I've been searching the web for a good in home treadmill for a few weeks. Looking to spend about $1500. I'll probably be doing about 50-70 mpw, at about 7:00-7:30 pace. Nearly all reviews take me back to the Sole F80 as a high quality unit that will do the job for me.
Anyone have any personal experience? Opinions?
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I had a Sole S70, I think it went for $2K. Not a folding model (I think the F series designates folding). Didn't have good results with it. The speed was definitely way off. When I bought it I was in sub 60 for ten miles shape. I couldn't get near 7 minute pace on the treadmill without feeling it. I tried to adjust it a bit but nothing really helped. After using it for a short time the elevation function started acting up. I'd set the elevation and it'd go back to level on its own. After a while more the the machine started getting finicky about even starting up. This is after less than three years of fairly light use. I travel quite a bit so the machine definitely didn't get over-used. When I moved I ended up giving it away for free, with full disclosure of course.
I have one of these (F80), I put about 20-30 miles of my 90 mile weeks on it, including a couple of 13-15 milers. Solid machine, prefered it for regular/easy running. Youll be hapy with it