Steve , The Octane is made by two guys who left Precor about 3 years ago. They wanted to make the best Ellipital machine they could with their experience from Precor. They make nothing else. I just turned 68 and am 6Ft 1in tall and weight 170. At 26 inches, the stride lenght is perfect for me. I have only been using it in the manual mode so far. I go about 3 and a half miles in 30 minutes. My pulse gets up to about 140, which is 90% of my max. and I am am getting a great sweat. You can monitor your speed, distance and pulse as you go. If you put one in your 12 x 12 room with a flat panel on the wall, I believe you would truly enjoy the experience. I usually play XM radio thru a receiver and just close my eyes the last 15 minutes and cruise. For me ,an ellipital is the only machine I know I can get on everyday and enjoy. For me, that's THE ball game. The correct model # is the Q47ci. I think the street price is about 4K. I went down to my dealer with the intent of buying the Cybex Arc, but once I got on this machine for 20 minutes, it was no contest.