Schwinn 870 Treadmill

I was so conflicted when I read the reviews to this treadmill but the price was right and I am SO GLAD I GOT IT!! It is an excellent machine and it was pretty easy to put together ( I did it alone other than moving it to the right spot initially and I am an over 50 woman!)The directions were very easy to follow, the easiest ever and all the parts were numbered or lettered and the tools were included. Each part has an L or R and it just went together completely as expected. It took me about 2 1/2 hours leisurely working at it. Nothing was missing or unexpected. I honestly don't know what all the fuss is about in the past reviews because the man who delivered it brought it inside, actually offered and put it where I wanted. Nothing was broken or cracked and I didn't have to call customer service. PHEW!! I did my first 3 miles and worked up a sweat!OH And the fan is great! It has 3 settings, one review said their ipad blocked it which makes no sense, the fan is at the bottom of the console, nothing blocks it. It also has two deep pockets for water bottles or cell phone, remote, etc. Everything is very sturdy and I expect it will last a long time. I hope this helps anyone thinking about buying one while the price is lower!

Great treadmill, 2 ply belt with a wide walking/jogging areawe are a family of broken down runners, bad knees, feet, etc - this treadmill allows us to get a great workout pain free; it has 15 incline settings and it's quiet enough not to be disruptive. it does have a plug in for ipods and speakers tooit comes with a heart rate belt and has the hand heart rate readers, our heart rates get to running level just walking the inclines at 4 mph for examplewe got the free assembly and it took them 1/2 hour to set it up - no problemsthe display is great, i wasn't so sure when ordering it - but we really like it- shows everything you need and easy to usegym quality at bargain basement pricecalled the help desk in the manual to turn off the beeping when changing levels, they were super helpful- hold down the ok and right arrow for 3 seconds, then toggle until you find the sound on/off setting

I ordered this from Amazon on DEC 22 and it came today. I had professional installation and they did that quite well, took less than 1 1 /2 hours. Upon completion, machine DID NOT WORK. Just got off the phone with Nautilus and it will take at least a 1/2 week to get the replacement part and have a technician install it. If that part is not the one needed, will take additional time, 2-10 more days. The shipping box was not beat up or damaged too much to cause any internal damage. Regular dents and little scratches or marks was all. It did come on a pallet and was quite large as expected. This was bought for my wife and she will not be a happy camper till its fixed. Today date 1/5/2017Update 2/1/2017 Install guys came and installed new motor control board today. Same guys that assembled treadmill. Were quick about replacing part, but still did not work Decided to return treadmill for a refund. Can't stand waiting a month to get repair parts and have them installed. Do not want to take chance that same will have later on, best get money back now.Update 2/16/2017 I was going to write something the other day but got busy. Since the treadmill did not work upon installation & assembly and replacement of first repair part, I decided to return it. Another set of parts came afterwards, but little too late. I also have received more calls since I return it then I did while waiting on them to fix it. Bad customer service people. I was thinking about getting the same model again, but decided on another company. My wife and I went to Sears to see if they still had the same one and try it out. They did but decided it was too difficult to use. Guess it was a good thing it did not work. We tried a NordicTrack C 850s Treadmill and my wife loved it. We bought it online at the store for $100 less than posted price of $799. Since I picked it up and assembled it myself, we saved a lot of money. Total spent was $741.99. It took about 3 hours to put it together, not too hard either, but it STARTED first time after I plugged it in. My wife is now Happy Camper!!

After considerable research I purchased this unit. As a quality professional/engineering type I'm not usually impressed nor do I typically submit reviews, I had to in this case. Unit was shipped on time, with not only free shipping but Amazon promotion to supply free assembly. Technician was AWESOME, came in did an excellent job and all I had to do was hit the start button. I did need to place a, 3/4 inch 3' x 8', plywood underneath with a rubber mat because the room is carpeted with upgraded padding so the unit was sinking into the carpet. I would recommend if placed in plush carpeted room.I have had it for two weeks and it is a an impressive piece of equipment. Built like a tank, displays and programs better than machines costing much more. The 15% incline will make your lungs burn and the cushioning is excellent. I'm 6 foot weigh 200 and have played tennis and basketball regularly, for decades . I needed to increase my cardio stamina since father time I'm starting to reel me in. This machine is doing just this. I will post on Feb. 2016 an update to see how the equipment, and me, is running after 2 months or so.

OverallSo far so good! I have used my new Schwinn 870 about 2-3 times a week, with my wife uses it occasionally as well. We both find it comfortable to run on and offers us the features we were looking for.Positives-I am happy with the build quality of the treadmill and feel it should last for several years.-Running on the treadmill is comfortable, and I have personally had no issues with my joints though I am in fairly good condition, playing soccer competitively every week.-Speed and Incline work exactly as they should.-The display does what it needs to do.-The speakers are nice to have.Negatives-Some of the features on the display are not brilliantly designed, such as the compare feature. This seems to only work occasionally, and still provides me with very little understanding of how I am doing vs. past runs.-The speakers are pretty feeble. At least in my case, I have found that it is difficult to hear the audio of a movie (eg. netflix) even when I have maxed out the volume on my tablet/phone. At a standstill the volume is sufficient, but once you get running it can be challenging to hear the details in the audio coming out of the speakers. I think for my purposes I may need to switch to earphones which is too bad.-Installation is challenging and I would recommend having two people. You definitely want two people to move this around at it is NOT light. This, however, isn't really a criticism as this wouldn't work very well if it wasn't heavy.-In my case, the packaging wasn't quite sufficient and came delivered in pretty rough shape. Hard to say whether the packaging is to blame or simply the handling was much too rough. There were several sizable perforations into the box, leaving some pretty large holes open to the elements. Luckily, I could not detect any damage to the contents of the box.

Was delivered undamage. Easy to assemble and took me about 90 minutes. Base is very heavy and was the worse part to move it over living room. I bought it because of string motor and Max incline of 15 degrees. Works very good and silent.

Super purchase!!! Awesome price, GREAT quality!! Bye-bye unwanted calories!!

Good treadmill, but the heart rate monitor doesn't work, and it got shipped with 2right handed plastic handles.........sigh.......

works as advertised