Horizon Fitness T74 Treadmill
Get a great workout in your home with the quiet and smooth Horizon T74 treadmill, which can reach speeds up to 12 miles per hour.
Perfect for rigorous training routines, the T74 has a 2.5 horsepower incline motor with a 0 to 12-percent grade and speed increments of 0.5 mph. The SmartBoard computer console has an orange backlit LCD and separate speed and incline LED display windows, as well as a full menu of easy-to-access control buttons. It includes eight preset programs–manual, interval, rolling, weight loss, hills, two custom programs, and a heart rate zone. It also offers a built-in fan to keep you cool and running longer and contact heart rate monitors built into the handles.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Works great!
Machine works great. Everything I needed. I had a similar problem with the shipping that others have mentioned, but the product itself was fairly simple to assemble and works great. I use it almost every day now.
4 Stars Great treadmill!
Wow! I just got off after a good workout. The treadmill works very well and there is no noise or vibrations. The set up was easy and the guy who delivered it was fantastic – he actually brought it to the room where we planned o set it up.
There are two small problems I have though (hence not a 5 star rating)
1. The magnetic safety clip is too weak and with a slight touch it falls off great in case of an emergency I guess but the machine stops dead and ruins your workout.
2. The console programming is very confusing and not easy to customize.
2 Stars Loved it at first but didn't last
Note – I didn't buy this treadmill from Amazon. This is an 18 month review from an average runner 165 lbs, 30-40 weekly miles, not too fast and not too slow.
The first 500 miles was great! Quiet, sturdy, and smooth. Powered on and just went.
After that, the noises started and the "walking" belt started slipping. Cleaned lubed adjusted belt per manual. It worked for another week okay, but required constant belt adjustment – alignment adjustments before every run for a month then tightening adjustments during the runs. The slipping felt like running on snow where you never know when you'll hit an ice patch. Not fun! Increasing incline helped reduce slippage but I don't prefer running at 5% incline.
Horizon was great with warranty parts replacement and service till the year was up. They replaced the deck, side rails (plastic parts that held it in place cracked and added to the noise), motor drive belt (motor was slightly misaligned from the beginning and slowly destroyed the belt), then lastly the walking belt was replaced since the rear alignment screws were backed all of the way.
Since then I've taken it apart and cleaned the front drive roller twice thinking that the roller is the only real part where slippage could occur. Er…still slips. Sadly it's now only used for walking. So I'm disappointed and frustrated.
5 Stars Completely Satisfied
I found the cost of $699 w/free delivery and no sales tax for a treadmill of this quality too good to pass up. It was delivered within three days of ordering it. The container in perfect condition. I had it assembled and was knocking out my first mile in less than an hour. I had no help and I am not very patient when it comes to putting things together. The control panel only 'looks' overwhelming – it's actually very easy to use. The unit is very solid and runs smoothly and quietly. I am very satisfied with this purchase.
5 Stars very satisfied user
first off, i bought this tradmill back in january of this year and only now am staring to use it! the shipping was excellent (the driver not so much) as their was no damage to the box at all. I unpacked it a fews days after delivery to 'check out what i bought' and then left it alone for another few weeks while i ….. well no real reason but laziness. then after finally putting it together – the motor starts, but the top-panel doesnt. argh. so a few more weeks go by before i call horizon c.s. (their hours are really odd btw) but once i reach them, they were fantastic! they shipped me replacement parts with no questions asked. upon receipt of the parts (unexpectedly via next day courier) i realized that i had no idea what to do with them so another few weeks (read: months) i called again and they sent a tech out at no charge to assist me. turns out, one of the wires i hooked up was not done correctly, so the whole time it was my fault but they still did not ask for a service call fee. most excellent!! now that i am using t, it feels solid and well built. the console controls take some learning to understand and use, but that is to be expected. i really like this unit and horizon fitness is great to work with!
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