As Seen on TV Exercise Equipment – Overview:
One of the hot workout items that I am seeing pushed all over TV and in stores is the Red XL exercise machine. If you have seen the As Seen on TV infomercials about this product, you are sure to have seen the glowing reviews and testimonies of users that have been completely satisfied with this product. This seems to be one the recent sweethearts of the As Seen on TV exercise equipment crowd, so I decided it needed some looking into. My readers deserve an honest review, and feedback on what other users felt. So, here it goes.

As Seen on TV Exercise Equipment – Product overview:
So, as usual I went out on the net to try and track down the equipment site to see what claims they made about the product and review their sales pitch. The product is actually very straight forward. It is basically a chair with handles that swivels. While it is swiveling, you can increase the amount of tension you are using to, in effect, increase the intensity of the workout. I had a hard time finding the site, which tells me they have poor SEO…but that is another story. When I did finally dig up the site, the front page very nicely shows that they offer three models of the Red: XL, Deluxe Exerciser (DX), and Professional Health Club Max. The differences in the platform are what you would expect; the XL is the basic Yugo model. It provides the minimum functionality of this particular TV exercise equipment and no more. The next two models step up the functionality and features associated with the product, both cost considerably more than the base model – as one would expect.

As Seen on TV Exercise Equipment – Turin’s Review:
In addition to digging up the company web site, I also did my customary research of user comments and reviews, and let me tell you they were not good. The bad reviews from users largely outweighed the positive ones. One of the huge challenges the consumer is always faced with is finding decent products out there in the land of exercise TV. This appears to be one of those cases. Most users purchased the basic model expecting it to work fine. Most of the reviews I read complained about that fact that the swivel mechanism was poorly made and broke frequently. Additionally, these users were unhappy with the equality of the workout video that came with the equipment. My guess is that most of these folks bought the low end entry model. While a consumer should be able to expect that the equipment will last past the first use, their experiences may have been better had they purchased one of the more expensive models.

I think I would use caution when buying this product, and if you decided it is something you would like to have I would definitely go for one of the upgraded models. If you have purchased or do purchase one of these pieces of exercise equipment, please comeback and tell us what you think.

Cheers and good luck on your exercise goals!

Exercise Equipment As Seen on TV