Treadmills

lishie_rebooted

I know treadmills pretty much suck. I'm not a fan of them.
But winter is coming and I live in Maine.

I currently have a gym membership to a Planet Fitness solely for their treadmills.
I have a home gym with weight equipment and if I rotate my power rack and get a foldable treadmill, it'd totally fit.

So my question is: what treadmill do you have at home and what do you like/hate about it?
I'm still not sure if I'm going to buy one or not but I just want ideas while I think about it and go test some on my own.

Thanks!

lporter229

I have the Horizon brand that is generally sold by D!cks. It was a gift from my husband. There is nothing I really don't like about it, but I only use it when running outside is absolutely not an option or sometimes for interval training. Two things about it: You can not manually calibrate it and I am not sure it's 100% accurate. I measured the deck and counted RPMs to estimate the distance and it was off by almost 10%. However, that may be due to error in measurement as much as anything. Other thing is, it will manually shut down after every 300 miles and you have to lube the belt. This is a safety feature. Doesn't really bother me and forces me to maintain it, but it can be a pain.

Also should add that it is over 6 years old, so I'm sure the newer models are different. But the point is that you don't have to spend $$$ to get a decent, usable treadmill.