The treadmills we’re going to compare to eachother today are the Nordictrack Commercial 1500 and the Sole F65.

These two treadmills are priced at $1,299. They are both very high sellers in their brands, and top competitors in the price class. Let’s check out what they’ve got under their belts…literally.

The Motor on the Nordictrack is great. It’s a 3.25 CHP motor which is very impressively large and powerful for this price. It has a lifetime warranty on it, and operates pleasantly quiet and smooth. The speed adjusts just fine from 0 – 12MPH. It doesn’t bog down at all when you go really slow or fast, it seems to be right on track with the speed. The Sole F65 has a 2.75 CHP motor. Sole makes great motors, but with the difference in size, this one isn’t as good as the Nordictrack for what you’re paying. So, as far motors go, the Nordictrack’s is bigger and better.

We’ve got a couple of budget treadmills fighting for their place today. Our treadmills today are the Proform 590T and the Golds Gym Club Trainer 690.

Both of these treadmills are quite small. Both of them are made of inexpensive parts, and are priced at a very cheap price. I am always prone to try to compare these to more high end treadmills, but I will try to resist and only compare them to eachother. I say it all the time, if you want a treadmill, plan to spend more than this. While yes, these low priced treadmills are available, and although these 2 are probably better than most, you will still probably end up saving money in the long run by buying a long lasting treadmill. However, having said that, I know that many people are still going to buy cheap treadmills, so for you, I will try to give you some guidance.

Our competing treadmills today are the Nordictrack Incline Trainer X7i and the Freemotion Incline Trainer.

Incline trainers are the same things as treadmills, but with the ability to raise up to 40% incline. Many incline trainers sacrifice a lot of their regular treadmill stuff to provide the 40% incline. When you look at the specs of incline trainers, they’re usually unimpressive for the price class of normal treadmills that they’re in. The reason is, that manufacturing companies have to put a lot of extra parts to make the extra incline, and have to pay extra attention to different parts that they normally wouldn’t have to worry about.

I know a lot of you appreciate our budget treadmill reviews because those are your only options. When you’re choosing between budget treadmills you’ve got to do a lot of research and be extra careful, because it’s easy to choose one that won’t hold up at all. Today we’ve got some $699 treadmills we’re going to pit together in a face-off. We’ve got the Nordictrack A2550 Pro and the Golds Gym Trainer 550.

Let’s start with Motor and Drive system. The Nordictrack motor is 2. 5 CHP. If it wasn’t covered by a lifetime warranty, I wouldn’t recommend a motor under 2.75 or 3, but since it is, you can always get a new one if it breaks. Not saying it won’t hold up, but smaller motors are more common to burn up or break because they have to work so much harder. The Gold’s Gym has a 2.75 CHP motor, which is a good step up. Just that much extra horsepower gives me a lot more confidence in a treadmill. 2.75 HP is actually really impressive for a $700 dollar treadmill.

Today for our tournament we’ve got the Smooth 9.45 ST put up against the Proform Pro 2500. Two great treadmills.

Okay, today, our treadmills are actually not in the price range they’re put in. Their prices fluctuate a bit sometimes, so sometimes they’ll be in the $2000 – $3000 price, but right now they’re $1000 – $2000 price. However, their quality has earned them a place in the high price range so that’s where they’ll be at if they make the best buys.

Our fierce treadmill contestants today are the Nordictrack Commercial 1750 and the Proform Trailrunner 2.0.

Today we’ve got a Proform Pitted up against a nordictrack. Comparing the two of these will be interesting. Both are manufactured by Icon, and have very similar designs and techniques for selling their equipment. The treadmills are both $1499 on their sale price, so both are on level starting ground.

When we look at their specs, it looks like these treadmills are almost the exact same thing. Check these out, and see if you can pick the better treadmill just based on the specs.

Our fearless competitors today are the famous Proform Power 995 and the Horizon T203.

Both of these treadmills are right at the $999 point, putting them right to the limit for their sub $1000 price class. Both are some of the top sellers of their brand, and so it seems fitting to pit them up against each other. Since they’re the same price, this will be a fair fight.

Horizon Treadmills are manufactured by Johnson Health, the same people who make Livestrongs, Vision, AFG and more. The company has been making low budget treadmills for a long time, and so have had a lot of time to polish their technique. Proform is made by Icon, who has made substantial progress in the quality of their low-cost treadmills over the past few years, and have found their way into the competitive low-price home treadmill market. The 2 companies build their machines quite differently, and have different strengths and weaknesses at this price, so let’s look into these treadmills.

This is a big day for the Nordictrack Elite 9500 Pro and the Sole F85, as they prepare for an unforgettable showdown.

The Nordictrack Elite 9500 Pro and the Sole F85 are both at the top of the price scale for this class, both coming in at $1,999. We should be able to expect some impressive muscles on these treadmills. In the 2 – 3 thousand price range, the bigger brother of the Elite 9500 pro already won his round, let’s see how this model holds up to the Sole F85. The Sole F85 is the highest quality, most expensive, and yet still the top seller of Sole’s fold up treadmills. And the Elite 9500 Pro is almost the same story, just under it’s older brother the 9700 pro.

For today we’re about to have a showdown with two very different opponents. TheLifespan Pro3 and the Smooth 9.65TV.

OHIYO.. okay, today I’ve paired up these two particular treadmills to show you something. How a treadmill can be more than what it seems, and how a treadmill can’t always be judged by its first glance specs. Such is the case with the Lifespan Pro 3. Take a look at these specs, and think which treadmill would be better.

We’ve got two beauties pitted up against eachother today. The Livestrong LS 13.0T and the Yowza Smyrna.

Okay, the treadmills we’re going to compare today are two very good looking machines. Yowzas and Livestrongs are my favorite as far as aesthetics and design goes. Both companies put a lot of effort into the outer look of their machines, and so sway a lot of us who judge things by their cover. However, unlike many things in the world, these treadmills are beautiful on the inside just as much as on the outside. We just have to figure which is more beautiful. I chose these two so that I wouldn’t be partial due to a better appearance of one more than the other. As far as that aspect goes, these are on a pretty level playing ground. At least for me.