Vaunn Wrist Arm Leg Strengtheners Pedal Exerciser with Electronic Display for Indoor Exerciser and Physical Therapy

My wife and I both LOVE this exercise machine! It comes pre-assembled, a almost instantly ready to use. All you have to do is to unfold it (the legs make a clicking sound as they lock snugly into place), then put the included AAA battery (only 1) into the digital data display, then snap that display onto the main unit with the hole on top, over the tension knob's hole. Then, screw on the tension knob. That's it! (There are excellent, easy-to-understand instructions for this included, along with step-by-step pictures.) If desired, you can snap off the sides of the pedal stirrups and adjust them to make the stirrups either tighter or looser, but my wife and I found the medium, default setting for these (at a medium level) to be just fine for both of us. The stirrup setting we are using are a little on the loose side, but our feet stay in the stirrups just fine when we are exercising with it. We use the ball of each food to flip the stirrup up so that we can slide our feet into them, which makes it easy to put your feet into them, with no need to stoop over to do this, since you can do it hands-free.These pedals are extremely quiet (almost silent), which is great, because we like to watch TV while we are exercise with it, and wouldn't want noisy pedals that would interfere with hearing the TV. Our cats wander around us while we exercise on it, and the cats aren't even spooked by it, since it is so quiet. We also like it because it is pretty safe for our cats to be around, since there is noting in this device for them to get tangled up in, or to easily get hit by. (We leave it in the part of the house where the cats roam around, and the cats completely ignore it, whether we're using it or not.This device is extremely sturdy and stable, and is of high quality, both in design and build. You can use it with just about any chair, or even in front of a couch or love seat (we've tried it with both of these.) It is pretty small (see dimensions in the seller's product information), and also lightweight enough to move around the house easily enough, should you choose to do so. (We use it in our home with a sturdy wooden chair with a comfy chair pad on it.) We have it on a carpeted floor, and it stays perfectly still and in place on the carpet while we are exercising with it. NOTE: In case you want to use it on a hard floor (like tile or wood), it comes with a non-slip rubber matt (like ones used under rugs to prevent them from slipping on hard floors), and it also comes with a nice strap that you can attach from the device to the chair or couch that you are using it with, preventing it from slipping when used on hard floors. But that is not a problem at all with carpeted floors.You will not be able to work the pedals with this device completely underneath a desk or table (unless the desk or table is very high) or else your knees will bump. BUT, you can store it under a desk or table--or keep it half-way under it, and then pull it out from under the desk (table) when you use it, if necessary. We keep ours in the same place all the time, with the front half of this device underneath a grand piano, and that gives our knees more than enough room when we use it.The tension adjustment knob is great, enabling you to add just the right amount of resistance you want. This ranges from almost no resistance at all (easy to pedal) to a whole lot of tension, making it very hard to pedal. When you tighten the tension knob and get to the point to where it starts really adding a lot of noticeable tension, you must turn the knob just a tiny bit at a time until you fine-tune it to get the exact amount of tension that you want, and this is easy to do as long as you only tighten it a tiny bit at a time once you get to that point. My wife and I both like the same amount of tension--not too little, and not too much--which means that we don't even have to re-adjust the tension when we switch users (although that would be easy enough to do, if we wanted to do that.)The digital display seems to be nice too, and it retains the data after each use, but can be re-set by pressing and holding down the red button for a second. Maintenance seems like it will be very easy. The manufacturer says that you should clean and lubricate it regularly for best performance, which means checking the inside of the pedals to make sure that they are clean and not obstructed by dust, hair, etc. (which seems unlikely to happen often), and also put a little bit of household oil on the pedals where they go into the main unit, in order to keep the pedals moving smoothly.These pedals fold up to a small size, which is a nice feature if you ever want to pack them to take with you when you travel. If you never travel, though there is probably no reason for you to ever use that feature.We also own a nice, stationary bike that's in our "gym" room, which serves the same purpose as these, but it is very heavy and not easy to move, and we wanted to be able to use these pedals in a different room. We also have a nice set of adjustable dumbbells (TMYDMY brand, bought at Amazon) and we often use these dumbells with these pedals so that we can exercise our legs and arms at the same time, and so that we can do cardio and strength-training exercises simultaneously, which is excellent.I have pretty severe arthritis in my feet, so I can't exercise on a treadmill or go on long walks, so these pedals are a real blessing for me, enabling me to maintain my strength and fitness as I age. We also like that these pedals are inexpensive, so you could buy a couple of them to use in different rooms so that different people in your home could exercise with them at the same time. They are an excellent value.Exercise bike pedals like this are often marketed toward older people (like us), but they would also help to provide an excellent workout for people of all ages, and I'm sure that younger people would love them too. We wish we'd had these when we were younger so that we could have used them for regular working out then while watching TV for our entire lives, instead of just being completely sedentary while watching television when we were younger. There is absolutely nothing negative we have to say about these pedals, and we highly recommend them!

Works for me. I’m an “elderly” person recently injured so I can’t take my daily dog walking treks. This will work till I’m able to get back out. Heavy and seems simple, well made and will last a long time. Came with a sheet of stuff you put under rugs to keep them from slipping. Works very well with this item. I don’t use it under a desk - it’s right out in the open in front of the couch - so I don’t know if you can use it under anything. Don’t know or care if it is accurately calculating calories burned.

Easy to set up and use, lightweight. Works well, is quiet. I use it while I'm sitting on the couch watching television or playing a game. However, I feel that the information given by the counters is inaccurate. The timer is off - I timed myself at 60 minutes of activity and the timer showed I had over an hour of activity. The calories burned is also quite high for what I feel you're actually burning. An hour's activity showed around 450 calories burned but most expert studies show actual caloric burn for this type of product to be at most half that. This device is good for movement and circulation and better than just sitting still but it's accuracy shouldn't be taken as fact.

This compact pedal exerciser works great for my purpose, which is to get my legs moving as a warm-up for my home physical therapy exercises after knee replacement surgery. A few minutes of simple cycling will help me have less pain as I exercise, or even as I go through a routine day.I like the fact that it’s compact and foldable and comes fully assembled. I just pulled it out of the box and unfolded it, and set it on the carpet, just to the side of the kitchen table (not under it), so my knees could rise as high as they needed to without banging into the underside of the table. It’s on loop berber-style carpet and doesn’t move around. Weeks later, I’m still using it.Some reviewers don’t like the pedal straps, but they haven’t been a problem for me. I just slip my feet in and pedal away – there’s plenty of clearance between the top of my shoes and the pedal straps, and it hasn’t bothered me at all. Sometimes I wear shoes and sometimes big fuzzy slippers, and the pedal straps accommodate either just fine. I don’t care about keeping score, so I don’t use the electronic display.The device description was honest when it noted “Not for strenuous exercise or workout.” If you want a heavy duty device or a real resistance exerciser, this is not the one for you. You’ll need to spend more money. Although this device has a tension knob to adjust resistance, it adds just a little resistance, not enough for building muscle. The real benefit for me is the movement itself, to move the joints.I’m glad I got this device. It’s small enough that I can keep it out for now without hogging much floor space, and if I want to put it away for awhile, it folds compactly and won’t require enormous storage space.I’m giving it 5 stars NOT because it’s the best pedal exerciser out there, but because it works, and is a great VALUE for people like me, who want a lightweight, compact, foldable, pre-assembled device. It’s hard to deliver something reasonably well-designed and well put together at a low price point, without going so low in quality that the device doesn’t work, or falls apart after a few uses. This hit the value spot for me.