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LifeSpan TR1200-DT3 - $1000 everywhere.

http://www.lifespanfitness.com/workplace/treadmill-desks/tr1...

Hands down, the TR1200-DT3 is the best treadmill desk out there right now. Their bluetooth app is crap, but as a treadmill actually designed for office use, this is perfect. Read this amazon review for ways to customize the programming to be less annoying:

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3C358XW4LPBS7

LifeSpan also has a more heavy-duty model, the TR5000-DT3, $2000. If you're buying for an office setting where multiple people will be using it for more than 6 hours/day, get this one.

http://www.lifespanfitness.com/workplace/treadmill-desks/tr5...

iMovR will have a new unit coming out, the ThermoTread GT Desk Treadmill, that MAY be just as good or better, but you won't get it until the end of the year at the earliest.

http://www.imovr.com/imovr-thermotread-gt-office-treadmill-d...

That's kind of the state of the art in treadmill desks right now. I imagine there will be more options in a year or two, but the LifeSpan models are by far the best options today.

I got a brand new TR1200-DT3 on ebay for $350. The only catch was that it was local pickup 2 states away. So I spent a Saturday picking it up in Ohio and after gas/tolls saved about $550 (not including any savings on tax buying from LifeSpan).

These cheap open box TR1200-DT3s regularly pop up on ebay, check out the completed listings.

This is the treadmill I have been using for 2.5 months. No complaints and it's totally worth the price. Although there seem to be suggestions for getting one at lower cost.

The console does suck. Membrane keys, unresponsive, and obtuse. Good thing I don't interact with it much.

No issues other than the shipping from Amazon resulting in a damaged treadmill which they replaced. The packaging is completely inadequate for shipping. I would buy local and inspect the box for signs of trauma. Once it's delivered don't let them leave it until you have opened the box, removed the treadmill, and looked for any broken plastic.

Wow considering the above review is complaining about the exact same shipping issues from Amazon over a year ago, I am surprised nobody has fixed it yet. I mean, really, how much does some more cardboard and polystyrene really cost on a $1,000 item, $2?

LifeSpan TR1200-DT3 is what I have, I'm in my second year now with it and it is awesome.

Their console is horrible, I'm already at my 3rd replacement and I'm not sure I want to keep going with LifeSpan next time. I dislike the idea that the treadmill is pretty much useless if the console dies. I barely use it and I rather use a Fitbit instead.

Thanks for telling me about iMovR, I will consider that to replace TR1200-DT3 with.

Your first link 404s

edit: huh it works now, odd

404'd for me too on the first attempt. Buggy site.

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Yeah, and that's what the GP gave you links for — a treadmill specifically designed to go underneath an existing standing desk.

Perhaps get one of those "manual" self-powered treadmills? Typically their front post is either not necessary or low enough that it would fit under a standing desk's desk top

Generally that doesn't work well as the supports for most standing desks interfere with treadmills. You might consider just having two stations, a work/walk and a work/stand station.

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