Treadmill Confusion

So, I’ll admit I think I ventured into the land of over researching this issue and am probably just at the point of everything confuses me. I have read many similar posts on this site, but in an effort to sort out my brain I just decided to post my own post and not add to others. I apologize in advance if I come across as whiny in this post, but let’s be honest - I’m probably a little whiny in this post.

I’d love some recommendations on a treadmill for home use – at about 10 miles between 2 people a day. This would equate to about 2-2.5 hours with each of us walking 1-2 miles and running 3-4 miles at a running pace around 6.0, with the occasional 8.0 sprint.

I’ve read lots of previous treadmill posts on MFP that suggest Sole. We have a Sole F63. It melted. Literally, lol. The connections between the speed control board and motor literally melted and the pieces soldered on are now dangling in the breeze. We’ve replaced the speed control board twice, the belt once, and the motor twice – and it’s currently out of commission waiting for another belt which keeps warping due to the heat from the motor when used. We maintain it. We are supposedly “under” the max use a day according to the company, and it was purchased in Fall 2019 – so it’s not old. So… I’m kind of over Sole and their 2 hour wait times to be told the machine is fine just replace a part. #unimpressed

Personally, I’ve received a lot of recommendations for Nordictrack and were pretty set on getting one of those. Then we went to a local Fitness Equipment store who informed us that Nordictrack was garbage and they refused to sell them. They highly recommended True and Spirit. We were pretty sure that Spirit was the same company as Sole, you know since we’ve had so much warranty communication with them, but we were emphatically told by the store this was NOT the case they were very separate companies. So we left to think things over, and when we got home – sure enough all of our Sole replacement parts came from Spirit Fitness and when Hubs googled it he was informed they were the same company. So now I’m like, ok how much does this store actually know.

So then I came here, and read the forums- and Sole seems to be popular and I’m just… confused. LOL. HELP. We know we should get a commercial grade one that’s rated for continuous use at this point – but what brand is most reliable? My fat booty needs to lose another 30lbs and I need a treadmill to do it since the weather and daylight hours aren’t in favor of me running outside regularly. I’m over Sole, I’m skeptical of Nordictrack and Spirit. Maybe I just need to move to the South where I can run outside year-round? That actually seems cheaper than a True. LOL.

Thanks all. Apologies for the whininess and what probably is a redundant topic you’re all tired of hearing about.