It’s close to the New Year and time for some New Years Resolutions. Mine is to get back into shape and start skiing and scuba diving again. Work seems to consume so much of my time its sometimes hard to find time to make it to the gym. So for this year I decided to bring the Gym to me. I setup a small Gym which has BowFlex SelectTech weights and Adjustable bench and to get my cardio in I just had the Nordic Track X9i installed in my Gym.
I ordered the X9i at the end of November but it took forever to get to me because the first on got lost in shipping. I must say I was not impressed with customer service when I called them. It sure seemed like I was inconveniencing them by making them track a shipment which appeared to be lost in shipping. Finally they realized it was lost and shipped out another one and gave me $100 off. I paid for inhouse delivery which was a good deal in my opinion for just $150 more they installed and removed all packing material. It comes on a large wooden pallet so just to have that taken away was worth it.
Today was my first day actually using it. I used the Google Maps program to run along the coast line of Cape Town South Africa. Its make running pretty interesting to see everything as you go and also have it adjust the incline based on how the terrain is going. The machine works great and is very comfortable. I ran for 30 minutes and for someone who has had ACL replacement my knee felt fine.
There is still lots that i need to work on with this but here are some items I don’t really like at this point.
- The fans are positioned at waist level so you have to point them straight up to actually feel it above your waist.
- Haven’t seen a way to install any other Android Apps it seems like they modified the Android software just for this treadmill.
- Need a lot of ceiling height, my gym is in my basement so ceiling is 8 1/2 feet but I think if your tall you really need 10+ to get on the 40% incline
So far I am really enjoying the treadmill I will write more about it once i use it for a few more weeks.
2 comments
Michelle
January 14, 2012 at 10:28 am (UTC -5)
Thank you so much for the review. I am interested in this paicular treadmill, but I’m not sure if our ceiling is high enough? Ncohld you please tell me how tall you are?
admin
January 16, 2012 at 6:42 am (UTC -5)
I am 6′ 2″ and I find the highest I am comfortable going on an incline is around 10-15% incline. Its a great machine just wish I had higher ceilings in my basement