Renting a treadmill?

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BobSaunders

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3,041 posts

160 months

Friday 1st January 2021
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Anyone know if it’s possible to rent a treadmill? Ideally want to rent one for a couple of months to see if I want to buy one long term.

Two young children and a demanding job also mean it’s hard work to actually get out running e.g. leave the house.

spikeyhead

17,801 posts

202 months

Friday 1st January 2021
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Buy one second hand and sell it again if you don't like it?

CoolHands

19,234 posts

200 months

Friday 1st January 2021
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All the secondhand prices went up since lockdown. Before that you could hardly give them away

BobSaunders

Original Poster:

3,041 posts

160 months

Friday 1st January 2021
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Problem is going to look at them. All my previous experience has been with industrial gym ones which are all 2k a piece.

PushedDover

5,880 posts

58 months

Friday 1st January 2021
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Looked in to it ourselves after I rented a Waterrower a few years ago.
Zero availability when we were looking in October for any treadmill rentals, and more or less the same for a purchase.
Budget creep saw us putting an order in for a DKN machine.
Delivery went back (and this was a £750 unit)

Luck would have it, one turned up locally second hand hardly used, for £240.


It is in the garage and used most days by her indoors.
Keep an eye out on the usual second hand places.

WhiskyDisco

863 posts

79 months

Friday 1st January 2021
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The problem is the weight of the item. I bought a used Life Fitness running machine and cross trainer - I hadn't appreciated the weight until I tried to remove them from the house of the seller. Each item is nearly 120kg, and they can't be easily dismantled. The weight seems to be almost entirely in the motor. They are seriously heavy items - moving them is a workout in it's own right!

PushedDover

5,880 posts

58 months

Friday 1st January 2021
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WhiskyDisco said:
The problem is the weight of the item. I bought a used Life Fitness running machine and cross trainer - I hadn't appreciated the weight until I tried to remove them from the house of the seller. Each item is nearly 120kg, and they can't be easily dismantled. The weight seems to be almost entirely in the motor. They are seriously heavy items - moving them is a workout in it's own right!
Yes.

The GF announced the purchased Treadmill was on the Third floor of this lovely part of town......

Never crossed my mind I would need tools, but after borrowing a few bits dismantled in 30mins, and even then, the deck alone must have been 100Kg down the stairs...

spikeyhead

17,801 posts

202 months

Friday 1st January 2021
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I bought one, paid a couple of East Europeans to deliver it to me, and they refused an extra £30 to carry it up the stairs.

I ended up taking the motor out of it to reduce the weight and it still took three of us to get it up there.

daveenty

2,366 posts

215 months

Saturday 2nd January 2021
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Whereabouts are you based Bob?

Looked at your profile though it's a bit vague geographically. I'm in N Manchester (Bury) and have one which you could either try out, or pay me what I paid for it when I bought it last year, (I think I gave around £180 but will check) and own it. I'll even throw a little portable TV in as well to make the aimless meandering a bit more bearable. smile

It's a Reebok ZR8 and is up and running with no known faults though, as mentioned earlier, will need a couple of you to lift it. I'm a bit limited here due to a previous heart issue which I'm still wary of. frown

spikeyhead

17,801 posts

202 months

Saturday 2nd January 2021
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There's plenty available at auctions if you're feeling lucky

https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/search-results?...