Treadmill Review: Reebok R 5.80 Treadmill
Treadmill Rating: 1/5 for a terrible warranty
Price: $799

Hello Readers,
It looks like a long day of treadmill reviews for me. Looks like I just pulled the Reebok R 5.80 Treadmill card. Reebok fitness equipment is manufactured under Icon Fitness, a brand I’ve come to love to hate. It’s not that I have an irrational hatred towards an entire company, rather, I have a hatred for their typical business practices. For the most part, you get a one-year parts and labor warranty on any piece of fitness equipment that retails for $599 or more. Unfortunately, Icon Fitness and consequently Reebok has chosen not to follow this industry standard. I’ll talk about warranty and a whole lot more about why don’t like the Reebok R 5.80 Treadmill in my treadmill review.

I think I said at least 1000 times on my treadmill blog that 99% of Icon Fitness is treadmills and elliptical trainers would be some of the better buys if they had a better warranty and either a better feel for better shock support system. Icon Fitness as well as this Reebok treadmill have things like programs, speed, and other special features perfect. In this respect Icon Fitness is an industry leader. Take for example the excellent iFit system. One of the key things to a successful fitness routine is progression. You must keep getting better and better and keep challenging your body to get a physically fit mind and body. No matter how many programs a treadmill has you will get tired and bored of using the same old programs over and over again. It is practically a scientific fact. The iFit system allows users to purchase new fitness programs designed by some the world’s top weight-loss trainers and aerobic trainers including Jillian Michaels from the Biggest Loser. It would be great if more treadmill manufacturers and elliptical trainer manufacturers could emulate or copy the iFit program feature.

Despite all the really cool features like iPod compatibility and built-in speakers I can’t give the Reebok R 5.80 Treadmill a good review. There is one huge flaw with the Reebok R 5.80 Treadmill and it is the warranty. The warranty is what trips up a lot of Icon Fitness products like the Reebok R 5.80 Treadmill. I simply can’t recommend the treadmill with a 25 year motor warranty. A good treadmill that cost more than 600 bucks absolutely needs at a minimum a one year parts and labor warranty. Most, and by most I mean practically all treadmill manufacturers offer a one-year parts and labor warranty for all their treadmills priced above $599. In fact, I can come up with a single treadmill that cost more than $599 that is not backed by one year parts and labor warranty. It still boggles my mind why Icon Fitness has not met or exceeded this industry standard. I bet a lot of it has to do with lack of education and poor buying decisions made by people who do not have time or do not care to look and compare treadmills. If you buy the Reebok R 5.80 Treadmill and it breaks down a couple months later there is a terrible chance you’ll be liable for a very expensive repair. Granted, your treadmill probably will not break down, but if it does you’re in for a world of hurt.

I suppose the only way I can get Icon Fitness to change and become a better treadmill manufacture is by helping educating people about short warrantees on Icon Fitness treadmills and elliptical trainers. You have been warned.

I don’t want to leave you saying to yourself “what do I by now?” Don’t worry, I got you covered. I strongly recommend anything by Smooth Fitness like the
Smooth Fitness 5.65 Treadmill or comparably priced Horizon Fitness T102 Treadmill