I am forgoing a gym membership and building up my paincave.
Woodways are the best treadmills that I have ever ran on. But…worth more than my car. So I am checking to see the best treadmills that you recommend so I can start comparing…?
Woodways
Boston Marathon Treadmill 4.0(Lionel uses this one I think)
Any other high end…cheaper-ish ones?
Don’t go TRUE.
Maurice,
Reason??? I’ve had a True PS100 for a little over 2 years and it’s been wonderful. Zero issues and super solid.
Me too. My True PS100 has been rock solid. It doesn’t have all the fancy graphics or wifi but it gives me single touch speeds and inclines for intervals and a powerful motor and very good deck system that is reasonably quiet. Seems to be built like a tank.
Me too. My True PS100 has been rock solid. It doesn’t have all the fancy graphics or wifi but it gives me single touch speeds and inclines for intervals and a powerful motor and very good deck system that is reasonably quiet. Seems to be built like a tank.
I’ve had a PS100 for about 2 years now and it’s awesome. No issues at all. Very solid.
I ran on a Nordictrack when I was shopping around and it felt cheap and flimsy. I could feel the deck flex. The True was solid and felt more like a commercial treadmill. I thought the Landice was a little nicer than the True, but the difference wasn’t big enough for me to justify the cost so I thought the True was a really good compromise.
Can’t really speak to “best” since I’ve only ever bought one—a Pro-form. We bought it around 2000 or so, it was the most expensive one they had at the mall sporting good store back then at around $900 or so. Still have it.
I’ve recently replaced the original belt, and had to replace a power transistor on the control board (probably because the belt was worn). Its been in near constant use for the entire 17 years we’ve owned it.
we have a Sole F80 got it on black friday a few years ago and has been great. Managed to wear out the rear roller but it was my fault for over tightening it I thought the running belt was slipping but it was the motor belt. No deck issues yet for us and we use it almost daily and twice a day in winter.
we have a Sole F80 got it on black friday a few years ago and has been great. Managed to wear out the rear roller but it was my fault for over tightening it I thought the running belt was slipping but it was the motor belt. No deck issues yet for us and we use it almost daily and twice a day in winter.
+1 I have had my Sole F80 for 4+ years and it has been absolutely great. I train a lot on it over the Winter and it has been great considering what I paid for it.
Whatever you go with, just make sure you get an extended warranty with it. Our 4-year period is nearly up, but in that time we’ve had a primary circuit board go, and two decks; ext cover was £89.99 at the time, so well worth it.
What do you consider a good deal on this Treadmill?
I got mine (2015 model) for $600 on Craigslist, hadn’t even had the stickers removed from it. Go look around your local area for treadmills, you can get some absurd deals from that.
we have a Sole F80 got it on black friday a few years ago and has been great.
What do you consider a good deal on this Treadmill?
I’ve been price stalking this treadmill for a few months, and the cheapest I’ve seen is $1349 (not including tax/shipping) on Sole’s website as part of a Labor Day sale. I’m going to wait for Black Friday to buy.
Forgot to mention we actually missed the Black friday deal by about 5 days as we were out of town and an email asking to match resulted in great customer service and no issue at all…
I got the Nordic track a couple of years ago. It’s great and no issues. There is the dumb ifit program on it, however there are no requirements to pay for it.
I do wish treadmills were “smarter” though.
Just bought a NordicTrack C1750
It is a very heavy & bulky package to get home, quite a bit of assembly required.
So far so good, nice and cushy, moderately quiet motor, lots of features.
I have a True PS800, it’s 4 or 5 years old. Never had a problem with it, it is fantastic in every way. Better feel than many gym treadmills.
My method when purchasing it was to decide on my budget, and then buy the absolute best treadmill I could get with that money that came with zero bells and whistles. All I cared about was how it felt running, what its build quality was, how fast it could go carrying someone of my weight (155) and that I could get there easily. I did not care about pre-programmed workouts. I did not care if it had a TV. I did not care if it had a fan. ETC.
Why would I spend more for all that when I can use an ipad with PS Vue or netflix or whatever for TV? If my ipad breaks the treadmill still works. Why would I pay for a crappy fan when I can spend 30 bucks and have a great one and if it breaks the treadmill still works. That’s how I thought at least. That’s why I wouldn’t choose all those Landice models or others like that.
Just give me a usable treadmill and I supply the rest. And for my money, the PS800 has been great. I’m sure there’s equally great treadmills out there too.
Can’t speak to the NordicTrack, but I recently picked up a Sole F80. So far its great, though thats probably ~100mi only. I like the longer/wider deck, speed buttons on the sides are nice, overall it just works well. I wish it were dumber and just had a couple buttons I care for (I dont need bluetooth and crappy speakers/fan), but can’t really do anything about that.
I skimmed through the replies and saw quite a bit of Sole. I have an F-85 and it’s everything I wanted. Sturdy, simple, pretty quiet. Haven’t had any problems with it in the 1.5 ish years I’ve owned it.
Only issues I have are: 1) inclines go up in 1% increments (would be nice to have 0.5%) and 2) you can’t punch in the speed you want, you either use arrows or press one of the presets (I think it’s sometime like 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12) and then go from there.
But those are more nice to have than must haves, at least for me.
I am actually looking at a used PS800 right now. Looks new and shows under 1K miles, however the guy selling it knows nothing about it - he took it on a trade. He is asking $1,200 which seems like a pretty good price, however I am hesitant not knowing the history.
Glad to hear you have had a good experience with yours though. I might just try to wait him out a bit and see if he is willing to move on the price at all. The other alternative is a PS300 for $800, but it’s about 8 years old at this point with little use.
I’d jump on a PS800 at that price, especially with so little miles! I’ve had my PS100 for just under 3 years - got it in November of 2014 -and we have around 3,000 miles on it so far (between my wife and I), and it’s been rock solid.