There's so much misinformation about exercise equipment it's staggering, even for a fitness professional.

Unfortunately there aren't enough hours in the day to test all of the new equipment on the market. These resources might help sort our some of the good equipment from the bad:

http://www.epinions.com/sprt-All-Exercise_Equipment

http://www.exercise-equipment-review.com/

http://www.consumersearch.com/www/health_and_fitness/