Spec me a treadmill

[Krono5]

before anyone says anything, I am aware it is much cheaper to run outside etc etc and want a treadmill anyway.

My budget is £500 and main concerns are belt size (I'm 6'6' so it has to be big enough), speed as I may eventually go up to a decent pace so I'm looking at 20kph+ and overall build quality/longevity. I'm not particularly fussed about unnecessary features such as programs and whatnot as I will solely be doing my own thing.

£500 isn't much so I'm mainly looking at used items and Manufacture refurbished ones from http://www.restylefitness.co.uk

the two that caught my eye were:

http://www.restylefitness.co.uk/buy/Nordic-Track-T9-2-Treadmill-Fully-Assembled-Manufacturer-Return-RETURNNETL99811
and
http://www.restylefitness.co.uk/buy/Horizon-Fitness-Adventure-5-Treadmill-Fully-Assembled-Manufacturer-Return-RETURNADVENTURE5

knowing nothing about treadmills some advice would be much appreciated.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

i bought a nordictrack t19.0 i think it is from them only a few months ago and it seems "okay" it was around £900 from them, and it certainly feels cheap compared to the treadmills at the gym, but i imagine they cost the best part of £10K.

the way they slow down when you hit the stop button is terrible, they actually pretty much stop as if you hit the emergency stop button on a commercial treadmill rather than the normal "cool down" method of stopping.

mine is on the top end of the types they sell, and it feels "cheap" to me.

you get what you pay for and if build quality and longevity is what you are looking for then the more you pay the more you should get.

since you know nothing about treadmills, i would suggest you join a gym and use the treadmills there before dropping £500+ on one.

seriously the number of people that ask this question, or buy this equipment with zero experience for it to just not get used is very high. how do you know you will actually enjoy running on a treadmill? rather than cycling, rowing, stepper, elliptical or say swimming?

with a gym membership, you can try out all the different pieces of equipment mentioned above and test them out for yourself, get used to using them and then decide which one is the one for you, if you also manage to continually go to the gym on a regular basis of say at least 6 months, this will prove that buying home gym equipment will not be a terrible waste of money.