XTERRA Fitness TRX3500 Silver Folding Treadmill – Get in Shape and Stay Fit at Home!

Kenneth: My previous treadmill, purchased around 15 years ago, after losing a number of teeth on the incline bolt last year, finally gave up, threw its hands up in the air and went off to spend its golden years in the great treadmill farm in the sky. To be fair, it probably only lasted as long as it had because for the first five years or so it lived the cushy life as clothes rack. But, eventually, we started to make it work for its room and board and used it regularly for its intended purpose. But all good things come to an end and so it was with our treadmill. Because we are creatures of habit, and can’t envision a life running in the “outside world”, visible to all, it was time to start looking for a replacement.

I had initially been leaning towards another treadmill prior to making this purchase and had almost pulled the trigger several times, before I stumbled across an Amazon purchasing guide in which they had performed reviews and rankings of some of their best sellers (though I’ll be damned if I can find that page again to link here; I’m beginning to wonder if I hallucinated it after a particularly long peyote and Doritos binge). After reading...

United States on Feb 22, 2023

Kevin R. Gines: I’m a “runner” (in comparison to a jogger or ‘recreational’ runner) & conducted weeks of in-depth product reviews on Amazon & YouTube of various treadmills. The point of this review is to share what I learned along with why I chose the XTERRA TRX4500.

1st of all, my budget was up to $1,000 and looking for the best treadmill I can find with the needed features and preferences to meet my need as a runner. If I could have found that at $500 then even better...but coincidentally various treadmill options fell in the $1k+ range.

My Required Features:
*Horsepower - & Why It Matters:
You will see models with an HP from 2.0 - 4.5. The TRX4500 HP is 3.25 & the next lower model (XTERRA3500) has a 3.0 HP.
If you are a runner, I recommend not buying a treadmill with less than 3.0 HP. You don’t want to be maxing out the motor speed on a regular basis and believe 3.0 & higher will reduce the wear & tear and strain on your motor as a runner.

*Overall Size:
The TRX4500 has a length of 60 & width of 20 (60x20). After HP, this was the second most important factor as a runner because I reviewed so many models...

United States on May 23, 2021

Ganesh Ambekar: This is really valuable product but the cost for which we paid....the vendor charged us installation charges separately

This should have been informed / or updated as part of product description

India on Oct 28, 2020

Luke: Good stuff

Canada on Jul 01, 2019