Octane Awards

Abundant Awards

Octane Fitness ellipticals continually earn multiple awards and Best Buy designations from leading consumer publications like Health, Consumer Guide, Prevention.com and Today's Health and Wellness.

Specialty fitness retailers have named Octane Fitness the best supplier in the industry in 2007 and its products their top-selling ellipticals for three years in a row. And Octane founders Dennis Lee and Tim Porth won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 Award in the consumer products category in the Minnesota/Dakotas region.

It’s no surprise that Octane cross trainers are the choice of many homes, leading health clubs worldwide, professional sports teams, pro athletes and medical/fitness experts.

Best Commercial Ellipticals, 2010

FitnessProfessorReview.com Names Octane Fitness "Best Commercial Ellipticals"

When they debuted in 2001, OCTANE changed the elliptical landscape forever. Th... more
Q47ci: 2010 Best Elliptical

Q47ci: FitnessProfessor.com's Best Elliptical 2010

The Octane Q47ci proves once again it is the best elliptical on the market and deserving of our HEAD OF THE CLASS A... more
Q47c: Best Elliptical Under $4,500

FitnessProfessor.com: Q47c is 2010 1st Runner Up, Best Elliptical Under $4,500

Since they debuted in 2001, Octane continues to raise the bar for ellipticals.  ... more

xR6ce: Best Crosstrainer Under $4,000

FitnessProfessor.com:  xR6ce is 2010 Best Crosstrainer under $4,000

Octane took ellipticals to the next level when they debuted in 2001With industry leading feat... more
Q37c: Best Elliptical Under $3,000

Q37c is FitnessProfessor.com's 2010 Best Elliptical Under $3,000

Low step up height, narrow Q-factor (the term they coined for pedal spacing), converging path multi-g... more
Q35c: Best Elliptical Under $2,000

Q35c is FitnessProfessor.com's 2010 Best Elliptical Under $2,000

Octane continues to raise the bar for ellipticals . . . its no wonder that 4 of the TOP 10 elliptical... more
xR6e: 1st Runner Up, Best Crosstrainer Under $4K

FitnessProfessor.com: Octane xR6e 1st Runner Up, Best Crosstrainer

Octane Fitness sweeps the class...xR6e is FitnessProfessor.com's 1st Runner Up to the xR6ce... more

Q37ci: 1st Runner Up, Best Elliptical Under $3,500

FitnessProfessor.com: Q37ci is 2010 1st Runner Up, Best Elliptical Under $3,500

...newly improved structural components plus the versatile Cross Circuit + platform op... more
Leading Consumer Publication: Best Buy—2010

Q47 Series Rated Best Buy

The Q47 stands out in the elliptical crowd for its supremely smooth and natural movement. We particularly like this mode... more

Leading Consumer Publication Applauds Octane

Octane Earns High Praise


Octane's Q37e earns excellent ratings in constuction, heart rate monitor and user safety; ratings of very good for ergonomics, exerc... more

Octane Defines Elliptical: Best Again in 2009

Octane Fitness: Best Elliptical 2009

The real story is Octane’s non-stop rise to elliptical domination. Look in the dictionary and where it says ‘ellip... more

Octane Fitness is Best Supplier—3 Years in a Row

Octane Fitness is Awarded Best Supplier Once Again

Octane is firmly planted in the top spot for the third consecutive year. About doing well, wouldn’t you li... more

Octane Owns the Best Elliptical Catergory

Awarded Best Elliptical - 2008

After slowly climbing its way to the No. 1 spot two years ago, Octane has refused to back down. For the third year in a row, the ell... more

Octane Awarded Best Supplier Two Consecutive Years

2 Years Running - Octane Fitness is Awarded Best Supplier

Octane must be doing something right. The little company can’t begin to keep up with most other sup... more

FitnessProfessorReview.com, 2008—Best Elliptical Octane Q47ce named best elliptical cross trainer

Without question, Octane took cross trainers to the next level when they debuted in 2001.   With industry leading features such as... more
FitnessProfessorReview.com, 2008—Best Under $3K Octane Q37ce named best elliptical under $3,000

Without question, Octane took cross trainers to the next level when they debuted in 2001.   With industry leading features such as ... more
Gear Trends, 2007—# 1 Elliptical

Octane Fitness voted top-selling elliptical by specialty fitness retailers

The big story here, just as last year, is Octane’s march to basically rule the elliptical category. The litt... more

Gear Trends, 2007—Best Supplier

Octane Fitness voted best supplier in the fitness industry

Octane must be doing something right, because it’s not only grown strong in the last couple of years, but this year actually... more

Health Magazine, January 2007

Health Magazine Best of Fitness Award

Health Magazine's fitness experts tested, tasted, and worked out with nearly 1,000 of the latest fitness  products to come up with 35 be... more

Leading Consumer Publication, February 2007

Rated Best Buy

Octane Q37e and Q37ce named Best Buys. The Q37e couples a solid feel and heft with more comfort, performance and style than costlier, better-known brands. It has a smooth, lo... more

Prevention.com, March 2007 Q45: Premium Elliptical Choice in 2007

"The Octane Fitness Q45 elliptical is my upper-end pick. It is so comfortable. That patented, adjustable stride length feels natural. Most of all, I lov... more

ShapeYou—2007 Great Gear of the Year, Q47

Octane Q47 Series—Silver Award

This top-of-the-line elliptical comes fully loaded with the company’s signature SmartStride and Converging Path handlebars for the ultimate ergono... more

ShapeYou—2007 Great Gear of the Year, Q37

Octane Q37 Series—Silver Award

The Q37 Series offers extraordinarily natural upper-body movement using Converging Path handlebars and MultiGrip. Experience joint-neutral movement with... more

ShapeYou—2007 Seal of Excellence, Q35

Octane Q35—Seal of Excellence

The Q35 incorporates the company’s Body-Mapping Ergonomics and QuadLink drive for a natural, smooth, total-body motion. Plus, it has a bunch of fea... more

Today's Health and Wellness, October/November 2006

The Octane Q45e elliptical trainer has exclusive features not found on other elliptical trainers. The ergonomically correct design and advanced electronics allow for a customizable workout to maxim... more

Health Magazine, January 2006

Health Magazine Best of Fitness 

Health Magazine tested 1,000+ products to come up with 33 picks for the best in clothes, gear, gadgets, shoes, and more...Best elliptical machine: Octa... more

Gear Trends, 2006

Octane, an elliptical only company and an oddity in this era of make-it-all, has reached the top of the heap, after tying for first place last year, fourth place two years ago, and ninth place its ... more

Consumer Guide Best Buy, 2005

Octane Fitness has brought out products that are intended to be the brightest and best. The extra features on their elliptical machines are mind-and body-boggling. SmartStride automatically replica... more

Gear Trends, 2005

2005 Specialty News specialty fitness retailer survey named Octane Fitness the leading seller of elliptical trainers:

Look at Octane Fitness, sneaking in to the No. 1 spot. Conside... more

Consumer Guide Best Buy, 2004

Q35e wins Best Buy rating -- A couple of seasoned veterans in the fitness equipment industry have branched out with their own company, and their only product line is the elliptical cross trainer. T... more