My Wife and I have been seaching for an affordable ellipical that we would both use. We had a limited budget and have been looking at serveral ellipticals for a while. The 985vg kept sticking out for sometime with us. I think I made the right choice just for the fact that while doing our research we happen to pick up a copy of consumer report to look at other elliptcals and there was the 985vg again with great reviews, it helped to reassure our decision. The elliptical went together just fine and now my wife and I have been using the machine everyday and we both love it. If it makes my wife happy...