Looking for the best budget treadmill for home use
If you like to walk or run, or if you’re just starting out on your quest for greater fitness and you think a good walk or a bit of a jog is the way to go, then buying a treadmill is the obvious choice for a home exercise machine. If you don’t know much about them, click here for an introduction to treadmills.
The availability of the different types of exercise machine in different price brackets seems to swing occasionally – sometimes very cheap models are the most popular and sometimes not.
Treadmills seemed to have gone back up the scale with very inexpensive models hard to find and more expensive ones being more popular. Such is the case at present.
In this context, I’m defining Budget as being under £200
Helping you decide what is the best treadmill for you to buy, we’re looking at a range of treadmills.
Budget Treadmills for less than £200
LONTEK Treadmill
This Lontek is a folding treadmill so it won’t take much space when not being used, and wheels to help move it. It weighs 27Kg
The overall length is 133cm, (123cm folded) 61.1cm (24in) wide and, in use, the height to the top of the console area is 104.3cm (41.1”)
The platform takes a max user weight of 90Kg (15st 2lbs), the running surface is just over 1m long and 38cm wide (15”), operates at up to 10kmh and has an 8 layer anti-shock system. It does need to be lubricated manually. (See below for an appropriate oil.)
There are 12 built-in programs and speed, time distance and calories can be displayed on the LCD screen.
Better still, the Lontek is compatible with the SPAX App for your tablet which offers Trainer-led classes, studio-style classes, a virtual running track mode and recording of exercise data.
Treadmills for less than £500
LONTEK Treadmill
This Lontek is a folding treadmill so it won’t take much space when not being used, and wheels to help move it. It weighs 27Kg
The overall length is 133cm, (123cm folded) 61.1cm (24in) wide and, in use, the height to the top of the console area is 104.3cm (41.1”)
The platform takes a max user weight of 90Kg (15st 2lbs), the running surface is just over 1m long and 38cm wide (15”), operates at up to 10kmh and has an 8 layer anti-shock system. It does need to be lubricated manually. (See below for an appropriate oil.)
There are 12 built-in programs and speed, time distance and calories can be displayed on the LCD screen.
Better still, the Lontek is compatible with the SPAX App for your tablet which offers Trainer-led classes, studio-style classes, a virtual running track mode and recording of exercise data.
Conclusion – What is the best treadmill for you?
If you are convinced that a treadmill is something you’ll use regularly, and can afford it, the
Of course, there are dearer ones with even more features, which may well be worth the difference.
However, if you’d rather ‘dip your toe’ into using a treadmill, then either