Elliptical at Home: Raise Electric Bill?

LovelyLaura2321
LovelyLaura2321 Posts: 56 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I'm in the process of buying an elliptical and was wondering if it will use a lot of electricity??

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  • delaney056
    delaney056 Posts: 475
    Hmm. Good question.
    I guess it depends on how much you use it. We have a treadmill and it hasn't caused our electric bill to rise much. We don't really use it that much anymore since we go to a gym now, but when we used it a lot, it didn't seem to cause much of an increase.

    ETA: What type of elliptical are you looking at buying? If it's a newer, more electronic one it might. We have an old, manual, standalone one that uses no electricity whatsoever.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
    Most ellipticals run off the power generated by pedaling. So no your electric bill shouldn't be affected.......................unless you're watching more TV since it's pretty boring.

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  • LovelyLaura2321
    LovelyLaura2321 Posts: 56 Member
    Makes sense! Thank you :)
  • LovelyLaura2321
    LovelyLaura2321 Posts: 56 Member
    I'm not sure which one I'm going to buy yet. Probably a LIvestrong or a Horizon Fitness brand, but I don't know which model yet. thanks for your input!

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