small stride, makes it weird for me, but ok for my wife. it chewed through batteries (6 C's), and the power adapter (not included) was difficult to find.. not on amazon, not on fitnessquest's website, not @ radioshack, etc... i ended up wiring an old cellphone charger to it (specs were close enough). looks nice & ghetto. oh yea, and grease got on the new carpet, that was cool too. still, gets the job done.