Koolatron 401756 Mini Stepper and Flex Home Exercise Equipment

by Koolatron

Product Features

• Features a single bar and double handles with resistance cords for upper-body workout
• Built-in computer with LCD display tracks steps, strides, and calories burned
• Extra-wide foot pads and durable steel frame with stable, non-slip base
• Includes one AAA battery
• Measures 17 by 13-3/4 by 7-7/8 inches

Product Description

Product Description

The Koolatron Mini-stepper will get you on the road to good health and fitness. Stair climbing continues to be one of the most well known and beneficial exercises because it exercises and tones the largest muscles in the body (buttocks, hips, and thighs), plus it's a great fat-burning workout. In addition, this stepper features resistance cords for an upper-body workout as well. With a small, compact design, it measures 17 by 13-3/4 by 7-7/8 inches, making it perfect for the home or office. Extra-wide foot pads and a durable steel frame makes this stepper a comfortable exercise tool to incorporate into your fitness regimen. A built-in computer with LCD display allows you to track your steps, strides, and calories burned.

About Stair Steppers
Stair steppers continue to be popular options for home exercise. They offer the same benefits as running stairs, but with the "any time, in any weather, without having to leave the comfort and safety of your home" added convenience. Stair steppers don't take up much space, require moderate balance and coordination, and can provide an effective work-out for all levels of users, from beginners to serious competitors.

Following on the heels of treadmills and exercise bikes, stair steppers took their first step towards fitness machine success in the early 1980s. Like most exercise equipment, stair steppers have come a long way technically speaking. Advanced computers on most newer models allow users to track their vitals at a glance. However, the most important benefits of stair steppers are still the basic ways they provide excellent cardiovascular workouts that get the heart pounding, along with the impact the exercise has on muscle tone in the legs, thighs and buttocks. Stair steppers continue to offer an exercise that is less jarring than treadmills, but more intense than elliptical trainers.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 20.3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00008Z7MA
• Item model number: 401756
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #995,490 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this item!, April 13, 2005

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S. Langford (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Koolatron 401756 Mini Stepper and Flex Home Exercise Equipment (Sports)

I bought this item and it broke - literally the metal cracked and it cannot be used any longer. Not only that, the equipment overheats when used. You learn this quickly after you've burned yourself!!!

If there was a way to return this - I would!!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worked for less than six months... beware, August 18, 2005

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Christian Hokenson (Burbank, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Koolatron 401756 Mini Stepper and Flex Home Exercise Equipment (Sports)

Bought this to replace a similar mini-stair stepper I'd had for a few years. Worked fine at first. Got increasingly noisier over time, but these products usually do squeak and groan from friction. Thing finally broke today... cheap construction: although the little hydraulic shocks seem fine (they heat up on all models), tension is produced by a big plastic flywheel held in place by a metallic cable/cord (about 1' long, it forms a U over the flywheel producing tautness and tension, allowing a step to go up as you put your foot and weight down on the other step) eventually, this cord simply gives way... the wound metal of the cord snaps to the point where it loudly snaps apart with a loud pop. From the looks of it, it cannot be fixed and is now nothing more than junk.

This product is not worth the price.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Recommended!, March 22, 2006

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Katherine - See all my reviews

This review is from: Koolatron 401756 Mini Stepper and Flex Home Exercise Equipment (Sports)

This is the 1st mini stepper I've had, the calculator part never worked and there were no instructions so I should've returned it right away, but it worked otherwise, so I kept it. It made noise off and on and after only 14 months the cable just snapped and there are no replacement parts! I do not recommend buying this product!!!