Good people of MN, I need your help re: CROSS TRAINERS

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I need a cross training thingy to use at home, ideally using it 3 times a week for maybe 20-30 minutes.
Could anyone talk me throught them? I am a fish out of water here and I will be forever in your debt.

My budget is as cheap as possible.

Need to cough louder methinks!

They are great, I have one. It's handy for draping in clothes for ironing.

Seriously, they are good. Piece of advice I had when purchasing was not to go for very basic model, but go one step up and you'll be fine.

oh I wasn't sure what cross trainers were, I had a picture of angry plimsolls in my head when I opened the thread.
No help sorry.

Bremshey Orbit is what we have & it's got a very smooth action. No idea of cost - dh bought it to help me regain muscle tone after an op & it was when we had money!

Lol at angry plimsolls. My mum thought I was going to a angry sports instructor

I bought mine second hand. Got a decent one for the price of a cheap one. There are always lots of people selling them as they realise that they could hang their washing elsewhere and save some space in the spare room.

Go for the best you can afford, the cheap ones are not worth the money and will only annoy you.

I have an Kettler one.

Flip, sorry, only just found this thread again.

Thanks for the info.
I have been using my pals one and it is super. It was mid-range, around £250, and if I am still using it regularly by Christmas, then I will be getting a similar one as a gift (from everyone I know).