Thinking About Buying Refurbished Exercise Equipment?

How can you afford commercial fitness equipment at a reasonable price? With prices of new machines going over $10,000, refurbished exercise equipment is a viable choice for those who don’t want to break their budget. With a savings of up to 50 percent compared to the cost of new machines, purchasing used fitness equipment save you money for other pieces of equipment for your home gym.

Can you trust used gym equipment?

Much of the refurbished fitness equipment is taken from health clubs that have failed, or have simply chosen to replace their older equipment with new fitness machines. If remanufactured properly, used exercise equipment is just as good as new. Keep in mind that providers of reconditioned exercise equipment can tell you about the machine’s history, and if it will work for your intended uses.

There’s a few different remanufacturing process:

Total Remanufacture

• Machine is stripped down, and sand blasted
• Powder finish
• A test of all moving parts
• Savings of 35% off the price of a new machine
• Longest warranty period-comparable to that of a new model

Refurbished

• Touch up of paint job
• Testing of machine to make sure its 100% operational
• 40-50% off the price of a new machine
• Approximately 6 month warranty

Serviced

• Machine is cleaned with some minor touch-ups
• Testing of machine to make sure its 100% operational
• 40-50% off the price of a new machine
• Approximately 3 month warranty
• (note: although this sounds like the fitness machine will have a short lifespan, it may be the case that a serviced equipment is a newer machine that didn’t need as much work).

If you’re choosing carefully, owning a used commercial exercise machine is almost as good as owning new commercial fitness equipment, only at a lower cost.

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