Help buying treadmill
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Anonymous
| My athlete ds needs a treadmill - 6'1 and needs to go 12 mph. Can I reasonably get one off of Facebook? If they break who repairs them? If you bought a good one lately, can you pls recommend? |
Anonymous
| Just join a gym. He can pick from like 5 styles of treadmills at St James, Lifetime or Onelife. |
Anonymous
| He needs a gym to go 12 MPH or you can spend $$$$$ |
Anonymous
So he is really 5’10/11. |
Anonymous
Shlepping and putting together a treadmill is very difficult - they are super heavy. |
Anonymous
You can get them delivered inside your house and set up if you like. |
Anonymous
| I've had a True for around 20 years, never had a problem with it |
Anonymous
What? He's 6'1. I mentioned this because the cheap ones are not long/wide/fast enough. |
Anonymous
| I would say make sure its wide enough. We used to have a cheap $300 one and it was ok but the tread was not as wide as a professional model and even though I'm short, I was always worried about it. |
Anonymous
Yes but only if you buy new, I was commenting on buying used from Facebook. |
Anonymous
| I swear by all of my Sole equipment. They don't make flashy or advanced screens or programming so if you want a 40" screen and built in Netflix with 77 pre-programmed race courses, don't buy one. But their hardware is unassailable. My treadmill is a beast that just works. My Sole elliptical gets used 320+ days a year and we are going on 8 years. Hardware is warrantied for life. They've stood behind the equipment like champs. |
Anonymous
Second vote for Sole. Buy a new one and let them deliver and assemble it. Your super athlete son will be fine with it. |
Anonymous
| That are heavy and become a permanent part of your house so pick location carefully. We had to hire 123Junk to remove DH treadmill when it finally broke. He used it less than he expected, too. |
Anonymous
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A treadmill worth buying for home use, especially one that meets your needs, will costs a few thousand. There are so many junk ones out there.
You will need to spend thousands for a decent quality treadmill - there is so much junk out there, which will just end up being a giant waste of $ and space. We have family and close friends that have spent $$$ on home gym equipment and have ALL joked that after a year they rarely used it. That includes a few Peleton owners that swore they were going to use them regularly. They are like hot tubs... they sound great, and get a lot of use at first, then only get used infrequently after the initial allure wears off. |
Anonymous
| Do not, under any circumstances, buy a 'Lifespan' treadmill. |