[realshowbiz]

On the other hand I wonder what effect easily accessible credit cards have on overall sales for products like this.

On a personal level it would be a stretch for me to spend $2200 when I could get a used airdyne and an ipad for less than half.

[scarface74]

Companies have been offering “0% financing” for decades regardless of economic conditions - see furniture stores and more recently phone companies.

I’ll probably end up buying a Mid range NordicTrack stationary bike ($1800) within the next year to go along with my NordicTrack treadmill and elliptical. I don’t currently subscribe to IFIT, but I might seeing that I could potentially use it across three pieces of equipment.

The IFIt modules are an optional piece for the elliptical and treadmill and I believe it is built into the elliptical.

As far as cost, between the cardio equipment I have (and plan on purchasing), the kettlebells, weight bench, weight bars, tv, wall mount, AppleTV, etc, by the time all is said and done, I will have spent close to 8 grand.

It’s well worth it for the convenience of just being able to go to the spare bedroom and workout anytime that we want to while catching up on TV or in my case watching technical videos without having to go through the ceremony of going to the gym.