Reviewing Icon Treadmills

Manufactured by Icon Health and Fitness who are the largest makers in the world of exercise equipment, Icon treadmills appear under the subsidiary brands like Epic, Weslo, Nordic Track, Image, Healthrider and Proform. Their treadmills are well known for being full of workout tools, especially in the Nordic Track and Proform machines. This includes extras like built in speakers, free workout CDs, t.vs, fitness journals, carb counters, hand weights, heart rate monitors and more.

These treadmills are prices around the budget to mid price range and brands cater to the different areas of the market. For example the brands Image and Weslo have machines that are for the under five hundred dollars market whereas Nordic Track is high budget to mid price equipment.

The main strength of Icon machines is their affordability. Even if you are on a tight budget, there is a machine that you can probably afford. There is really no other manufacturer like Icon that is as good at using their resources to make their treadmills better for less.

Also good about this company, if you want the extras, the bells and whistles, such as the iFit comparability (a virtual personal trainer you can download off the internet), the t.vs, the iPod docks and speakers, the fans, the hand weights, then they have definitely got it. The competition racing, fitness journals and marathon training tools and other fitness tracking tools are also nice.

But even with an experienced company like Icon the old adage of you get what you pay for still stands. When you pay $500 for a treadmill you cannot expect a sturdy, durable machine that gives the right cushioning you should have when exercising. Another problem is their warranties as though it varies from brand to brand, they can be very short (though Nordic Track have recently improved upon this area with lifetime warranties on motors and frames). Most are around 90 days which hardly gives you any protection at all.

It is hard to make one sweeping statement about Icon treadmills as there are so many models. There are some great ones and some rather questionable ones. If unsure it would probably be wise to look more to Nordic Track units and avoid Image and Weslo ones.