Precor 9.23 treadmill and a couple of ellipticals $700 off

[chileung]

I believe these are a good deal. I picked up the 9.23 treadmill yesterday for $1788. They are on sale at fitness depot. I managed to get them to thow in the mat as well.

www.fitnessdepot.ca

The 5.17 EFX and 5.23 EFX ellipticals are $700 dollars off too.

[Hugh Jass]

I picked up the 9.23 treadmill yesterday

From the title, I thought you got a treadmill for less than ten bucks

Any more than $500 for a treadmill is insane. Overkill.

[Prof]

From the title, I thought you got a treadmill for less than ten bucks

Any more than $500 for a treadmill is insane. Overkill.

If you think that $500 will buy you a decent treadmill, that might explain your user name.

[babybudha]

Any more than $500 for a treadmill is insane. Overkill.

Any new treadmill that costs less then $1000 will be a piece of crap.

[Hugh Jass]

You stand on it and run. What else does a two grand machine do that a $500 one won't?

Enlighten me.

[Hugh Jass]

If you think that $500 will buy you a decent treadmill, that might explain your user name.

Lol, I cycle over 500km a week, no fat butt here.

[-zip-]

Owner of a Smooth 9.35HR here, I spent $2500 on a treadmill, some treadmills go for 5,000+. It really depends but I will give you some:

How much you are into running/using the treadmill - comfort ie: I am on it for 60-70 mins/day
How many family members will be using it - If you get a quality unit other members will use it and more often.
How much they weigh - my wife only weighs 120 lbs so no problem, but my son weighs 300 lbs and is six foot 2 so we needed a quality motor
Quality/warranty of the parts ie: motor, metal vs plastic parts, rigidity... ever work on cheap exercise stuff and it shakes or out of balance or makes creaking noises?
How well is the service, in house? how fast are they at repairs getting parts replaced?
How and what you need to do to maintain the treadmill - how often do you need to apply silicone? ours is every 4 yrs
What kind of programs and diversity are you interested in - the basic models do basic things like running like you said but what if you want to train for specific goals? You cant, like targeted weight loss, or an event you want to participate in, or you want to increase cardio capacity and all for different family memembers and show measured results to show progress.
Wireless heart monitors are avail to track calorie burn, heart rate min and max etc on higher end units no need to hold on to a bar, when running. No need to guess at bpm or take the measurement manually.

THE MOST IMPORTANT: is injury due to excessive use of a cheap ass treadmill. Shin splints, knee damage, ankle damage etc. If you are serious about exercise and health be serious about your equipment as well.

There is more but this is some of the differences things to look at.

[Xstian]

So how would you rate this deal then... I am no expert on treadmills.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows...BTreadmill.jsp

[royaltee66]

From the title, I thought you got a treadmill for less than ten bucks

Any more than $500 for a treadmill is insane. Overkill.

You obviously have useless garbage for equipment. Enough said. A treadmill which will last 10 years or more costs $1800-3500. Commercial grade machines which lubricate the parts as used cost 6500-15000 a piece.

$500 bucks or less gets you Tony Little infomercial treadmills.

[royaltee66]

Any new treadmill that costs less then $1000 will be a piece of crap.

Infact I'd say less than $1500 is a piece of .........

[Hugh Jass]

You obviously have useless garbage for equipment.

Don't use exercise equipment, just a real bike.

Enough said. A treadmill which will last 10 years or more costs $1800-3500. Commercial grade machines which lubricate the parts as used cost 6500-15000 a piece.

$500 bucks or less gets you Tony Little infomercial treadmills.

A coworker got a CT treadmill 5 yrs ago for $199 and uses it an hour a day, no probs. She lost a ton of weight using it. Maybe she got lucky.

[passthatversace]

Love Precor, HATE Fitness Depot's after-sales support.

[Bishop8]

Don't use exercise equipment, just a real bike.

Not that I don't disagree with you about blowing massive wads on exercise equipment, but I have to call you on this one. If you ride 500km/wk on your bike, do you do it on a CT $149 special, or something over $500? Anything beyond that overkill?

[soccer_freak]

Treadmill Factory is selling the "Sole F80 Treadmill 2009" for $1699 which is almost the same price as the Precor 9.23. They're both 3.0 HP Continuous Duty, however the precor has longer running surface - it's 57'' vs Sole's 55''

Here's the link to the Sole F80 page:
http://www.treadmillfactory.ca/index...od&id_prod=447

I'm contemplating if i should get the Precor 9.23 treadmill OR the Sole F80.

Any advice or recommendations? Which brand is better - Sole or Precor?

[Hugh Jass]

Not that I don't disagree with you about blowing massive wads on exercise equipment, but I have to call you on this one. If you ride 500km/wk on your bike, do you do it on a CT $149 special, or something over $500? Anything beyond that overkill?

Bike cost about $500.

I understand a gym needing a higher end treadmill, due to the amount of use it will get.