I really like the treadmill itself, but the software is really behind the times. Open up the apps beyond the few that you allow. Why lock it down to 4-5 of them? I'm at the point where I'm probably just going to mount a monitor above my treadmill to work around your limitations. So I can watch youtube or a football game or something. Also I can't sign into iFit on my phone right now as I write this. Keeps giving me a network error and it logged me out. The hardware (treadmill) is great, but the software leaves a lot to be desired.
The good: Treadmill does everything fairly good when it works. The programs are quite interesting with ifit and running on it is fairly comfortable. Since I like hiking having that extra incline I really like it.
The bad: 1. No apple watch integration so for the heartrate monitor have to buy new one. Also this means workouts are misalligned and getting accurate reading for distance is imposible. 2. Since we have 2 people using it when changing accounts sometimes it gets stuck and wont change so have to restart. When watching netflix it bugs out where you cant even close easy or the wrong user is signed in. 3. No actual ability to sync your treadmill to the ifit app on your phone. So it means if you found workout on your phone you better try to find it there but sometimes the workout is not even showing there. 4. Multiple times had calendar issues where it would be either 1 day off compared to my app itself. 5. Maybe 1/10 workouts does not register and you have to redo them to register in the ifit. 6. Touchscreen controls stops working so have to restart the device. 7. no easy way as I can see to have guest account. For example grand parents visiting I had to create brand new ifit account. 8. Manual is very confusing when it comes to maintenance I have no idea how many miles to clean or lubricate it and how to do it. Good thing that youtube and random people have put some guidelines. 9. Support is so slow and if you email them attachments and details gets lost and the most times they just recommend same things as an faq but cant support more or fix issues so just have to live with it. 10. Ui in general is so very complicated. I cant seem to find any items that I have started even if I joined series it seems like it is never there on dashboard so have to go through the search each time and hope I can find it. Sometimes series would not even show up until few days later.
In summary this is great treadmill but ifit and screen integration in it is very lacking. Seems like 2 completely different companies did it and they just not aligned with each other. So for the prices I expected better support and better experience.
I'd give this 4. 5 stars if I could. It's a solid-built treadmill with competitive features. I've spent hours on this tread at a time and have had no issues with belt slippage or surprise power shortages. The only thing I wish it had was more storage and deeper "cup holders". There isn't really anywhere convenient to set your phone, either. Not to mention the slight shaking of the tread when in use makes it so whatever is on the treadmill does not sit securely. Minor inconvenience.
I love this treadmill. I bought it in hopes I wouldn't get bored and could become fit again. It's sturdy, has ridiculous incline, and the iFit software makes me want to exercise many times per day just so I can visit another place. Seriously I have been doing 2 cultural walks plus a walk-run for the last couple days.