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Buying treadmill

  • 20-06-2011 12:54am
    #1
    Tar.Aldarion
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    Has anybody experience with this? The motorized mains powered variety. Can anybody recommend any sites or treadmills? For a few hundred.

    I've only been looking on argos so far and they go from 280 to 1700 on there but I've never bought one and wouldn't know good ones from bad ones.


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  • #2
    rocco.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭rocco.


    go running or join a gym


  • #3
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    I cannot run on a road with my knee while treadmills do not hurt at all. I have been a member of gyms, i want a treadmill, thanks.
    Although i probably won't buy one and will find somewhere soft to run, I would like to know what the good ones are and might pick one up second hand at some stage


  • #4
    TommyKnocker
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    Can't really advise on best treadmill to buy, but just a suggestion that you might get some knowledgeable responses on the A/R/T forum as there are a lot of runners on there


  • #5
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,758 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    You'd want to have a good bit of room for it. I got a treadmill in argos and it weighs a TONNE to move and is pretty huge. I was sorry the moment I bought it tbh!


  • #6
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    TommyKnocker wrote: »
    Can't really advise on best treadmill to buy, but just a suggestion that you might get some knowledgeable responses on the A/R/T forum as there are a lot of runners on there
    Thanks I'll have a look!
    Posy wrote: »
    You'd want to have a good bit of room for it. I got a treadmill in argos and it weighs a TONNE to move and is pretty huge. I was sorry the moment I bought it tbh!
    Thanks, I'll take yours :p

    Luckily I have a big room that needs more pimping


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  • #7
    rocco.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭rocco.


    if you cant run on a road how can you run on a threadmill, its still high impact! Go waste your money on something you will eventually not use


  • #8
    Hanley
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    Tar, I know you want a treadmill, but I can be no help there.

    What I would suggest tho if that there's something stopping you from running on the road, but allowing you to run on a treadmill, it's only a matter of time before that becomes intolerable too.

    It's probably worth engaging a physio/PT to see if ya can get to the route of the knee issue rather than waiting til it's too late.


  • #9
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    rocco. wrote: »
    if you cant run on a road how can you run on a threadmill, its still high impact! Go waste your money on something you will eventually not use

    It is less impact, which makes all the difference from being on the ground in agony and feeling nothing at all. I don't ask my knee how it works :p


  • #10
    Freiheit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭Freiheit


    [I'd be interested in recommendations for a decent one too...prices quoted are scare and I've had bad luck ordering from catalogues...there is some very cheap offers, such as in the Irish Independent but can one objectively say if theyr'e durable?..They'd be handy in the event of bad weather,esp in the winter.

    For the O.P. perhaps they would be lower impact in the sense of not hitting concrete or tarmac?.


  • #11
    Jarren
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭Jarren


    Try here OP

    you may get decent value treadmill for fraction of the price

    http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/businessopportunities/2248313


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  • #12
    Monife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Monife


    OP, did you ever buy a treadmill? I too am looking to buy one, for the right price of course. What I have read on boards is that you shouldnt buy one for less than a grand but unfortunately I do not have that kind of cash.

    Has anyone any advice on a decent make of treadmill? I am not a runner although I am going to try a bit of jogging when I get the treadmill. And before people jump in with why don't you run/walk outside, I really have my heart set on a treadmill and unlike most people HATE exercising outdoors.


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