Horizon Fitness T101-04 (Old Model)

It's now almost a month since I received this treadmill and must in all honesty say that it is pretty much an excellent one for it's price!The unit was well packed and received without any damages.Horizon seems to have taken action, after receiving many complaints, regarding broken parts, due to poor packaging and handling.I would still recommend every one thinking of buying this treadmill, to get them from Amazon. I personally think that the true worth of any company selling a product, is how they react and help, when a need arises to return the product. And in this respect, Amazon's return service can't be beat!The delivery driver unloaded the consignment and positioned it neatly inside our garage. There was a tiny tear in the outer carton that I made note of on the delivery receipt before signing it and handing back to the driver. This was just in case I find there were damages to the unit after opening the carton and having to claim compensation.Thankfully, inspecting all the parts, after opening the carton, I found no damages.With help from my son, we assembled the unit in about 40 minutes.In this regard, I would very strongly advise against fully tightening any bolt, until after all a part is in place. With the base of the treadmill on a flat surface (in my case the bare garage floor), start by placing one arm against the base, insert the bolts in place and 'hand tighten' each bolt. Once all the bolts are 'hand tightened' then tighten them. Then go fix the next arm, hand tightening all the bolts and then fully tighten them like in the previous instance. Tightening the bolts should follow a pattern. If there are four bolts to be tightened on an arm to the base of the unit, partially tighten the first bolt, then partially tighten the bolt that is diagonally across it and then partially tighten the other two bolts. Then, fully tighten all the four bolts following the same pattern. Follow this procedure for the entire assembly and you should have no problem at all.Next, connect the unit to the electric outlet in your wall. A word of caution here. Please ensure that the wall plug is a dedicated line for 15 amp or more. Anything less and you may blow the circuit and cause an electrical outage for a part of your of your house, if not for the whole house. We learnt this the hard way!! There should be no other appliances connected to this wall plug.The unit comes lubricated and so there is no need to use the full bottle of silicone lube that comes with the treadmill like a few reviewers here mention. We used just half the bottle and have no squeaking or any kind of noise when using the treadmill. The belt was loosened by evenly adjusting the bolts at the end of the belt to facilitate lubricating. Highly recommend searching the internet to learn how to lubricate a treadmill.It does make a loud beep when starting the unit but this is a small annoyance that one gets used to. It does not bother us as our unit is in the garage. Adjustments to the speed and incline is pretty easy. The unit is pretty stable when being used (I weigh 150 lbs and my son is 175 lbs). The fan is pretty nice, as are the speakers. I attach my iphone to it. I also use my 10" tablet, resting it against the console and well supported by the fan vent projection. The unit can be easily folded up if needed, though there is no need in our case to do so as we have plenty of space in our garage. I have also ordered extra lubricant from Amazon. The prices for this silicone lubricant at other places, are insane!My son and I have been using this treadmill (for walking - 3 mph at 2% incline) for the last one month and we are really happy campers!

EDIT: 12/24/2016: Lowering from 2 stars to 1 star. It's been almost two years and I've already had to replace the drive belt twice. This morning, while running, it just shut down completely and felt very warm to the touch and smelled. Assuming it overheated. I was able to turn it on again after about 5 minutes. I use this machine a lot (800 miles/year), so I keep it in pristine shape, in terms of lubrication and cleaning. This machine is clearly not made for people who run ~20 miles/week.EDIT: 2/16/2015: I've had this treadmill for about 3 months now and it's had more than it's share of problems. First, the speed up/down and incline up/down buttons stopped working. Horizon shipped me new buttons, then 1 month later, they broke AGAIN! So, Horizon shipped me new ones. We'll see how long they last. I don't even use them much. Usually stay at 6.6 MPH for the entire run. Second, after ~300 miles, the back rollers began squealing and the belt wouldn't stay centered. Horizon sent a tech out to replace both rollers. Granted, I probably use this thing a little more than most (about 40 mi/week), it shouldn't have had these issues yet. Downgraded from 4 stars to 2.This treadmill arrived about a week ago and I've used it daily since. It's not as "sturdy" feeling as a commercial club treadmill, but it's much better than other folding treadmills I've used. There is almost no shaking when running at 7mph.It took me a little while to perfectly center the belt. I had a hard time with it because unlike other treadmills, the belt edges are somewhat hidden under the plastic edges. So it took a lot of adjusting, followed by sticking my fingers on the sides to test the edges. I also didn't know how tight to make the belt. I read that too tight could damage the motor and wear out the belt, but other than counting the number of wrench rotations you make when loosing it to lube the track, there aren't any good guidelines. I ended up making it just loose enough that the belt has no slip. Seems to have worked.Two issues after I set it up:1) That horrible beeping sound at startup that cannot be muted. I ended up removing the 4 screws under the main console and unplugging both speakers from the circuit board. Problem solved. I use my own headphones anyway.2) As they note in the manual, the belt does make a thumping sound. Horizon attributes it to the new belt and claim it goes away with use. We'll see.I'll modify this review after I've been using it for some time, but so far so good.