The 1st runner up in the $1499 category, the Smooth 7.4, was last year's best buy winner. Unfortunately, Smooth failed to upgrade the 7.4 from last year while others were innovating.
General Information
Smooth Fitness sells quality ellipticals and treadmills through their websites, dealers, and affiliates and some mass-market websites like Sears.com and Amazon.com. They have blanketed the web with so many people promoting them it is hard to turn around on the web without bumping into them'just remember that the majority of the people promoting them are affiliate sites.
Quality / Philosophy
Smooth has focused on making their treadmills feature heavy. From the large, stable frames to their patented impact absorption feature, it is hard to get on a Smooth treadmill and not be impressed.
Outlook
Smooth has quickly grown into one of the largest specialty distributors in the US. There is something to be said for being one of the first to the market and their push into the Internet early paid off.
