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Question: Thinking about buying a Treadmill?
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I'm specifically looking at the ProForm brand I found at Sears. Just wondering if anyone here has had any experience with them, either positive or negative. I'm mostly looking for something I can fold up and move out of the way when I'm done. I don't really care about all the bells and whistles, and I'd like to spend under $1000.
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Answer#1: Based on my experience (I've been doing service and repair on fitness equipment for about 20 years now), I would avoid ProForm treadmills like the plague. Any equipment made by Icon Fitness (ProForm, Weslo, Image and a few others) tends to be made of the lowest grade material possible. Also, they have very small motors that are geared to run at higher RPMs so what you wind up with is a 1.5 (or lower) horsepower motor runnging at higher RPMs to get the HP level up. When a motor is running faster and hotter, it won't last anywhere near as long. You just can't have a motor the size of a soup can pushing your treadmill. Avoid Proform and stick to higher grade machines like Horizon, Endurance or Fitnex. I run a lot of reviews of the equipment I work on at treadmillsensei.com.
Answer#2: I agree that the treadmill can become a very expensive close hanger - the one piece of equipment I learned about last year was the rebounder and I got it from this site, and it has been wonderful....lost weight, toned, feel terrific.
Answer#3: I recently bought a Proform treadmill: ProForm SpaceSaver CrossWalk Treadmill - Item: 705-204 from the Home Shopping Network (hsn.com). It was $599 with free shipping (at the time of purchase, I'm not sure about right now) and the option for flex pay (5 monthly payments after you receive the product). You can read several user reviews there as well. It's a nice treadmill for the price and it's really smooth. It does fold up for storage and you could easily slide it into a corner or closet when you're one. Mine seems pretty loud, BUT, it's on a concrete garage floor, there's not much under or around it to dampen the sound. One of it's features is being quiet, so I figure if you put it in the house where it belongs, either on carpet or if you have hard floors, use a thick treadmill mat underneath it should really change the noise level. I have not had much opportunity to use it yet but I also bought it as another option to exercise, not my only activity.Overall I thought it's a great little treadmill for the price.
Answer#4: For the most part all the people I have known to have a treadmill worked good for a while then it became a clothes rack. Goodluck if you get one. Get a used one first and cheap to see if you are that committed to it before spending a lot of money.
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