Speediance
Speediance Monster Smart Home Gym
$2299Cheaper
Released 2024
Best Functional Trainers · head-to-head
A sourced, side-by-side comparison. Speediance Monster Smart Home Gym is cheaper at $2299. Every spec and price links to its source.
Speediance
$2299Cheaper
Released 2024
Major Fitness
$4199.99
Released 2026-07
They split the 2 specs we compare evenly. The Speediance Monster Smart Home Gym is the cheaper at $2299.
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✓ marks the stronger figure where "more" — or "less", for price and weight — is unambiguously better.
| Spec | | |
|---|---|---|
| US price | $2299 | $4199.99 |
| Brand | Speediance | Major Fitness |
| Released | 2024 | 2026-07 |
| Form factor | dual-stack | dual-stack |
| Weight stack capacity (lb) | 220 | 130 |
| Pulley ratio | — | 1:1 and 2:1 |
| Cable travel | — | — |
| Adjustable positions | — | 31 |
| Smart features | Touchscreen, AI workout tracking, eccentric overload mode, 4 resistance modes | — |
| Subscription required | No | No |
| Footprint sq (ft) | — | — |
| Weight (lb) | 171 | 879.8 |
| Msrp usd | 2299 | 4199.99 |
Sources — Speediance Monster Smart Home Gym: speediance.com (verified 2026-06-28). Major Fitness Heritage Series B17 Flying Fortress All-In-One Functional Trainer: majorfitness.com (verified 2026-07-10).
Where the two actually differ on the specs we track (3 of 10). Matching specs are omitted.
Sourced tester consensus for each — the "what people who used it think" layer, not just specs.
BarBend is the only whitelisted outlet with a hands-on written review of the original Speediance Home Gym (the gen-1 Gym Monster), and all three quotes verified as literal matches of the fetched text. Its reviewer tested the unit hands-on and rates it a strong-value, space-saving smart trainer with smooth cables and durable attachments. No independent lab measurements were reported — the stated specs (220 lb resistance, ~190 lb weight, $2,700 base package) are manufacturer figures. Garage Gym Reviews' gen-1 page was unfetchable and excluded, while PCWorld and Tom's Guide cover the different Gym Monster 2. (1 sourced review, 1 lab-tested.)
Praised: Compact foldable platform saves space and rolls out of the way; Cables feel smooth and attachments feel durable, with near-zero assembly out of the box; Strong value versus Tonal, and usable without a paid subscription.
Flagged: 220 lb max resistance may be too light for advanced lifters; Glass touchscreen sits in the barbell's racking path and risks cracking; Class audio/voice feels robotic and there are no live classes.
No sourced tester review yet.