Tri.Tony wrote:
swimbikerun66 wrote:
Slowman wrote:
i'm about to write a review of a horizon 7.8 AT treadmill. long story short i'm very impressed. it's a consumer direct brand, i got the pallet dropped off, it took 2hr to assemble, and it's exceeded my expectations. this is their top of the line treadmill, and it's $1,999.
I bought my 7.8 AT last month and could not be happier with the new treadmill, I looked around a lot and I decided that I would rather pay for heavily engineered treadmill over one that has more bells and whistles. The Bluetooth connectivity works really well and it makes running on Zwift super easy. The only snag I had with the Zwift integration was remembering to switch Zwift to the running program before turning on the treadmill, otherwise the treadmill will connect to the "controllable trainer" on the cycling side and not function properly until you disconnect and restart the treadmill and Zwift. Be prepared though this treadmill is heavy, I moved mine into the house Egyptian style with dowel rods under the box to roll it to the pain cave. Assembly is easy for anyone that is competent with hand tools and written directions. Now early morning runs are much more frequent and enjoyable during the cold weather months.
The direct to consumer probably presents a good value proposition. My concern would be my ability to assemble it properly. I also would have been concerned about getting it to where it needs to be, but for the post above-great idea!
I’ll be on the lookout for the review.
the
review is up on the one I got earlier this month. it took me 2hr to assemble. i got a note from horizon this morning, they made a code for us: SLOWTWITCH100
this is good during january. well, from now thru the end of january. we don't participate financially in this, and horizon is not a partner or advertiser or anything like that (but one can hold out hope!). they do have inventory now, is what i heard this morning, but, i don't think they're chock full of them.
i'll answer any questions about this treadmill that i can, if you have any, and if i know the answer.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman