Stamina InMotion E1000 review
The most completely documented machine in a category that documents almost nothing — and the one whose single published weakness is the number that decides the purchase.
By Stephen V. · Last updated
The E1000 is the only seated machine on this site whose maker publishes dimensions, unit weight and a user weight limit together: 24.5 x 17 x 11.38 in, 24 lb, 250 lb capacity. It is also the tallest of the three ellipticals we track, and height is what decides whether it clears your desk.
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Stamina InMotion E1000
The only seated machine here whose maker publishes dimensions, unit weight and a user weight limit together — and the tallest of the three, at 11.38 inches.
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The full published specification
Every figure below was read from staminaproducts.com product page on 2026-08-11. Rows marked “not published” were checked and no figure exists.
| Footprint in use | 24.5" L x 17" W x 11.38" Hmanufacturer spec |
|---|---|
| Folded | Not publishednot published |
| Walking belt | Not publishednot published |
| Unit weight | 24 lbmanufacturer spec |
| Max user weight | 250 lbmanufacturer spec |
| Top speed | Not publishednot published |
| Incline | Not publishednot published |
| Published noise | Not publishednot published |
| Pedal height | Not publishednot published |
| Resistance levels | Not publishednot published |
All figures read from staminaproducts.com product page on 2026-08-11. Where it says “not published”, we checked and no figure exists — we did not estimate one.
What those numbers mean in a small room
There are two ways to read this machine and they point in opposite directions, which is unusual and worth setting out carefully.
The completeness is the actual feature
Across the three under-desk ellipticals we cover, Stamina is the only maker that publishes dimensions, product weight and a user weight limit on its own site. Cubii publishes no dimensions at all for the Move on its own product page — our figures for that machine come from a retailer — and publishes no capacity for it anywhere. The Cubii JR1’s figures come from a retail listing too.
That matters more here than it sounds, because this is a category where the buying decision is arithmetic. You are checking a machine height against a desk apron and a capacity against yourself. A maker that declines to publish either number has left you guessing at the two things the purchase turns on.
11.38 inches is the whole risk
And the completeness cuts the other way here. Stamina publishes 11.38 inches of overall height, which is 1.38 inches taller than the DeskCycle and the Cubii JR1 (both 10 in) and 1.88 inches taller than the Cubii Move’s 9.5 in.
Under a desk, an inch and a half is not a rounding error. A standard desk gives you roughly 24 to 27 inches of clear height, and a lot of desks give you considerably less at the point where a drawer box or a frame rail hangs down. Every inch the machine occupies is an inch your knees do not have, and knee travel through the stroke is on top of the machine height, not included in it. The four measurements that answer this before you order.
24 lb, and pedals that reverse
24 lb is heavy enough to stay put on a hard floor under load — which is a genuine complaint about the lightest machines in this class — and light enough to carry between rooms one-handed. Reversible pedals are published, and while we cannot tell you it feels different in use, it is a real mechanical feature rather than a marketing line.
What is missing
Two things, and both are specifications rather than qualities. There is no resistance-level count — Stamina says “adjustable tension” and stops, where both Cubii machines publish a number. And there is no stride length, which means the central geometric argument for buying an elliptical over a pedal exerciser cannot be quantified for this machine. Neither is unusual for the category. Both are gaps on the machine that otherwise fills the most cells.
Who it suits
Anyone over 150 lb who has been ruled out by the Cubii JR1. That published 150 lb limit is the lowest on this site, and it disqualifies a large share of buyers. The E1000’s 250 lb is the direct answer, and it comes from the manufacturer rather than a listing.
Anyone with desk clearance to spare. If you have measured and you have room for 11.38 inches plus knee travel, the height stops being a drawback and you are simply buying the best-documented machine in the class.
Someone who wants to use it standing as well as seated. The frame is rated for it and Stamina says so, which is rare.
Someone who wants the machine to stay put. 24 lb on a hard floor behaves better under load than a 17.5 lb frame does.
Who it does not
Anyone with a low desk apron or a drawer box. This is the tallest machine in its category, and the decision is arithmetic rather than preference. If your clear height is marginal, the Cubii Move at 9.5 inches is the machine to look at — accepting that Cubii publishes no capacity for it.
Anyone who wants to know exactly how much resistance range they are getting.“Adjustable tension” is not a count. If that matters, the Cubii JR1’s eight published levels or the DeskCycle’s eight are more concrete.
Anyone hoping this replaces walking. It does not, and we would rather say so on the review than in the small print. Seated pedalling recruits far less of you than standing and walking. The full trade, both directions.
What we did not do
We have not used this unit. We have not walked on it, we do not own one, and nobody sent us one. Everything above is our reading of the specification Stamina publishes, plus arithmetic on those numbers.
Which means there are real questions this page cannot answer: how the belt feels, whether the deck flexes under a heavier walker, how the motor sounds in your room, and whether any of it holds up over two years. Those need use. If a review tells you those things without having used the machine, it is telling you something it made up.
Questions people actually ask
Will the Stamina InMotion E1000 fit under a desk?
It is 11.38 inches tall, which is the tallest of the three under-desk ellipticals we track and about 1.4 inches taller than the Cubii Move. Whether that fits is not a question about the machine, it is a question about your desk apron — the underside of the desk, including any drawer, crossbar or frame rail. Measure from the floor to the lowest thing under your desk, then subtract the machine height, then check what is left against your knee travel. Our desk-clearance guide walks through the four measurements.
What is the weight limit on the Stamina InMotion E1000?
250 lb, published by Stamina on its own product page. That is 100 lb higher than the Cubii JR1's published 150 lb limit, and it is the highest published capacity of the three ellipticals we cover — the Cubii Move publishes no limit at all. If capacity is the specification that has been ruling machines out for you, this is the one in the category that answers it.
Can you stand on the Stamina InMotion E1000?
Stamina rates the frame for standing as well as seated use, which is unusual in this category and is part of why the unit weight and capacity figures are published as clearly as they are. Standing changes the machine entirely — it becomes a low-impact strider rather than a seated pedaler — and it also changes the balance question, because there is nothing to hold. We would treat standing use as a real option and a cautious one.
How many resistance levels does the InMotion E1000 have?
Stamina does not publish a count. The product page describes adjustable tension and does not say how many settings that adjustment has, which is a gap given that both Cubii machines publish a number (eight on the JR1, six on the Move). It is the one specification where the most-published machine in this category publishes less than its competitors.
What is the stride length of the InMotion E1000?
Not published. Stride length is the figure that would tell you how much your knee actually travels through the stroke, and it is absent from Stamina's page — as it is from every elliptical listing we checked. That means the vertical knee-travel argument for ellipticals over pedal exercisers, which is real and geometric, cannot be quantified for any specific machine from published data.
Read next
- Best under-desk ellipticals — where this machine ranks, and what the other two decline to publish.
- Cubii Move review — 1.88 inches lower, 6.5 lb lighter, and no published capacity at all.
- Under-desk bike vs under-desk elliptical — pedal circle against elliptical stroke, on published height.
- Will an under-desk machine fit under your desk? — run the 11.38 inches against your own apron before ordering.
- Do walking pads have a weight limit? — every published capacity on this site, seated machines included.