Just saw this. I did finally get my treadmill incline motor repaired (first reported the issue on January 11; repaired on February 26).

Since then, I've been happy with my 7.8 - I love the responsiveness of it. I'm fairly short at 5'4", which means that a) the handles with speed dials are perfectly located a bit ABOVE where my arms swing but b) the tablet holder is WAY TOO HIGH to use. (I just put my iPad over the main screen).

Your experience with this treadmill may vary based on your height. I can totally see how, for taller users, the tablet holder would be perfect but the handles would be prone to getting bumped when running.

Is the onboard screen useless? It seems like everyone is marketing these upgraded HD touch screens, but they can't do anything aside from run iFit. Is that the case here?

Got a 7.4AT that was delivered back in the end of September (box was beat up but not as badly as the other poster's pic...but the delivery guys told me the first box was beat up so bad they had to ship a 2nd unit to me and never bothered trying to deliver the 1st one). I got fed up enough with the poor placement of the quick dial handles that I relocated them (a bloody knuckle mid-run was enough to finally get me to that point). Used an piece of 2x4 to space it out and move it out to near the side hand rails. A couple of blocks to shift it out as a flat 2x4 by itself wasn't going to fit because of the console shape in the back. Secured that with some spare TV wall mounting bolts (they were the same size and thread count as the bolts that mount the dial handles). Then screwed the handles using washer head screws (didn't have the right sized washers on hand to use regular screws). Had to miter cut the ends of the long 2x4 at an angle for clearance. There are more elegant solutions I could've done but didn't want to make a trip to the hardware store and used what I had in spare lumber/screws on hand.