (mono) extension cable and so can be easily modified and/or replaced with something longer.
- I found the instructions about the monitor in the manual to be a little confusing, particularly in that they did not mention what the 'Set' button does nor what the unit of measures are. Some are obvious, like Time (minutes:seconds) and CAL (Calories). Speed appears to be an estimate of Meters/second, while Distance (DIST) is kilometers (2 decimal accuracy) and Odometer (ODO) is also in kilometers (but no decimals). I believe someone did the math and it turns out the FitDesk is calculating cranks as if you are riding a 26" wheeled bicycle.
More about the monitor:
- As the manual says, the display shuts off after about 10 minutes of no detected activity, but as long as the battery is still good, it does keep remembering your current progress.
- When in Scan mode (default), the monitor advances to each category of measure (time, speed, distance, odometer, calories, then back to time) about every four to five seconds.
- The Mode button, if pressed once, stops the scanning at the currently displayed measure. This is the only time the Reset button will reset the displayed value to zero. If you press Mode again, it goes back to scanning, starting at the next displayed measure. Using the Mode button you can advance to whatever number you want to see, although it takes two presses each time (Scan, stop, scan, stop, etc.)
- There is no reset everything function, and the Reset button only works (1) on the value currently displayed and (2) only if the monitor is not currently in Scan mode. (See the note below about the odometer, as it works differently.)
- The Set button isn't documented. As far as I can tell, the Set button only works when the display is showing Time or Distance (DIST), and what it does is let you set a target time or distance value that instead of the default counting up, counts down. This could be useful if, for example, you want to be sure you get in at least 90 minutes or 10km worth of exercise in a day. The monitor, as you pedal, will gradually count down your set value, then when you reach zero will go back to counting time or distance upward. If distance or time are already greater than 0 and you press Set, the value goes up to the next whole-number value. For example, say you were pedaling up from 0:00 time and it showed 3:45 (3 minutes, 45 seconds). If using Set, when you press the button once, it will go up to 4:00, but thereafter count backwards (down) from four minutes until reaching zero. After reaching zero, it counts forward again.
- The Set button in Time mode increments upward in one minute intervals. In Distance mode, it increments by 0.1km. It only goes up, not down. To reduce a set value, press Reset to put it back to zero and then use Set to increment back up again. (The monitor just counts down the set value; it doesn't flash or sound an alarm or anything when it hits 0. There is also no back-light on the monitor's LED screen, so you may want to position it somewhere well lit.)
- The odometer (ODO) cannot be reset using the buttons. However, if you want to zero that out, you can remove the battery (AA size, just one), wait a few seconds, then put it back in. After that, everything will be back to zero again, including the odometer. If there's one feature the monitor does not have that I think it should, it would be a 'Reset Everything' button, without having to fiddle with the battery and/or multiple button presses to clear the numbers. Or just be able to hold down the existing Reset button for several seconds to achieve the same thing. But it doesn't.
Just Is:
- No, this trainer is not meant to be used while standing. I'm not saying it'd be impossible, but I'd have concerns about stability as well as the side-to-side strength of the plastic pedals. I could easily see one snapping off at the bolts if subjected to a sufficiently hard sideways twist.
Other:
- I did have one small problem with the FitDesk Elliptical, in that it arrived lacking one not-essential but highly desirable part, and that was the little black metal spider-shaped desk stand for the monitor. Monitor yes; stand no. I scoured the box and packing and it just wasn't there. Well, one email to FitDesk customer service and I was corresponding with the guy who invented the device. He's a small business owner who is highly motivated to keep his customers happy if at all possible and less than a couple days later I received the the replacement stand via Priority Mail. Contacted Thursday, the stand arrived Monday. Major kudos for that. I even mentioned in our back and forth correspondence my thoughts about a possible future variant model which would be shorter in length, to fit under less-deep desks, and he told me he'd already been thinking along those lines as he refines his product.
On edit: A reviewer from May of last year (Pantzilla) referred to a retaining clip popping off the pedal. I see that the FitDesk folks did reach out to try to resolve the problem at the time, but I wanted to mention there appears to have been some redesign in the interim. The pedals are actually held on to the crank arm extensions by two strong bolts each now, and the extensions to the crank arm axles with more bolts. No retaining clips. They're not going to just pop off.
Would I buy this again? Absolutely. Like I said, we'd have two here if it was just shorter depth-wise, but I'm very happy with mine. I can feel the sore-muscle burn in my legs from ankle to hip -- sore in a good way. We're snowed in just now and I have a fair amount of desk work to do, but it's really nice for a change for that not to equal "unavoidably sedentary for weeks."
I decided on THIS brand, vs. the other brand that looks exactly identical in the picture, save the pedals and the gear shifting pedal, even though the only reviews for this one were 11 reviews from people who had receive it free to review vs. over 1000 reviews of the other one. I chose this one precisely because of the pedal without the strap to hold my foot on ( I HATE THOSE!) and for the foot level for changing gears. Both are GREAT! This machine is technically not silent but it's a low steady hum that is easy to ignore. In a busy office no one would mind it, especially if your office is one of the few that still has cubical walls. Your squeaky chair will both your neighbors more. After using this for 20mins and I really doubted my muscles were really working because:
a) I am comfortably working and in no danger of working up a sweat, and
b) it is just so danged smooth to pedal.
But WOW! I stopped and got up to walk and was absolutely certain I had been using my muscles. CRAZY! I have it set currently at about the midpoint of resistance. I can lean forward in my chair and easily type (I am doing so while pedaling now.) Or I can lean back in my chair a bit and watch Prime Video and still easily pedal. It is so smooth it is kind of melodic or meditative if I just pedal and close my eyes and listen to the quiet hum. I believe I will adjust to this and pedal several miles most days. :-) I will come back and update my review after a few weeks. But so far, I would recommend.
I compared this cycler's height to all the others, and its closest competitor was still well over an inch and a half taller. This thing is short and sleek and pedals like a dream. Whisper quiet and is easy to manually adjust the difficulty settings. I'd say literally the only caveat is that it's just a touch heavy to carry (it's a shorter profile than the others, so to compensate, its frame spreads outward inside of up, which can make it cumbersome to cart around especially if you're elderly or working with disabilities/injuries) so it's probably not something you'll want to drag in and out and in and out to work every day, but the rest of its features more than make up for that. It's a joy to pedal and I absolutely love it. Stop searching, this is the one.
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Tuve algunos problemas al armarla. Necesité bastante fuerza para asegurar los pedales.
Pongo tres estrellas ya que en el paquete me hicieron falta las piezas de soporte para la pantalla (la que va atornillada al aparato y el stand) y tampoco llegó el cable de extensión.
Really easy to assemble, very quiet. Fits really well under my desk (28"). I have a chair with wheels so have hooked one leg over which keeps both in place.
Only had this for a few days but it helps me concentrate and stay productive. Mostly use on lower setting and have it it for a few hours a day. I crank it up for shorter harder sessions and can work up a sweat using it.
Reviewed in Canada on February 26, 2021
Really easy to assemble, very quiet. Fits really well under my desk (28"). I have a chair with wheels so have hooked one leg over which keeps both in place.
Only had this for a few days but it helps me concentrate and stay productive. Mostly use on lower setting and have it it for a few hours a day. I crank it up for shorter harder sessions and can work up a sweat using it.
Recomiendo poner un tapete debajo para evitar que se mueva (le falta grip).