ProForm Power 995c Treadmill

I bought this almost 4 years ago! Works as good today as day i bought it. And i use it a lot! Proform makes great products!When Amazon lowered the price of this treadmill to $750, I ordered it immediately. I had a ProForm treadmill before but needed a new one. The prior treadmill lasted 3.5 years although it would have lasted much longer had I not moved it so much. Treadmills are not made for moving, that's for sure. I firmly believe that had I not moved it so much, it would have lasted another 5 years.As for this new one, for fairness sake, I have to state that the package came completely unblemished and there was nothing wrong with the treadmill at all (well, see below for a disclaimer). WARNING: This treadmill is EXTREMELY heavy and there is no way one person can move it on their own. Offer your driver money to have them help you move it to where you want. Once there, it is manageable for one person.I've assembled proform treadmills before, so I had a little edge on this one. Actually, this installation was easier than the last time (probably a learning curve thing). If I were to complain about one thing it would be that the instruction manual makes it extremely difficult to differentiate between the screws. It would be nice if proform put each different screw in a different bag and identified them. But, since it's made in China, I guess that's not going to happen.As for the machine itself, I did run across some holes not being threaded correctly. What this means is that some screws did not fit properly in the holes. I had to run to Home Depot and buy a $7 boring tool to rethread them, and then the screws fit fine. If the screws do not go all the way in the hole, you'll have problems fitting some of the pieces on the machine.Now, for the performance. The machine is extremely solid (it should be as it's so heavy). The belt is large, which makes it great to run on (for those of you looking to save a few bucks, small running belts are not ideal). The speed and incline controls work as expected. All in all, very satisfied.In respect to Proform service, my experience with them has been good. My console stopped working on my prior treadmill. They sent me a new one, no charge, no questions. Then, right before the warranty expired, it happened again. They made sure I got a new console before the warranty expired. (Note: I'm rough on the treadmill and I can't totally blame Proform for the consoles failing). But at least they're covered under warranty.I did not get an extended warranty this time, but I highly suggest it. It's not the parts that get ya, it's the labor. Since this treadmill is so inexpensive, it's worth spending the money for the warranty. Not sure why I didn't bother to buy it.Be realistic. ALL treadmills are made in China. If you spend less than $2000 for a treadmill, it will have a limited life. But for $750, this is a steal. Highly recommend it.

Great treadmill (and I caught it when Amazon had it on sale for $765 making it even better!), but I do have a couple of things to mention.1. ASSEMBLY/INSTALLATION: Purchase assembly/installation. Even if you ignore this advice, once the product arrives and you unbox it, there's a yellow sheet with the instructions again offering you discounted installation. Call them. Let a pro put this 375 lb behemoth together for you. This is a professional-grade treadmill. The parts are heavy, large and unwieldy. The screws that assemble it are almost all self-tapping into holes that are NOT threaded and you can easily cross-thread them in their holes. They also require an Herculean amount of strength to torque the screws into the holes as you are cutting the threads into the steel as you go. You CANNOT use an electric screwdriver. If you do, the heads will strip and you'll have to drill out the screw and start again - and when you ruin more then one spare screw, you'll have to call ProForm and wait for replacement parts to arrive. - two to three weeks. I am very large with giant hands and arms, and after the first half-dozen screws, I had to take a break. It took me two nights to assemble this beast. So, unless you place zero value on your own time and you enjoy fruitless wastes of physical exertion, I strongly advise that you opt for professional assembly and setup - you'll be exercising that much faster2. IFit COMPATIBILITY: This treadmill has a slot that will hold an optional iFit module - a wifi-enabled device that allows you to download circuits from the internet, upload your own workout stats to an iFit account (a free one year account comes with the module, which sells for $100), and, according to the advertising, you can enjoy Google Maps Street View for your walks. All of these features work well, but the last one - the integration with Google Maps Street View - I really cannot say this feature adds any value with this particular treadmill, because the display on the ProForm 995c doesn't support NTSC video at all - is is more like a giant stopwatch screen, and all the animation on the display is done using those little segments - making those Google Maps animations look pretty dumb. You still get the programmed walk - the hills and valleys, etc., but the visual aspect on this treadmill is non-existent. Just a warning in case you plan to purchase that option - it does NOT improve the existing display at all.3. COMES WITH A STRAP-ON: The 995c comes with a chest strap that wirelessly monitors your heart rate during walks and displays it so you don't have to grab the handles to check your pulse. This is a really nice feature.4. THE MOTOR: Let's face facts - this is the part we're paying for - the thing that mills the tread so we can move that ass and lose those pounds! The 995c has a great motor - quiet for its size, but far from underpowered. It is able to handle the changing needs of a complex walk without flinching. It is also modular so that, in future should it require replacement, doing so appears to be a very straightforward repair. The warranty on the motor is ten years. I don't know about you, but if I'm still worried about using a treadmill in ten years, somebody please shoot me.5. STORAGE WARS: The deck (the part you tread upon) on this unit folds up securely so you can clean underneath it, and also so that you can move it. CAUTION: Moving this beastie is a two-person operation. You have to fold up the deck, lock that into place, and then tilt the treadmill onto a new center of gravity over two casters so that you can kind of jockey it into position. Again, I am 6'2" and 250 lbs - a big, solid dude, and I am no match for the almost 400 lbs of metal and mass that this thing is packing. Moving this around with one person is dangerous and foolhardy, but if that's your situation and you have no alternative, please go very slowly and move it in increments to avoid injuring yourself. When something this large and heavy loses it's balance, there is no telling which way it'll go when it goes.6. THE FLOOR BELOW: If using this on a floor that is directly above anyone trying to perform any productive activity, you should purchase and deploy a shock-absorbing treadmill mat along with your ProForm 995c, and here's why: The treadmill clocks in at 375 lbs. the weight limit for the 995c is 350 lbs. So, potentially we are starting with 725 pounds of mass - and that is before we factor in the force energies, vibrations from the motor, tread belt and inclinator - all of which gets transferred to the floor below the treadmill (and from there, to the ceiling above the heads of the people living below you). Common courtesy here appears to guide us appropriately. Note also that padding between the treadmill and the floor will also ease the resistance you experience during your workouts. While there are Air Shox installed on the. 995c to help mitigate the counter force that strikes the knee when your foot strikes the treadmill bed, not all of those oppositional forces can be negated (this is physics were talking about here, remember?), so a little extra help from a nice thick rubber mat certainly wouldn't hurt the overall equation.

UPDATE: So the tech came to fix the walking board that broke and took weeks to get to me. In the process of replacing the board I asked him to check the incline and the mounts were loose and 1 had lost its bolt completely. So this was another issue just waiting to happen. Also the belt has a issue and will be ordering another belt for me which will take weeks again. I cannot stress how much I am disappointed in this treadmill and proform as well. Do NOT buy from them.I just want to make sure everyone knows that the equipment seems shoddy. I bought this because it seemed sturdy, decent price, and lots of nice features that I probably never use all of them.Well it arrived broken. The bar with +- for speed and incline did not work. I call and they send me a new bar to replace, that I had to install myself. Which was not fun btw.Well not even 6 months later the deck breaks, they refer to it as the walking board. I am running on this thing and it cracks nearly sending me flying. I weigh 205 and this thing is suppose to be good to 350 that is utter BS. I call them again and all they are willing to do is have a technician come out and replace it. So basically I have to trust that it was just 1 bad deck and in 6 months I don't kill myself running on the thing again.Just find it hard to trust there equipment when it seems so prone to breaking. Tried to get them to just replace the treadmill itself but they would not. I do NOT recommend this product at all.