Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
@ badgervike said:
I usually buy the one that can hold the most clothes Jim. Hope that helps.
Treadmills last forever. I just picked one up for the lake house on Facebook Marketplace. It was practically brand new...and the clothes hangars were included. I tend to agree with you about used stuff but treadmills don't have a lot of failure points to worry about.
I mentioned the local fitness center, I volunteer there to help with maintenance and the most broken down things are the 4 treadmills. I imagine people take better care of things that they own themselves, and some of them were donated so... ( guess thats the loop hole on how to dispose of one that doesnt work ) :p
Yeah, a fitness center treadmill sees a bit more use than the typical clothes rack someone bought in a fleeting moment and let set for years. Our elliptical has lasted for 10 years and the buttons are starting to fail.
Quote: @AGRforever said:
Wife has been busy. She did say the commercial one that we bought is overkill. She's spent way way way to much time looking into treadmills and uses them to train for marathons. I'll bug her again but it will honestly be later this week before I can nail her down.
Personally, when it comes to your health, I do not think that anything is too much. If you think about the thousands that are spent on furniture and appliances, your health should be an even bigger priority. For treadmills it is all about the quality of the deck for durability and comfort. While a home treadmill is not going to have the wear of a gym treadmill, you still need a similar quality in terms of the construction and built fo the deck and mechanics. You do not need the top of the line, but my feeling is go with a brand like True Fitness who makes commercial treadmills and buy one of their lower level treadmills that does not have all of the special features and high tech display. That way you still get the quality deck, belt and motor.
I bought a treadmill from Sears about 20 years ago (under $600) and it is still going strong with no problems. It has about 4 years of heavy use of 5 days a week for about an hour which I guess isn't that heavy. Other than that 4 year period it gets very sporadic use between my wife and I. I am only 5'10 and weighed 205 pounds and then ran for those 4 years (about 8 years ago) and got down to 170 pounds and have now leveled off with no running at around 185.
I wouldn't go crazy on $$$ but if you are working at a gym then I think you would know better than me, I might have just been lucky.
Quote: @minny65 said:
I bought a treadmill from Sears about 20 years ago (under $600) and it is still going strong with no problems. It has about 4 years of heavy use of 5 days a week for about an hour which I guess isn't that heavy. Other than that 4 year period it gets very sporadic use between my wife and I. I am only 5'10 and weighed 205 pounds and then ran for those 4 years (about 8 years ago) and got down to 170 pounds and have now leveled off with no running at around 185.
I wouldn't go crazy on $$$ but if you are working at a gym then I think you would know better than me, I might have just been lucky.
The "lemon rate" of any commercial product is not 100%. All products will have great, average, and poor performers. Lemon devices have a higher rate of poor performers or complete fails. You purchased a very good TM, what was it's evaluation by consumers? Seeing a statistical summary with 100's evaluation is a better evaluation tool, though not perfect.
Quote: @IDVikingfan said:
@ minny65 said:
I bought a treadmill from Sears about 20 years ago (under $600) and it is still going strong with no problems. It has about 4 years of heavy use of 5 days a week for about an hour which I guess isn't that heavy. Other than that 4 year period it gets very sporadic use between my wife and I. I am only 5'10 and weighed 205 pounds and then ran for those 4 years (about 8 years ago) and got down to 170 pounds and have now leveled off with no running at around 185.
I wouldn't go crazy on $$$ but if you are working at a gym then I think you would know better than me, I might have just been lucky.
The "lemon rate" of any commercial product is not 100%. All products will have great, average, and poor performers. Lemon devices have a higher rate of poor performers or complete fails. You purchased a very good TM, what was it's evaluation by consumers? Seeing a statistical summary with 100's evaluation is a better evaluation tool, though not perfect.
Yea, I don't remember specifics, but I always read customer reviews and probably even used consumer reports at that time.
Quote: @minny65 said:
@ IDVikingfan said:
@ minny65 said:
I bought a treadmill from Sears about 20 years ago (under $600) and it is still going strong with no problems. It has about 4 years of heavy use of 5 days a week for about an hour which I guess isn't that heavy. Other than that 4 year period it gets very sporadic use between my wife and I. I am only 5'10 and weighed 205 pounds and then ran for those 4 years (about 8 years ago) and got down to 170 pounds and have now leveled off with no running at around 185.
I wouldn't go crazy on $$$ but if you are working at a gym then I think you would know better than me, I might have just been lucky.
The "lemon rate" of any commercial product is not 100%. All products will have great, average, and poor performers. Lemon devices have a higher rate of poor performers or complete fails. You purchased a very good TM, what was it's evaluation by consumers? Seeing a statistical summary with 100's evaluation is a better evaluation tool, though not perfect.
Yea, I don't remember specifics, but I always read customer reviews and probably even used consumer reports at that time.
customer reviews are great, I talk myself out of so much shit by reading the reviews, even if they are largely positive, I read the negative ones and suddenly I decide I dont want to risk the grief.
Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
@ minny65 said:
@ IDVikingfan said:
@ minny65 said:
I bought a treadmill from Sears about 20 years ago (under $600) and it is still going strong with no problems. It has about 4 years of heavy use of 5 days a week for about an hour which I guess isn't that heavy. Other than that 4 year period it gets very sporadic use between my wife and I. I am only 5'10 and weighed 205 pounds and then ran for those 4 years (about 8 years ago) and got down to 170 pounds and have now leveled off with no running at around 185.
I wouldn't go crazy on $$$ but if you are working at a gym then I think you would know better than me, I might have just been lucky.
The "lemon rate" of any commercial product is not 100%. All products will have great, average, and poor performers. Lemon devices have a higher rate of poor performers or complete fails. You purchased a very good TM, what was it's evaluation by consumers? Seeing a statistical summary with 100's evaluation is a better evaluation tool, though not perfect.
Yea, I don't remember specifics, but I always read customer reviews and probably even used consumer reports at that time.
customer reviews are great, I talk myself out of so much shit by reading the reviews, even if they are largely positive, I read the negative ones and suddenly I decide I dont want to risk the grief.
same
Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
@ minny65 said:
@ IDVikingfan said:
@ minny65 said:
I bought a treadmill from Sears about 20 years ago (under $600) and it is still going strong with no problems. It has about 4 years of heavy use of 5 days a week for about an hour which I guess isn't that heavy. Other than that 4 year period it gets very sporadic use between my wife and I. I am only 5'10 and weighed 205 pounds and then ran for those 4 years (about 8 years ago) and got down to 170 pounds and have now leveled off with no running at around 185.
I wouldn't go crazy on $$$ but if you are working at a gym then I think you would know better than me, I might have just been lucky.
The "lemon rate" of any commercial product is not 100%. All products will have great, average, and poor performers. Lemon devices have a higher rate of poor performers or complete fails. You purchased a very good TM, what was it's evaluation by consumers? Seeing a statistical summary with 100's evaluation is a better evaluation tool, though not perfect.
Yea, I don't remember specifics, but I always read customer reviews and probably even used consumer reports at that time.
customer reviews are great, I talk myself out of so much shit by reading the reviews, even if they are largely positive, I read the negative ones and suddenly I decide I dont want to risk the grief.
Keep in mind that the estimate on reviews online is that 60% of them are false, no matter positive or negative. Just do your best due diligence and move forward.
Quote: @StickyBun said:
@ JimmyinSD said:
@ minny65 said:
@ IDVikingfan said:
@ minny65 said:
I bought a treadmill from Sears about 20 years ago (under $600) and it is still going strong with no problems. It has about 4 years of heavy use of 5 days a week for about an hour which I guess isn't that heavy. Other than that 4 year period it gets very sporadic use between my wife and I. I am only 5'10 and weighed 205 pounds and then ran for those 4 years (about 8 years ago) and got down to 170 pounds and have now leveled off with no running at around 185.
I wouldn't go crazy on $$$ but if you are working at a gym then I think you would know better than me, I might have just been lucky.
The "lemon rate" of any commercial product is not 100%. All products will have great, average, and poor performers. Lemon devices have a higher rate of poor performers or complete fails. You purchased a very good TM, what was it's evaluation by consumers? Seeing a statistical summary with 100's evaluation is a better evaluation tool, though not perfect.
Yea, I don't remember specifics, but I always read customer reviews and probably even used consumer reports at that time.
customer reviews are great, I talk myself out of so much shit by reading the reviews, even if they are largely positive, I read the negative ones and suddenly I decide I dont want to risk the grief.
Keep in mind that the estimate on reviews online is that 60% of them are false, no matter positive or negative. Just do your best due diligence and move forward.
Yeah, me reading the negative ones is my way of keeping my spending in check, if I really need something I try and go from personal recommendations rather than anonymous online reviews. apparently since I came here for advice, I am convinced that I really need to exercise.
Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
@ minny65 said:
@ IDVikingfan said:
@ minny65 said:
I bought a treadmill from Sears about 20 years ago (under $600) and it is still going strong with no problems. It has about 4 years of heavy use of 5 days a week for about an hour which I guess isn't that heavy. Other than that 4 year period it gets very sporadic use between my wife and I. I am only 5'10 and weighed 205 pounds and then ran for those 4 years (about 8 years ago) and got down to 170 pounds and have now leveled off with no running at around 185.
I wouldn't go crazy on $$$ but if you are working at a gym then I think you would know better than me, I might have just been lucky.
The "lemon rate" of any commercial product is not 100%. All products will have great, average, and poor performers. Lemon devices have a higher rate of poor performers or complete fails. You purchased a very good TM, what was it's evaluation by consumers? Seeing a statistical summary with 100's evaluation is a better evaluation tool, though not perfect.
Yea, I don't remember specifics, but I always read customer reviews and probably even used consumer reports at that time.
customer reviews are great, I talk myself out of so much shit by reading the reviews, even if they are largely positive, I read the negative ones and suddenly I decide I dont want to risk the grief.
Jimmy,
Wife said she'd probably tell you to stay in the Nordictrack line. Nothing overly fancy. At a minimum they're likely to be around for the foreseeable future. Decent support on the front end, though it seems its either being conducted by ifit or that is just another division within Nordictrack.
As was said above, its wear on the belt that will define the longevity of the machine. I know you said you didn't want to do the used route. I ended up finding her's still in a box but at used price on a close out. Depending how much time and effort you want to stick into it, to save a few bucks? Thats up to you?
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