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Bought this 2 weeks ago and it was delivered and set up on Monday, so I'm very happy to be able to go get $200 back now with a price adjustment!
Some initial thoughts:
iFit is actually way better than I was expecting (originally just wanting a "dumb" treadmill and to mount a TV to watch shows). It's awesome how the workouts sync to the treadmill for incline/decline and speed, and nice that you can control the music independently from the trainer volume (and change music stations). They do a good job at distracting you from feeling the run, and even have some cool hikes! We've done 5 workouts this week between 2 people and never had any buffering issues on the 5GHz band about 55 ft from the router.
Look up "NordicUnchained" to be able to get to the home screen permanently (the tablet runs Android 7) and sideload Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, etc, and even TikTok if you want lol. I haven't been able to get Hulu, Disney+, or HBO Max to work yet though (log in or playback errors). iFit is just another app on the Home Screen that you can launch, and if you start a manual workout and switch to Netflix, or whatever, it will still track your stats.
I'm 220 lb and haven't had any major issues with the treadmill construction. I do think I may need to tighten the belt a little after the first few runs but the installers took the tool with them lol. I do still nope out on iFit runs where they are doing skipping/jumping warm-ups... seems a little sketch to come down on the treadmill like that.
The only major con so far is that the front fan seriously only comes out of the middle 2 inches of that entire vent lol.
Bought this 2 weeks ago and it was delivered and set up on Monday, so I'm very happy to be able to go get $200 back now with a price adjustment!
iFit is actually way better than I was expecting. We've done 5 workouts this week between 2 people and never had any buffering issues on the 5GHz band about 55 ft from the router.
But look up "NordicUnchained" to be able to get to the home screen permanently (the tablet runs Android 7) and sideload Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and even TikTok. iFit is just another app you can launch and if you start a manual workout and switch to Netflix it will still track your stats.
I haven't been able to get Hulu, Disney+, or HBO Max to work yet though (log in or playback errors), and the front fan seriously only comes out of the middle 2 inches of that entire vent lol, but very happy with it overall so far.
How is it with updates? I'm assuming it's running android?
How is it with updates? I'm assuming it's running android?
Correct, it's running Android 7. I haven't seen that it's possible to update that yet. It's kind of like dedicating an entire tablet to run a single app, so I don't worry about it too much.
I believe I've read the brand new ProForm equipment is running Android 9, while old models that are losing iFit support now were on Android 2.
Bought this 2 weeks ago and it was delivered and set up on Monday, so I'm very happy to be able to go get $200 back now with a price adjustment!
Some initial thoughts:
iFit is actually way better than I was expecting (originally just wanting a "dumb" treadmill and to mount a TV to watch shows). It's awesome how the workouts sync to the treadmill for incline/decline and speed, and nice that you can control the music independently from the trainer volume (and change music stations). They do a good job at distracting you from feeling the run, and even have some cool hikes! We've done 5 workouts this week between 2 people and never had any buffering issues on the 5GHz band about 55 ft from the router.
Look up "NordicUnchained" to be able to get to the home screen permanently (the tablet runs Android 7) and sideload Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, etc, and even TikTok if you want lol. I haven't been able to get Hulu, Disney+, or HBO Max to work yet though (log in or playback errors). iFit is just another app on the Home Screen that you can launch, and if you start a manual workout and switch to Netflix, or whatever, it will still track your stats.
I'm 220 lb and haven't had any major issues with the treadmill construction. I do think I may need to tighten the belt a little after the first few runs but the installers took the tool with them lol. I do still nope out on iFit runs where they are doing skipping/jumping warm-ups... seems a little sketch to come down on the treadmill like that.
The only major con so far is that the front fan seriously only comes out of the middle 2 inches of that entire vent lol.
Is iFit subscription worth ? Can single iFit subscription be used across multiple iFit enabled equipments (& also different brands like NordicTrack/ProForm) like Treadmill, Bike, Rower etc…?
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Only 2 types of ifit using treadmills; Ones that have bad software and others where proform/nordic will eventually make the software bad.
Owner of 3 proform equipment with ifit.
Only 2 types of ifit using treadmills; Ones that have bad software and others where proform/nordic will eventually make the software bad.
Owner of 3 proform equipment with ifit.
Couldn't agree more.
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank fiveighteen
Some initial thoughts:
iFit is actually way better than I was expecting (originally just wanting a "dumb" treadmill and to mount a TV to watch shows). It's awesome how the workouts sync to the treadmill for incline/decline and speed, and nice that you can control the music independently from the trainer volume (and change music stations). They do a good job at distracting you from feeling the run, and even have some cool hikes! We've done 5 workouts this week between 2 people and never had any buffering issues on the 5GHz band about 55 ft from the router.
Look up "NordicUnchained" to be able to get to the home screen permanently (the tablet runs Android 7) and sideload Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, etc, and even TikTok if you want lol. I haven't been able to get Hulu, Disney+, or HBO Max to work yet though (log in or playback errors). iFit is just another app on the Home Screen that you can launch, and if you start a manual workout and switch to Netflix, or whatever, it will still track your stats.
I'm 220 lb and haven't had any major issues with the treadmill construction. I do think I may need to tighten the belt a little after the first few runs but the installers took the tool with them lol. I do still nope out on iFit runs where they are doing skipping/jumping warm-ups... seems a little sketch to come down on the treadmill like that.
The only major con so far is that the front fan seriously only comes out of the middle 2 inches of that entire vent lol.
Only 2 types of ifit using treadmills; Ones that have bad software and others where proform/nordic will eventually make the software bad.
Owner of 3 proform equipment with ifit.
iFit is actually way better than I was expecting. We've done 5 workouts this week between 2 people and never had any buffering issues on the 5GHz band about 55 ft from the router.
But look up "NordicUnchained" to be able to get to the home screen permanently (the tablet runs Android 7) and sideload Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and even TikTok. iFit is just another app you can launch and if you start a manual workout and switch to Netflix it will still track your stats.
I haven't been able to get Hulu, Disney+, or HBO Max to work yet though (log in or playback errors), and the front fan seriously only comes out of the middle 2 inches of that entire vent lol, but very happy with it overall so far.
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Correct, it's running Android 7. I haven't seen that it's possible to update that yet. It's kind of like dedicating an entire tablet to run a single app, so I don't worry about it too much.
I believe I've read the brand new ProForm equipment is running Android 9, while old models that are losing iFit support now were on Android 2.
Some initial thoughts:
iFit is actually way better than I was expecting (originally just wanting a "dumb" treadmill and to mount a TV to watch shows). It's awesome how the workouts sync to the treadmill for incline/decline and speed, and nice that you can control the music independently from the trainer volume (and change music stations). They do a good job at distracting you from feeling the run, and even have some cool hikes! We've done 5 workouts this week between 2 people and never had any buffering issues on the 5GHz band about 55 ft from the router.
Look up "NordicUnchained" to be able to get to the home screen permanently (the tablet runs Android 7) and sideload Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, etc, and even TikTok if you want lol. I haven't been able to get Hulu, Disney+, or HBO Max to work yet though (log in or playback errors). iFit is just another app on the Home Screen that you can launch, and if you start a manual workout and switch to Netflix, or whatever, it will still track your stats.
I'm 220 lb and haven't had any major issues with the treadmill construction. I do think I may need to tighten the belt a little after the first few runs but the installers took the tool with them lol. I do still nope out on iFit runs where they are doing skipping/jumping warm-ups... seems a little sketch to come down on the treadmill like that.
The only major con so far is that the front fan seriously only comes out of the middle 2 inches of that entire vent lol.
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