SOLE Fitness F63, F65, F80, F85, TT8 Treadmill With Incline, Bluetooth, Foldable Option - For Home, Work From Home Fitness, Running and Walking

One year in- This treadmill is great. It’s not high tech, but it is a quality machine. The only negative that I have experienced is that the distance/speed doesn’t seem to be calibrated accurately. My Apple Watch consistently records my workouts as longer distances and higher speeds than the treadmill does. It’s not a huge difference at shorter distances, but it adds up at longer ones. Ex: at 1.5 miles on treadmill, watch will say 1.57. By the time treadmill is at 3 miles, watch is recording 3.5. At first, I thought it was the Watch that was off in estimations, but when comparing stats with outdoor runs, across months of workouts, I believe it’s the machine that’s off. It doesn’t really bother me though because the treadmill works great and is perfect in every other way for my uses. I just take the treadmill distance and speeds with a grain of salt and rely on my watch. My thoughts when selecting this machine: I wanted the best quality treadmill motor and a full size platform, without paying for extra technology. I looked at lots of brands and decided that I didn’t want to pay more for an interactive screen and then be locked into a subscription type service when I already have an iPad and can be free to download running apps if I choose. The tablet holder works perfectly for this, and the other option of laying it lower on the console to be able to interact with an app works too. The treadmill is quiet and runs smoothly. I don’t use the speakers though, they are not loud enough when the machine is running at faster speeds, but I prefer to use headphones anyways. Overall, this was a great purchase. It’s solidly built and it doesn’t feel flimsy. It feels like a gym treadmill and does the job I need it to.

UPDATE: Just before 2 years elapsed, the console went kaput. Instead of sending out a new console, they require one to play a lot of games involving inordinately long waits on hold on the phone and/or for parts to be processed/for tech visits even to be scheduled. So far, my treadmill has been non-functional for almost five weeks, and the correct part (as opposed to the incorrect part, which took a month and a tech visit to determine was incorrect) has yet even to be shipped. I just now waited on their warranty line's hold for 32 minutes before giving up and trying to leave a message (disconnected, instead). I regret buying from this company and would not recommend doing so. This is overall a good machine so far. Very solid, like a gym treadmill. The console is mysteriously limited. Why pair such rudimentary options with such a good motor and a full-sized deck? You can't set the machine for a 5K, for example, because it has no option for setting a distance goal. It's also *either* miles *or* metric (settable by going though an arduous programming process), which means if you decide to track up a 5K manually, you still can't both do that *and* know your mph speed on the same run (it would give you your kilometers per hour, instead). Finally, the fan aims air at the face of someone around 6' tall, which is a big bummer. Better to aim the air at a 6'-tall person's chest, or even stomach, than to entirely miss someone shorter (like most every woman in America), don't you think?

It has assistance with raising and lowering. If you aren't very strong don't worry about folding it up or dropping it down. It slowly lowers down like the no-slam toilet seats have. It is heavy. It is about 380 ish pounds in the packaging. Easy to put together however some of the obsolete small screws that hold non-important plastic down were mis-aligned. NOT something I'd expect from a machine at this price point where you only have to put in like 20 screws. I just left them out. Thing is solid. Coming from a 380$ 10-year-old treadmill that had a little bounce to it this is like running on cement. I enjoy trail running because of the slight cushioning. Helps avoid shin-splints and such. Did a usual 7 mile run on this thing first use and for the next 2 days felt like my calve muscles had torn from my shins. It will definitely take some getting used to. Speed is more than anyone who isn't full-out sprinting should ever need. Height adjuster is kinda slow but works well. I use with ZWIFT. Works well. It saves workouts and progress. Can store multiple users stuff and you can password protect. DOES NOT REQUIRE SUBSCRIPTION like some treadmills do which is a HUGE PLUS!! I'm already paying for ZWIFT, and don't want another payment on top of that. This doesn't make you sign up and cancel or anything like that. Nice! I let others use the machine too and they have no complaints. Also, LOVE the paddle speed adjusters so you can just smack them a few times to adjust while running. Hated on my old treadmill having to accurately push a small + or - . This has big paddles you can just hit a few times to adjust. HR monitors took some time to gain accuracy but they are fairly accurate now. I use a polar chest strap HR monitor but the treadmill is pretty neck-and-neck with it. Tiny fans work I guess but I just use a large room fan pointed at me. Overall, very happy with the purchase and have no complaints so far. Just don't expect much bounce at all if you are coming from a treadmill that had some.