So, after buying three or four hydraulic steppers within a few years, that constantly break, I knew to look for something else. This one cost only around $30 so I thought I’d give it a try. I really like it so far!!I like how big and bulky it is because it feels more like ones at the gym and I have to take bigger steps, which works my legs more—which is what I want! Secondly, it’s a little shaky, but I like that bc it makes me focus my abs more to stabilize. I like how big the foot pedals are because I can adjust my feet around the pedal to variegate my workout. The bands are negligible to me bc I like to use hand weights. (I did notice they have a tendency to pop out.) Another reviewer said this unit felt flimsy. I don’t get that at all, but I’m a woman so maybe a big bulky man might disagree.I LOVE that it doesn’t need oiled and doesn’t squeak after ten minutes of use! I also LOVE that I can use it for over 20 minutes without it getting overheated bc I need to do this for at least 45 minutes at a time. (Baby got back, man. The struggle is real!)Like I said, the straps tend to pop out. Also the counter console was super hard to pop back on and it literally counts nothing. But I don’t use the straps and I never pay attention to the counters anyway.There is no way to up the resistance, but it makes me step so high that honestly it gives me more of a leg workout than the other ones I’ve bought (and broken) that come with resistance.I like it! If it breaks, I’ll update my review.

I loved it. One day it started squeaking. the left foot pad screw became loose and I can’t get to it to fix it. Then a black oil started leaking. The left stump sound barrier fell off. Tried to exchange but that wasn’t an option. Only return, $22 dollars short of total paid. 😒

Absolutely love to take my stress out on it.

Great value for money. Like the compact size easy to store easy to use

Sturdy, good tension, and ready right out of the box.

The work out you get is worth the squeak. I’ll oil it soon and it should go away. It actually comes with a little squeegee of oil but I lost it. MY ACCESSIBLE AND DOABLE WORKOUT PROBLEM SOLVED.

No hace nadaaa de ruido! es perfecta, vale mucho la pena

I researched these steppers. I wanted one for my standing desk. It did not disappoint. It does sit you up pretty high off the ground, but it's design is different then a lot of other similar devices. the others seem to have a cable connecting each pedal that can overheat. this has two mechanical rods on a lever. more complex engineering, but looks much sturdier and has not let me down. I really expected cheap junk and I expected to have to go through several of these to find a good one, but this think is great. built like a tank. I can really get a good workout on it, too if I want to, or I can just take it easy while working and get steps in. Highly recommend.It comes with the bands, but there is no mention of them in the manual and seemingly no place to connect them. seems like they were and afterthought and tossed in to compete with other similar products that had bands. I don't really need them, so not worried, but if you need to use them, might be some rigging you have to do.

Before my kids were born, ages ago when the dinosaurs roamed, I used to work out 5 days a week on a gym stair climber I had at home, a huge behemoth of a machine that allowed you to count steps and calories and time as well as having adjustable tension. I had it ramped up to 7 out of 10, so I had to really push down to take a step, and it kept me fit. I used thst thing for years, Burt eventually it became a glorified clothes hanger taking up too much space for our cluttered house, and We got rid of it. I would love to live somewhere where I could take long rambling walks in the wilds, but while I do go for a walk when it is cool enough, l live in a suburb in Florida, where it is extremely hot most of the time and very flat all the time. So I, like I think most people, had a gym membership. But with COVID, going to the gym was problematic, so I stopped going for a while. And when I started going again, it was literally 99 degrees outside and after my COVID gym break I wasn’t so keen to put on those tight tiny gym shorts. Plus, honestly, the routine at the gym is boring, and they have Fox News or something on and…yeah. I wanted to change it up. So I bought some adjustable-weight dumbbells to build up my arms, subscribed to a bunch of exercise programs on YouTube that I could cast to my TV including dance and yoga moves, and bought this stair stepper, which is smaller and much easier to tuck away than my original one, so I had a variety of ways to exercise on any given day.This little stair stepper has all the basic features I really wanted. I didn’t want the more modern version you see in gyms these days, with the vertical small footholds spaced widely apart, because those are a little precarious for me—I broke my heel a while back and my balance isn’t perfect yet. I didn’t want the elliptical version, because even if my legs can go on for days, I have weak T-Rex arms (hence the dumbbells) and I didn’t want that to hold me back from getting my cardio on the steps. I wanted some resistance to the steps, and a way to keep track of how long I had been stepping, calories burned, etc. and I wanted something that wasn’t loud and creaky, because I am not the only one who lives here and some people still work remotely and they don’t need to deal with that. So this little guy fit the bill. It is solid, the stepping takes an effort but you can definitely keep up a good, consistent pace—unlike a previous stepper I tried, where the motion was more side-to-side so that you had to fight to keep balanced and adjust your pace every few steps. You can monitor how long you have been stepping, and the readout is easily visible. It is not too large and so doesn’t take up a lot of space. It is also, amazingly, completely quiet! Plus, it even comes with a little plastic sealed bottle of oil that you can use if it ever does get creaky. And there is NO complicated assembly required, despite the little ads Amazon kept throwing up offering to have someone put it together if I spent extra for the service. It comes already assembled and ready to go!The stair-stepper also has an unlocked for extra which may be a bonus in the long run—it allows me to change up my step routine with a second, twisty-step option, by moving the included pin from the first to the second position. This may help keep boredom-with-the-same-routine at bay and also allow me to step up my game (see what I did there?) once my balance is better.The only (very minor) gripe I have with the stair-stepper is that, because it is so solid, it is pretty heavy and unwieldy to move around, and the rubber stoppers that protect the bottom sometimes slip off when you move it. But after previously trying a more flimsy, sideway stepper version, I am willing to put up with the slight inconvenience. It is worth it for the peace of mind—you don’t feel like this thing is going to break with you on it, or like you are going to lose your balance and slip off or anything. Since it is so well put together. Besides, moving it around is good for building up my T-Rex arms, anyway! And I could always slap some glue on the rubber stoppers if it really becomes an issue.PROS:Comes fully assembledSolid buildOffers some resistanceMonitors Steps/calories/TimeQuiet!Choice between Old-school, up and down step motion or Twisty new hotnessCONSUnwieldy and awkward to move aroundRubber stoppers on bottom slip off when it is moved from one location to another