Product Description

Merit Fitness 710T Treadmill with Heart Rate Monitor and EZ-For-One Assembly

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61871 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: Horizon Fitness
• Model: 710T
• Released on: 2006-11-01

Features

• Folding treadmill with 1.25 horsepower continuous duty motor
• Speed range of 1.5 to 10 miles per hour, 0 to 1.75 percent incline
• Four preset programs, two cup holders, thumb contact heart rate monitor
• Weight capacity of 250 pounds
• Five-year frame warranty, one year for the motor

Amazon.com Product Description
Make it easy and affordable to get into shape in your own home with the Merit 710T treadmill, which folds easily for storage. A great choice for both walkers and recreational runners, the 710T has a 1.25 continuous horsepower motor that provides a speed range of 1.5 to 10 miles per hour. It also offers up to 1.75 percent of elevation for added resistance. The computer console displays time, speed, and level, and it features two cup holders, handles, and a thumb contact heart rate monitor. It features four preset programs, including manual, intervals, rolling, and weight loss.

Specifications:

• Motor: 1.25 continuous horsepower, 2.25 total horsepower
• Speed range: 1.5 to 10 miles per hour
• Elevation range: 0 to 1.75 percent
• Running area: 16 by 45 inches
• Running deck: 0.6 inch
• Cushion system: AeroSoft
• Belt thickness: 1.3 millimeters
• Roller size: 1.6 inches
• Weight capacity: 250 pounds

Manufacturer's Warranty
Frame - 5 years; motor - 1 year; parts and labor - 90 days

About Treadmills
Walking is still considered one of the most beneficial cardiovascular exercises for people of all ages, body types, and fitness levels. As a fundamental form of aerobic training, walking has numerous physical benefits for the heart, lungs, and circulatory system, while also increasing muscle tone and burning fat calories. Treadmills provide a convenient way to regularly exercise in all weather conditions in the comfort and safety of your own home.

From beginners just starting an exercise regimen to advanced athletes looking to maintain their fitness level, anyone interested in getting and staying in shape can benefit greatly from regular use of a treadmill. Treadmills allow you to determine the pace, distance, and complexity of the workout based on your needs, all while watching television, talking on the telephone, or reading a magazine. Much easier on sensitive joints like the knees and hips, treadmill walking and running surfaces are typically long, padded platforms that allow ample room for a long stride and comfortable, low-impact walk or jog without the harsh contact of a concrete surface.

While many different types, styles, and price ranges of treadmills exist, many of them offer unique features like a fold-up design for easy storage, an electronic display monitor showing speed, distance, workout time, incline level, and burned calories, and EKG grip pulses to monitor the heart rate while exercising. Regardless of the simple to complex features you may choose, treadmills offer an array of aerobic exercise opportunities that will provide long-lasting beneficial cardiovascular results without a commute to the gym or a jog in the rain.

About Merit Fitness
Merit Fitness is part of Johnson Health Tech, one of the largest manufacturers of fitness equipment in the world. They are committed to designing, engineering, and manufacturing superior products for health clubs and homes. Johnson’s manufacturing facilities rank among the most sophisticated in the industry, with an intricate mix of robotics and skilled workers that maintain the highest standards of accuracy and quality. Every stage of manufacturing has a testing phase and 10 percent of Merit’s products go through a rigorous quality inspection that includes completely taking them apart and reassembling them.

Customer Reviews

Great Value for the Money
Overall, this treadmill is a great value for the money. Like other reviewers said, it was slightly difficult to put together (as reported by my husband), but now that it's together we haven't had any problems. It runs smoothly, isn't too loud, and is super easy to figure out the control panel.

My favorite feature is the heart rate monitor--a button on the control panel--that you just press your thumb to and it reads your heart rate quickly.

Good Treadmill
I received this treadmill as a gift just yesterday. I found it to be easy enough to put together by myself. But use your own tools versus the ones that it comes with. Makes things go faster. I found that if you don't tighten all of the bolts until the very end, it makes things a little easier when adding the control panel to the handles. One thing that wasn't obvious or included in the instruction manual (at least I didn't see it) was where the power switch was. It's located near the power cord. Great feature to have if you have small children who might want to play on the treadmill. You can power it off and the switch isn't in an obvious place where they can turn it on themselves. The weight loss program was a good workout. Can't wait to try the other ones.

Hope this is helpful.

Easy to use, not easy to put together...
This treadmill works fine, although there is nothing in the instructions about the incline. May be obvious to some but at first I couldn't figure out how to change it. Also it's not easy to put together. The control panel fits on top of the legs but it's almost impossible to line them up with the holes and screws properly. Great value for the price but don't put it together alone.