Dripex Cross Trainer, 6 kg Flywheel, 36 cm Stride

The Dripex Cross Trainer is a magnetic elliptical with a 6 kg flywheel, 16 resistance levels and a listed maximum stride of 36 cm, selling at £164.99. It takes sixth place in our cross trainer guide, and the reason it is in the guide at all is not the feature list on its own: the same machine appears to be on sale twice under two badges. The listing here gives 100 x 53 x 162 cm and 25.8 kg; so does the listing for the £199.99 THERUN, along with the same 6 kg flywheel and the same 36 cm stride. On those figures, £35.00 of the difference is buying a name rather than hardware.

Two of this listing's own numbers need reading with care. The near-silent claim — under 20 dB — sits in a bullet point, and the listing gives no test method or measuring conditions to go with it; 20 dB is quieter than a library reading room. The 120 kg maximum user weight also appears only in a bullet point: the spec table has no user weight field at all, so there is nothing in the table to check that figure against. The rating breakdown is worth a second look too, since its bars run 80 / 15 / 5 while the listing reports 44 ratings — read them as shares, not as counts. Everything on this page, including the price, the specifications, the rating and the reviews quoted, comes from the Amazon listing and not from any test we carried out.