I'm looking into buying a treadmill. I'm interested not so much in niceties such as top-end speed, data collection, etc. as in pure durability. I want this thing to last a long time no matter what it tells me about calories, HR, and speed.
Any suggestions?
There are a few ways to go about it, a treadmill that really will hold up or one that likley will not but has a long warranty, e.g. the manufactured assumes people don't really use them anyway.
The later may be the cheaper. Check out the Reebok's available from COSTCO. They have sales where these things are dirt cheap, like $600 DELIVERED, and some of the models have like a 20 year motor waranty. The are "cheap" and no frills.....I have one. I beleive they are made by ProForm, which has one of the worst reliability ratings (I also have a broken one of those laying around).
To cover the other stuff you can get a squartrade waranty, they also go on sale, and the price is low since the treadmill value is low.
Or you could pay a few thousand and have somthing that still basically sucks (I mean it's a treadmill....)
one example....with frills even
http://www.workoutwarehouse.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_-1_11301_12152_18001_50451
Stomping in Place wrote:
I'm looking into buying a treadmill. I'm interested not so much in niceties such as top-end speed, data collection, etc. as in pure durability. I want this thing to last a long time no matter what it tells me about calories, HR, and speed.
Any suggestions?
Woodway makes the only treadmill worth a damn.
Correct - you want hardy, you'll get that and more with a Woodway - it will last forever. $10,000 and worth every penny. Precor is hardy too - $6-$7,000 for something that can really move and will last. I bought a True after 12 years with a Precor - big mistake.
Woodway makes the only treadmill worth a damn.[/quote]
When I did my research - I would suggest Landice L7
I ended up with a Sole f-85, it made it 4 months or @ 1,000 miles before the 1st thing broke (Stabilizers) - It took @ 3 weeks to go through their process of getting it fixed.
Of course these are 2-3k treadmills, you might get away with a much cheaper model - Pay attention to the Horespower of the motor - Go somewhere and try them out before buying.
I've had my Pacemaster Pro Plus for 8 years w/o any problems. Highly recommended.
I spent $1500 on it.
How many miles? 8 years and 25K ... more or less?
tready-dude wrote:
I've had my Pacemaster Pro Plus for 8 years w/o any problems. Highly recommended.
I spent $1500 on it.
The no money having broke dick trailer park masses have spoken!
Craig's List is the key. So many people buy these and don't use them - and then sell them "used" but effectively new. I paid $900 for a model that would have been twice that new and which was in mint condition.
Sorry kid. I know your daddy works for woodway and I know pounding out those 10 min miles on them makes you feel like a superstar but that doesn't mean other treads aren't good.
It just means you're an a-hole.
(besides this is letsrun- not let's rehab a football injury, let's stay warm in the bullpen or let's rollerblade on a treadmill)