[Electronics-talk] accessible treadmill

[Sarah Clark]

Hi Andy,

You are in the Los Angeles area aren't you? If so, we found it at a local fitness store chain called Busy Body Fitness. Dicks Sporting Goods also carries it, but the store near us didn't have it in stock.
After we looked at it, we ordered it directly from the manufacturer since shipping is free and there would've been a significant delivery charge ordering from the store. Plus the manufacturer doesn't charge sales tax.

Sarah


Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:17:58 -0800
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Where did you find it?

Andy


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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Electronics-talk] An Accessible Treadmill

Hello,

I posted a few days ago asking about accessible treadmills, and I just
wanted to let everyone know that we found a good one that is very
accessible. It is the LifeSpan TR 1200i. Its a folding model that sells
at most places for $1000. All of the buttons on it are real buttons,
that are large and well spaced/arranged, so it is very easy to quickly
hit the button you want. It also has buttons on the side rails for
quicker access to increasing/decreasing speed and incline while in use. 
We researched for quite some time to find a good quality treadmill from
a quality company with good customer service (we found that almost all
of the companies in this industry have horrible customer service). 

Though it is a folding model, folding it up is not automatic. You have
to lift it up yourself (instead of pressing a button to have it auto
lift). But it clicks into place when you have lifted it to the proper
height. And when you want to lower it, you only have to start lowering
it an inch or 2 manually, and then it lowers itself the rest of the way.

I am totally impressed by this machine, and particularly the buttons. We
looked at a lot of treadmills, and all of the other ones we saw,
including the other 2 LifeSpan folding models we looked at -- the 2000
and the 3000, either had totally flat buttons that were undetectable
like a microwave panel, or blended into the panel so much it was hard to
quickly find and distinguish them from one another. But these buttons
are large, full buttons that are very easy to recognize and tell apart. 

Hope this helps someone,

Sarah