Treadmill Advice
Any treadmill users on here? I'm looking to buy one for home use, mostly walking or light jogging. I dont plan on paying for any add on fitness apps or programs, just figured I would turn some of my TV time in to fitness time. I dont want a cheap model, but I dont need one designed for a professional gym. I'm about 6-2 and pushing 270 so its going to need to be fairly stout. Any suggestions?
Why isn't Chuck Foreman in the Hall of Fame?
And dude, if you really want to buy a treadmill or elliptical, look on your local swap site. Soooo many "used" ones that only have wear from hangers.
Stores like 2nd wind and play it again sports are great for gently used exercise equipment
@"greediron" said: And dude, if you really want to buy a treadmill or elliptical, look on your local swap site. Soooo many "used" ones that only have wear from hangers.I typically avoid buying used electronic stuff, I tend to prefer to have a factory warranty to handle those gremlins that get hidden in most things electric.
@"JimmyinSD" said:When you can get it for the cost of picking it up, or max $200, you can afford the chance.@"greediron" said: And dude, if you really want to buy a treadmill or elliptical, look on your local swap site. Soooo many "used" ones that only have wear from hangers. I typically avoid buying used electronic stuff, I tend to prefer to have a factory warranty to handle those gremlins that get hidden in most things electric.
@"greediron" said:not as much about the couple hundred, its about the fucking around going to look at it, dragging it home, getting it set up, and then finding out it was a POS, then breaking it down and disposing of it. I live in the country so there is no magic garbage man that makes shit go away either. I watch the swap sites for some things, but this is one thing I wouldnt likely trust to find in good working condition, I mean who sells cheap, or gives away a working clothes drying rack?@"JimmyinSD" said:When you can get it for the cost of picking it up, or max $200, you can afford the chance.@"greediron" said: And dude, if you really want to buy a treadmill or elliptical, look on your local swap site. Soooo many "used" ones that only have wear from hangers. I typically avoid buying used electronic stuff, I tend to prefer to have a factory warranty to handle those gremlins that get hidden in most things electric.
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.
@"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
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.
@"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.
No sweat. I appreciate any input.
@"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.
@"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 $$$ but if you are working at a gym then I think you would know better than me, I might have just been lucky.
@"minny65" said: I bought a treadmill from Sears about 20 years ago (under $600) and it is still going strong with no problems. It has about 4 years of heavy use of 5 days a week for about an hour which I guess isn't that heavy. Other than that 4 year period it gets very sporadic use between my wife and I. I am only 5'10 and weighed 205 pounds and then ran for those 4 years (about 8 years ago) and got down to 170 pounds and have now leveled off with no running at around 185.I wouldn't go crazy on $$$ 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.
@"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 $$$ but if you are working at a gym then I think you would know better than me, I might have just been lucky.
The "lemon rate" of any commercial product is not 100%. All products will have great, average, and poor performers. Lemon devices have a higher rate of poor performers or complete fails. You purchased a very good TM, what was it's evaluation by consumers? Seeing a statistical summary with 100's evaluation is a better evaluation tool, though not perfect.
Yea, I don't remember specifics, but I always read customer reviews and probably even used consumer reports at that time.
@"minny65" said:@"IDVikingfan" said:@"minny65" said: I bought a treadmill from Sears about 20 years ago (under $600) and it is still going strong with no problems. It has about 4 years of heavy use of 5 days a week for about an hour which I guess isn't that heavy. Other than that 4 year period it gets very sporadic use between my wife and I. I am only 5'10 and weighed 205 pounds and then ran for those 4 years (about 8 years ago) and got down to 170 pounds and have now leveled off with no running at around 185.I wouldn't go crazy on $$$ 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.
@"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 $$$ but if you are working at a gym then I think you would know better than me, I might have just been lucky.
The "lemon rate" of any commercial product is not 100%. All products will have great, average, and poor performers. Lemon devices have a higher rate of poor performers or complete fails. You purchased a very good TM, what was it's evaluation by consumers? Seeing a statistical summary with 100's evaluation is a better evaluation tool, though not perfect.
Yea, I don't remember specifics, but I always read customer reviews and probably even used consumer reports at that time.
customer reviews are great, I talk myself out of so much shit by reading the reviews, even if they are largely positive, I read the negative ones and suddenly I decide I dont want to risk the grief.
same
@"JimmyinSD" said:@"minny65" said:@"IDVikingfan" said:@"minny65" said: I bought a treadmill from Sears about 20 years ago (under $600) and it is still going strong with no problems. It has about 4 years of heavy use of 5 days a week for about an hour which I guess isn't that heavy. Other than that 4 year period it gets very sporadic use between my wife and I. I am only 5'10 and weighed 205 pounds and then ran for those 4 years (about 8 years ago) and got down to 170 pounds and have now leveled off with no running at around 185.I wouldn't go crazy on $$$ 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.
@"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 $$$ but if you are working at a gym then I think you would know better than me, I might have just been lucky.
The "lemon rate" of any commercial product is not 100%. All products will have great, average, and poor performers. Lemon devices have a higher rate of poor performers or complete fails. You purchased a very good TM, what was it's evaluation by consumers? Seeing a statistical summary with 100's evaluation is a better evaluation tool, though not perfect.
Yea, I don't remember specifics, but I always read customer reviews and probably even used consumer reports at that time.
customer reviews are great, I talk myself out of so much shit by reading the reviews, even if they are largely positive, I read the negative ones and suddenly I decide I dont want to risk the grief.
Keep in mind that the estimate on reviews online is that 60% of them are false, no matter positive or negative. Just do your best due diligence and move forward.
Yeah, me reading the negative ones is my way of keeping my spending in check, if I really need something I try and go from personal recommendations rather than anonymous online reviews. apparently since I came here for advice, I am convinced that I really need to exercise.
@"JimmyinSD" said:@"minny65" said:@"IDVikingfan" said:@"minny65" said: I bought a treadmill from Sears about 20 years ago (under $600) and it is still going strong with no problems. It has about 4 years of heavy use of 5 days a week for about an hour which I guess isn't that heavy. Other than that 4 year period it gets very sporadic use between my wife and I. I am only 5'10 and weighed 205 pounds and then ran for those 4 years (about 8 years ago) and got down to 170 pounds and have now leveled off with no running at around 185.I wouldn't go crazy on $$$ 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?
@"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.
Yea and with scrutiny you can tell which ones are crap/false. For example, I never read a review from a reviewer who has only a handful of reviews (if they have the #'s). I also don't consider the short and sweet positive or negative posts. Of course, never consider the sponsored reviews.I am a foodie, and I am a huge reviewer on TripAdvisor for travel and food. I am a reviewer snob now. I will not read a review from someone that does not have at least 50 restaurant reviews with a range of positive and negative :)
Yep, review snob!
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