Horizon Fitness T101 Treadmill
- 9 programming options – 3 targets (time, distance, calories), 3 workouts (manual, intervals, weight loss)
- Sonic Surround¿ speakers with MP3 compatibility; COOLfit¿ workout fan; 3 orange LED windows, LED brickyard, target/workout LED indicators
- 2.25 CHP motor; 0-10 mph speed range; 0-10% incline range; Pulse grips heart rate monitor; 20 × 55 belt
- FeatherLIGHT¿ lift system for easy fold-up storage; PerfectFLEX¿ deck cushioning
- Warranties: Lifetime frame and motor, 1-year parts and labor; User capacity 300 lbs
Product DescriptionHorizon treadmills are all about one thing – quality. Quality suspension and deck systems to help protect your body; best-in-class motors that keep going strong for years to come; and meaningful, motivating programming to help you meet your goals. At Horizon, we carefully design each treadmill to give you the comfort, control and convenience you need to succeed. Horizon treadmills use large, heavy frames, making them more solid and stable than competitors’. The Horizon T101 offers a comfortable beginning – durability and value rolled into an attractive design. . . . More >>
Horizon Fitness T101 Treadmill
Saturday, 16. January 2010 23:55
This Horizon Fitness T101 is terrible! It worked for 10 minutes and then never worked again. Horizon customer service is really bad be prepared to wait 3 days for a call back! Do not buy one!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: 1 / 5
Sunday, 17. January 2010 1:08
This is my fourth treadmill and my first experience with Horizon. I purchased the T101 November 27th, and it did not work when it was put together. I called Horizon and the lady ordered parts that took about a week to arrive. The tech could not fix it because they sent the wrong parts, and he ordered the correct ones. After two weeks I called to see where they were and was told no parts had been ordered. The tech said he did order them. Stan from Horizon said he was sorry and reordered the parts which should have arrived on January 7th. It is now the 12th and they aren’t here. The tech said they cannot find them either, and he was unable to get anyone at Horizon. I’ve left messages for two days with Horizon to please call me back and have gotten no response. Meanwhile I’ve had a treadmill for almost 7 weeks that I cannot use, and they will not extend my warranty. The store manager at Dunhams has been very understanding. Even though they usually have a 30 day return on this item, he is willing to take it back until January 30th. I don’t want to do that, as it will cost me to pay someone to return something I got on sale and cannot replace for that price. I just wish they’d repair it.
Rating: 1 / 5
Sunday, 17. January 2010 1:27
I have not had this treadmill for long so I cannot yet comment on its durability and long term reliability, but I am happy to report it does function properly unlike the two unlucky customers who have given it negative reviews so far.
Delivery: it was delivered by a company called Pilot (with whom you would schedule the delivery date when finalizing the purchse on Amazon). According to their tracking report, the treadmill actually arrived at my local station/office/warehouse 10 days prior to the scheduled delivery date, but it was delivered on the scheduled date and within the 3-hour window given nonetheless. The delivery guy told me he could only bring it as far as the driveway, even though I wanted it in the back of the house so I could put it in my walk-out basement. Luckily I have a dolley of my own, otherwise the 200lb box might be a little hard to manuver for one person on the lawn. (3 stars)
Assembly: not overly difficult as it only requires aligning and screwing in (by an Allen wrench) 12 bolts. I did it all by myself. But a problem came up when I got to installing the display/contral panel (which is the entire large black plastic piece on top of the treadmill you see in the photos), I found it impossible to thread in any of the 4 bolts into 4 pre-welded nuts. The nuts are welded on an opposite side of a hollow metal tube from entrance holes for bolts, and as it turns out, the nuts are welded on crooked, and not aligned properly with the bolt-entrance holes, making it impossible to thread in the bolts. Luckily, again, I had a little Dremel polisher tool, and I used it to enlarge/elongate the holes quite a bit before I could thread the bolts and finally install the panel. What should have been a 30-minute process ended up dragging on for an hour and a half. I read one of the reviews for another Horizon treadmill (not this model) and found that someone else had to do the same thing during assembly. (1 Star)
Operation: very user-friendly with large button and displays, not one of those things that you need to read the manual first just to operate. It has one of the better cushioning systems I have jogged on (for a budget model, that is), a safety clip (so the belt stops if you fall down), heart rate monitor, incline (up to 10%) and speed (up to 10MPH) changes, a variable speed fan, a line-in/speaker system (”iPod hook-up”), a bottle of lubrication oil included. So far so good, at least what you would expect for its price. No complaints whatsoever. (5 stars)
As I said, I have only had it for a little while, and given my experience so far, I can only give it 4 stars due to the poorly conceived assembly procedure. I will update on the long term issues (if any) in the future.
Rating: 4 / 5
Sunday, 17. January 2010 2:02
I bought this unit just before Christmas, after several months of research. It has all the “must have” requirements. It was delivered promptly and packaged well. It is a solid, durable unit with a good warranty. I love the machine. I am not a heavy runner, mostly interval training. Use 3-5 times a week. The machine is v. quiet, and while it doesn’t have a million programs, it has what I need and the bells and whistles – fan, book holder, mp3, etc. The only complaint I’d have is that you can’t adjust the fan to blow directly on you. The blades for the fan exhaust are fixed. V. Minor. Speakers work well on the MP3. It’s a great machine for the price point.
Rating: 5 / 5
Sunday, 17. January 2010 2:22
This treadmill is a great treadmill for the price. I highly recommend it. I was looking for a treadmill with a wide and long belt, and this one, 55 x 20, gives me a lot of space to walk and run. The treadmill has 10 buttons each for the speed and incline: 1, 2, 3. . . 10, so you can just press the button to get to desired speed or incline, and not to have press the up or down arrow a hundred times. It also has a up and down arrow button, too, on the side so you can adjust by . 1 the speed or the incline. The treadmill has a fan with 3 modes, fan 1, fan 2, and fan 3, so if you feel yourself getting hot during the walk, you can blast up the fan and it’ll cool you down. The treadmill, like others, allows you to read your heart rate. And you can check calories burnt, distance, and time, like others. After you’re done with it, you can fold it up. It’s really good. I have no complaints with it.
For $600, it’s a great buy.
Rating: 5 / 5