# Best Ellipticals (2026) — ranked by value, every figure sourced and dated

12 ellipticals on the record, median price $1400. Each price links to the page it came from and the day we captured it — no guesses, no affiliate spin. Current as of 2026-06-19.

Lowest-priced: Sunny Health & Fitness SF-E905 — $249.99.

Full comparison: https://frontdeskreview.com/gear/ellipticals/

| # | Product | Brand | Price (US) | Deskmark | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Sunny Health & Fitness SF-E905](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/ellipticals/sunny-health-sf-e905/) | Sunny Health & Fitness | $249.99 | Platinum Deskmark 98/100 | sunnyhealthfitness.com |
| 2 | [Schwinn 411](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/ellipticals/schwinn-411/) | Schwinn | $699 | Silver Deskmark 29/100 | schwinnfitness.com |
| 3 | [Horizon EX-59](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/ellipticals/horizon-ex-59/) | Horizon Fitness | $799 | Bronze Deskmark 26/100 | horizonfitness.com |
| 4 | [ProForm Carbon EL](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/ellipticals/proform-carbon-el/) | ProForm | $799.99 | Gold Deskmark 37/100 | scheels.com |
| 5 | [Schwinn 470](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/ellipticals/schwinn-470/) | Schwinn | $999 | Bronze Deskmark 26/100 | garagegymreviews.com |
| 6 | [Sole E25](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/ellipticals/sole-e25/) | Sole | $1099.99 | Silver Deskmark 27/100 | soletreadmills.com |
| 7 | [Sole E35](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/ellipticals/sole-e35/) | Sole | $1699.99 | Bronze Deskmark 21/100 | soletreadmills.com |
| 8 | [NordicTrack AirGlide 14i](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/ellipticals/nordictrack-airglide-14i/) | NordicTrack | $1799 | Gold Deskmark 39/100 | barbend.com |
| 9 | [NordicTrack Commercial 14.9](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/ellipticals/nordictrack-commercial-14-9/) | NordicTrack | $1799 | Bronze Deskmark 16/100 | thefithouse.com |
| 10 | [Bowflex Max Trainer M9](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/ellipticals/bowflex-max-trainer-m9/) | Bowflex | $1999 | Bronze Deskmark 24/100 | bowflex.com |
| 11 | [NordicTrack FS14i FreeStride Trainer](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/ellipticals/nordictrack-fs14i-freestride/) | NordicTrack | $2499 | Bronze Deskmark 0/100 | nordictrack.com |
| 12 | [Precor EFX 245](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/ellipticals/precor-efx-245/) | Precor | $4199 | Silver Deskmark 30/100 | treadmilldoctor.com |

Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, the best-value ellipticals ranked by sourced, dated price — https://frontdeskreview.com/gear/ellipticals/

Method: Roster covers twelve home elliptical trainers (rear-drive, front-drive, and center-drive) spanning the $179-$4,199 price range, including current models, recently replaced models, and one discontinued model still widely searched. Primary sources are manufacturer product pages (NordicTrack, Schwinn, Sole, Bowflex, Horizon, ProForm, Sunny Health) and high-authority review sites (BarBend, Treadmill Review Guru, Treadmill Doctor, The Fit House, Garage Gym Reviews, FitRated). Prices are published US MSRPs or typical current retail prices as of the access date; discontinued models retain last-known/last-verified MSRP noted explicitly. Adversarial re-verification (2026-06-19) corrected the Precor EFX 245 price (3499->4199 per Treadmill Doctor) and Schwinn 470 drive type (rear->front per multiple sources), and nulled the EFX 245 release year. resistance_levels and built_in_programs are integer counts; flywheel_lb and max_user_weight_lb are numbers; stride_length_in is a string carrying units when the stride is a range. accessedAt 2026-06-19.

License: CC BY 4.0. Every row is dated and links to its source. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl