I looked at a lot of options before picking this elliptical.It comes in a pretty small box but it is SUPER HEAVYI was able to assemble this by myself, but it was SO HARD TO ASSEMBLE. I'm sure it would be much easier if you had two people to assemble it.I took off one star because of how difficult it was for me to assemble it. I think it took about 5 hours. But I was able to do it.It also took about an hour to get it out of the box and throw away all of the styrofoam.But the elliptical is actually very sturdy and I like it alot.It is really good quality and it has a water bottle holder and everything functions exactly the way that it should.I am a very athletic male and I am 5'10, The resistance is perfect for me. Right now I use it on setting 14, and it can go up to 16 resistance. I think that it is perfect and I don't see myself really ever using level 16 because it will be too high for me. I don't believe what the other people say about the resistance being too week, it is actually quite strong resistance.I am pleased with the purchase.Oh, it doesn't make any noise, but I greased everything like crazy AND applied WD40 to everything theres so much grease on this elliptical, but it is SILENT.I love it and honestly I think it's better than the gym ones.Never going back to the gym lol, i'm doing all my workouts from home now :) Super please with this purchase. YAY AMAZON!This would've been a 5 star purchase if I had someone to help me assemble it, but like I said, SHES HARD TO ASSEMBLE.Update: It as few months later. I still love it. Get this one