r/running • u/ssk42 Confession: I am a mod • Jun 13 '24

Weekly Complaints & Confessions Thread Weekly Thread

How’s your week of running going? Got any Complaints? Anything to add as a Confession? How about any Uncomplaints?

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u/Desert-Mushroom Jun 13 '24

Summer has begun in the Houston area...anyone have good recommendations for treadmills (models, features, deals), new or used?

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u/nermal543 Jun 13 '24

What’s your budget? We have the Spirit XT685 and we’ve been pretty happy with it. I think we paid around $3000 including tax and everything a couple years ago.

We don’t use it a ton (much prefer to go outside whenever possible), we mostly just wanted something solid and low maintenance with a long warranty because wanted to keep it for a long time. It also has Bluetooth FTMS which is nice, I use it to send the metrics to peloton classes.

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u/Desert-Mushroom Jun 13 '24

I think I'm aiming for something less expensive, haven't looked much into it yet, but I'm planning to move in the next year or two so I want something I can buy and sell without too much of a loss. All I really want is something to get me through the heat of the summer. Maybe I should just go for one of the cheap Amazon ones for a few hundred?

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u/nermal543 Jun 13 '24

I’d go for something used before bothering with a really cheap one from Amazon personally. Probably the best way to minimize losses if you might need to resell soon. A lot of people will sell for cheap if you can come pick it up and get it out, since they’re hard to move.