Posted: 7/16/2025 1:08:08 PM EDT
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I would like to add a treadmill to my office. I am going to the gym, but I'd like the flexibility of just climbing on a machine for an hour before going home. I want to do cardio 3-4 times per week and lift at the gym 3 times a week. Our summer months simply aren't pleasant. We have consistent humidity and are routinely chased around by storms. An hour in the afternoon before I go home and get consumed with family or farm stuff would be great to decompress. I want the equivalent of an mt car with roll up windows, tape deck and no ac. I don't want BT, programs, media, etc. I want a durable machine that simply has variable speed and elevation. $2k and under is the goal. |
| I've been using this one for the last four months. You don't need an ifit subscription. No complaints. |
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I will not recommend NordicTrack. Paid over two grand and it's had plenty of problems. Customer service is lackluster. We just had a tech out and we'll see if he's able to get it working. When it does work, it's great. |
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Don’t buy new. Go on FB marketplace and take your pick of the used, like new options out there, there will be a lot. Just this spring I replaced a treadmill that I had been using (and repairing) pretty heavily since 2008. I ended up getting one that retails for $1800 for $500 cash. The previous owner said she bought it specifically to rehab from a knee injury, and used it for two months. She wasn’t kidding, when I figured out how to find the log data, it showed exactly 50 miles and 23 hours on it. It was still in the “Demo” mode from the factory. Most people hate using treadmills, but they don’t know that until after they get one. |
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| I seriously considered a treadmill right before Covid, when I was recovering from deep vein thrombosis, bi-lateral pulmonary embolism and congestive heart failure. I did a lot of research and got some good information from a guy here (who I haven't seen post in awhile) who has a fitness equipment repair company. Nordictrack didn't rate highly for dependability but SOLE treadmills seem to be highly recommended. I would have bought a SOLE but chose an exercise bike, instead. |
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Originally Posted By corwin1968: I seriously considered a treadmill right before Covid, when I was recovering from deep vein thrombosis, bi-lateral pulmonary embolism and congestive heart failure. I did a lot of research and got some good information from a guy here (who I haven't seen post in awhile) who has a fitness equipment repair company. Nordictrack didn't rate highly for dependability but SOLE treadmills seem to be highly recommended. I would have bought a SOLE but chose an exercise bike, instead. Well after reading this I went down the SOLE rabbit hole and decided that's what I'm going to do. Selling points include: Sole F85: 15" android tablet Free apps / programs 15 degree incline/decline 22" wide belt not Nordic Track |
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Originally Posted By djkest: Well after reading this I went down the SOLE rabbit hole and decided that's what I'm going to do. Selling points include: Sole F85: 15" android tablet Free apps / programs 15 degree incline/decline 22" wide belt not Nordic Track Originally Posted By djkest: Originally Posted By corwin1968: I seriously considered a treadmill right before Covid, when I was recovering from deep vein thrombosis, bi-lateral pulmonary embolism and congestive heart failure. I did a lot of research and got some good information from a guy here (who I haven't seen post in awhile) who has a fitness equipment repair company. Nordictrack didn't rate highly for dependability but SOLE treadmills seem to be highly recommended. I would have bought a SOLE but chose an exercise bike, instead. Well after reading this I went down the SOLE rabbit hole and decided that's what I'm going to do. Selling points include: Sole F85: 15" android tablet Free apps / programs 15 degree incline/decline 22" wide belt not Nordic Track I went down the rabbit hole looking for one for my wife and decided on the sole f80 (basically the same as yours without the fancy screen). As stated above, find one on marketplace. I found one with 3 hours of use for $600, less than half the price new. |
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Originally Posted By erud: Don’t buy new. Go on FB marketplace and take your pick of the used, like new options out there, there will be a lot. Just this spring I replaced a treadmill that I had been using (and repairing) pretty heavily since 2008. I ended up getting one that retails for $1800 for $500 cash. The previous owner said she bought it specifically to rehab from a knee injury, and used it for two months. She wasn’t kidding, when I figured out how to find the log data, it showed exactly 50 miles and 23 hours on it. It was still in the “Demo” mode from the factory. Most people hate using treadmills, but they don’t know that until after they get one. There's a lot to this. Consumer-grade treadmills aren't made to last at all. Folding treadmills can be tempting to save space, but that includes extra moving parts and they're typically lighter and thus don't handle shock as well. Something like a Landice or Sole "light commercial" one would be ideal. Something made well enough to stand up to use in a gym, but since it's used will be radically cheaper than new. I got a nearly 18 y/o Landice L7 about 8 years ago. $800 for what would take $5,000 to buy new. I put thousands of miles on that thing, but sadly have shorted out the control board (it being in a garage wasn't the best option, but all I could manage). |
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Originally Posted By medicmandan: I've been using this one for the last four months. You don't need an ifit subscription. No complaints. I replaced my old one with this model 3 years or so ago, I have zero complaints It came all in one box, needed the daughters boy friends help to get the deck in the basement |
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Originally Posted By Commander_Keen: There's a lot to this. Consumer-grade treadmills aren't made to last at all. Folding treadmills can be tempting to save space, but that includes extra moving parts and they're typically lighter and thus don't handle shock as well. Something like a Landice or Sole "light commercial" one would be ideal. Something made well enough to stand up to use in a gym, but since it's used will be radically cheaper than new. I got a nearly 18 y/o Landice L7 about 8 years ago. $800 for what would take $5,000 to buy new. I put thousands of miles on that thing, but sadly have shorted out the control board (it being in a garage wasn't the best option, but all I could manage). All the folding ones I've been looking at are over 300 lbs.  |
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Originally Posted By Zac87: I went down the rabbit hole looking for one for my wife and decided on the sole f80 (basically the same as yours without the fancy screen). As stated above, find one on marketplace. I found one with 3 hours of use for $600, less than half the price new. The f85 has bigger rollers and a larger motor, in addition to the bigger screen. It ends up weighing ~20 lbs more. I tried out an f85 at Dicks, the belt kept slipping when I tried to jog on it. Ended up punting on buying it that day. |
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