Bowflex Series 7 Treadmill
| Bowflex Series 7 Treadmill |
Feature Detail:
Manufacturer's Warranty Frame - 15 years; motor - 10 years; parts - 2 years; electronics and labor - 1 year What's in the Box? Bowflex Series 7 treadmill, user's manual, warranty information
About Treadmills Walking is still considered one of the most beneficial cardiovascular exercises for people of all ages, body types, and fitness levels. As a fundamental form of aerobic training, walking has numerous physical benefits for the heart, lungs, and circulatory system, while also increasing muscle tone and burning fat calories. Treadmills provide a convenient way to regularly exercise in all weather conditions in the comfort and safety of your own home. From beginners just starting an exercise regimen to advanced athletes looking to maintain their fitness level, anyone interested in getting and staying in shape can benefit greatly from regular use of a treadmill. Treadmills allow you to determine the pace, distance, and complexity of the workout based on your needs, all while watching television, talking on the telephone, or reading a magazine. Much easier on sensitive joints like the knees and hips, treadmill walking and running surfaces are typically long, padded platforms that allow ample room for a long stride and comfortable, low-impact walk or jog without the harsh contact of a concrete surface. While many different types, styles, and price ranges of treadmills exist, many of them offer unique features like a fold-up design for easy storage, an electronic display monitor showing speed, distance, workout time, incline level, and burned calories, and EKG grip pulses to monitor the heart rate while exercising. Regardless of the simple to complex features you may choose, treadmills offer an array of aerobic exercise opportunities that will provide long-lasting beneficial cardiovascular results without a commute to the gym or a jog in the rain. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - reliable buddyWe bough it in September 2009. Used it for three months now. Good item, no complains. It is too small for me - I am almost 7 ft and the handles just are not high enough. I get without them. Delivery - it was basic in home delivery - not sure what it meant, but the delivery guy dropped it off in front of our porch and left. This item is heavy, but I managed to get it inside the house alone - it has wheels and we have sturdy flat path to our house. To move it inside the house - had to use some help. Difficult, but manageable. Two or three people should be able to lift it up. Assembly was not too complicated, threading the wires took longer then expected. some holes were not aligned well enough, but little force was sufficient to push the bolts through. First several weeks as you will use it, it will smell like a new car. But the smell will go away. Not too noisy, we use it downstairs and can't hear much upstairs. Controls are adequate and the unit's quality is sufficient. Some plastic handles could be better built, but ... Recommended Rating: - Love this treadmillWe absolutely LOVE this treadmill. My husband is a runner and I love to walk..we are both every pleased with the Bowflex.....it's sturdy and folds up easily. I was a little apprehensive about buying a treadmill I hadn't tried out before, but the Bowflex is everything it's ad says it is. Amazon is always our "first choice" for most products!!! Rating:  - Product may be good -- company support lousyI bought this treadmill based on Consumer Reports recommendation. Mine was malfunctioning right out of the box. Nautilus/Bowflex made me do a series of disassembly projects to self-diagnose the problem. This included opening the motor housing -- despite the big sticker warning against that. They eventually said they could mail me the parts and arrange for a tech to see if he could repair it. Their customer service support was lousy. I returned it through Amazon and will never buy any Nautilus/Bowflex product that might require product support. Rating:  - Buyer Beware!I wish I could rate this product with negative stars. I bought the series 7 treadmill back in 2006 for $1500, and ever since it has consistently proved to not be worth the money. Upon delivery, we noticed that the fan in the console was broken. About a year-and-a-half later, the machine froze during a routine workout and gave a "safe out" error code. After several painful tests, customer service diagnosed it as a failed motherboard. Then they charged $250 to replace this part, but it took them several MONTHS to ship the replacement. Less than a year after that, the same thing happened and they again gave us the same diagnosis. I find it ridiculous that I have spent nearly $1800 on this machine and gotten less than 3 solid years out of it. Worse yet, their customer service is horrible! Rating:  - Some good, some bad...I've had my series 7 for about 6 months. First, it is sturdy as everyone says, but there is a good bit more noise/vibration when i'm running on an incline. Not so much to be worrisome, but it's not nearly as quiet when level running. I did have some problems when it was delivered as well. Not only did it take me about a month to get someone to help me move it upstairs (it took 4 of us), but then I found out that the fan was broken inside the head. I called support, they weren't as bad as others have reported (my lucky day), and they sent me the new part. It was up to me to open it up and replace it. No biggie for me, but may be for others. Then I couldn't calibrate it because it wouldn't register the speed. Called support again (again no big hassel) and they sent me a new speed sensor that I had to replace. In the process of trying to get to it, I broke one of the plastic (cosmetic) pieces on the outside, they sent me a replacement for that too (no charge). Finally, i was able to use it and it has lived up to its reputation. I got one of those surf shelfs (?) that attaches to various treadmills, a slingbox to attach to my office media center, and now I can run while I watch tv on my laptop. That's a testament to the stability. The vibration from me running is insignificant enough for me to strap on a laptop and watch TV. Even while running uphill. Now my only problem is the heart rate monitor. That screen at the bottom is supposed to cycle through (or stay put on one) of numerous measurements such as time, distance, heart rate, etc. The problem is that I don't use the heart rate monitor strap that came with it. I use my own. So now it always stays on the heart rate monitor reading, trying to pick up a signal (i guess). If I set the Select/Scan to Scan, it will scan the various measurements until it reaches hear rate, then the scan disengages and it stays there. If I use the Select/Scan button to select a different measurement and stay there, say distance, it will stay there for a few seconds and then revert to the heart rate monitor. I'm hoping it's a something I can configure or fix with a call to support. If so, I'd add a star or probably two to my review. If not, then that entire screen is completely useless to me and the product has a serious flaw. Ok, I now see the problem others have noted about support. I called about the HR monitor reading mentioned above and got Jesse. She proceeded to tell me that's just the way it is and there was nothing I could do about it. She said it kept going back to the HR reading because "that's what most people want". No joke. Oh, so the Select/Scan button is just there for looks? If I *Select* distance, it's always going to go back to HR because that's what I really want and the machine knows better??? She just said there's no way to override it. It's amazing how she was so willing to suspend logic, common sense, and spread incorrect information because she didn't know the answer. SO, I hung up and called back and got Debbie this time. She was wonderful and spent about 5 minutes max troubleshooting this and we figured out it was because the chest strap was still in the room. The machine was picking up a signal, but no heart rate, so it kept trying. As soon as I moved the chest strap out of the room, problem solved. Give Debbie a raise and fire Jesse. I can't change the rating now, but if I did add stars it would only be 1 since service is so drastically inconsistent. But now I'm 100% happy with my treadmill. 
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