Good treadmills

[Suarez7]

Arrived and setup today, quality is great and feels much nicer to run on than my old one.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Arrived and setup today, quality is great and feels much nicer to run on than my old one.

Well it should do because its made by a decent treadmill manufacturer, I imagine its a night and day difference although its still a long way away from a commercial treadmill

 

[MisChief]

Just been searching for treadmill threads and this seems to be the most recent one...

I'm trying to decide between a NordicTrack T8.0 (£599) or the Maxima fitness MF2000 pro-fx (£606)... Can anyone tell me if these are any good?? I've seen a few bad reviews on the NordicTrack T8 and some good reviews on Amazon for the Maxima one. My budget is £600 so my options are quite limited

 

[sunama]

I bought this:
http://www.branxfitness.co.uk/branxfitness-fit-runner-pro-treadmill


I've used the professional treadmills in gyms and its very similar.
Ive had it for about 1 year.
Excellent build quality.
The ones in the gym are more bulkier.
I use mine for serious up hill walking - the inclines on my treadmill are nowhere to be found where I live.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Just been searching for treadmill threads and this seems to be the most recent one...

I'm trying to decide between a NordicTrack T8.0 (£599) or the Maxima fitness MF2000 pro-fx (£606)... Can anyone tell me if these are any good?? I've seen a few bad reviews on the NordicTrack T8 and some good reviews on Amazon for the Maxima one. My budget is £600 so my options are quite limited

keep checking this site every few days or so

http://www.restylefitness.co.uk/find/Treadmills/

i would get whatever one they list for around £600 when it pops up.

I haven't heard of maxima fitness before, so I would assume the nordic track is the better brand.

restyle fitness sell RMA'd treadmills, sometimes even brand new treadmills which were built from a damaged box, so couldn't be sold as new, but they are considerably cheaper than RRP.

your £600 should go a lot further with them, but £600 would also buy 12+ months gym membership which allows you access to thousands of equipment not just 1 specific piece.

 

[MisChief]

I don't want to wait and keep checking though, I want to buy one asap

£600 won't buy me 12+ gym membership.. The gym I used to go to was £618 a year and that was already considered cheap. My nearest gym now will cost £780 a year.

I will rejoin a gym at some point, but this treadmill isn't just for me - my mum and sister will also be using it as well.

 

[Chris1712]

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Treadmills are for faggots, get a yourself a rack, bench, oly bar + weights set instead.
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[Psycho Sonny]

You seem to be set on buying one brand new for £600, i would go for the nordictrack if thats what your going to do.

But unless you need to do running for a specific reason, it could be cheaper to do another form of cardio like skipping which would cost like £5 for a plastic speed rope off ebay/amazon or rowing, you could get a really good rower for £600.

My Treadmill's RRP is like £1500+ and it feels really cheap compared to what I'm used to at the gym (technogym) but it's a lot better than cheapy argos equipment.

I wouldn't put much faith in a £600 RRP one tbh a treadmill is one of the most expensive pieces of cardio equipment you can buy, e.g. technogym's top end model is £16,000 compare that with the best rower on the planet a brand new concept rower is only just over £1K.

1/16th of the price for a like to like comparison, just to give you a comparison on how expensive it is for a top end treadmill compared to a top end rower.

End of the day if you want a treadmill buy one, but i find cheap treadmills are just very unpleasant to use, i can just barely stand my £1500 one, the speeding up and slowing down of it is horrific as is the feel of it below me and the smoothness of the belt, but I am used to running on a technogym.

It's a bit like driving a rolls royce your whole life and now having a focus, the model your looking at would be like a fiesta in comparison. It will do the job but it won't be as smooth or nice an experience

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

Over the years I've had two NordicTracks from Restyle Fitness.

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

Good site here - http://www.treadmill-running-machine-review.co.uk/compare_treadmills.html

 

[poinsy]

why do people insist on buying from argos? when all they sell is cheap crap?

john lewis sells decent fitness equipment, but again that is a upmarket department store and they aren't cheap. that's the only non fitness equipment specialist i would buy a treadmill from...

Interestingly, John Lewis sell Reebok treadmills .

Just saying.

 

[Euro_Hunter]

Interestingly, John Lewis sell Reebok treadmills .

Just saying.

and Reebok treadmills are made by the same company that make the Norditrack

Suarez7 how are you getting on with the Norditrack? just looking into getting one myself, probably the T9.2.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

and Reebok treadmills are made by the same company that make the Norditrack

Suarez7 how are you getting on with the Norditrack? just looking into getting one myself, probably the T9.2.

I've got a decent nordictrack model from restyle fitness for like 40% off it's brand new price I paid £900ish RRP was £1500+.

They are useable but still nothing compared to a commercial treadmill from technogym which costs £4-16K?

You can definitely feel a clear difference if you have ever used a decent commercial treadmill.

 

[Suarez7]

Treadmill is fine, if you want a commercial treadmill then it's probably cheaper just buying a gym membership unless you plan on buying a commercial one and using it for 10+ years.