Treadmill Buying Is Hard

I’m looking to buy a treadmill at the moment – it’s reached that time of the year again where everyone starts to try and get fit for the summer – but it’s proving a lot more difficult than I thought it would. I’ve been reading so many reviews of treadmills that I’ve almost forgotten what I’m looking for in the first placer! I thought I’d write down my requirements here – mainly for my benefit – but if anyone has any suggestions I’d be pleased to hear it.

The main thing I need from a treadmill is compactness, because my flat really isn’t that big! I don’t want a treadmill taking up the whole of the lounge, and that’s the only place it can go. For this reason I need one that can fold up – preferably one in a blue colour too so it matches the living room walls!

I’ve had a look at manual treadmills but they seem a bit pointless to me – even though they are a lot cheaper – so I definitely need to get an electronic one. I’m planning on using this for a while so it needs to go more than 15 km/h – not that I could reach that speed yet but you never know what could happen in the future!

Those are the main two requirements, but one with an MP3 player input would also be a bonus. I think those ones are a lot more expensive though, because I’m only looking to spend around 400.

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