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sit/stand desk that goes both high enough to walk on a treadmill, and kneel on the floor. A soft standing/kneeling pad. With this combo I find I rarely use my chair. (not never, just rarely)

Bonus would be a treadmill that is easy to get out of the way when I don't want it (I've never seen this, but you asked about ideal).

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Ditto on the treadmill that is easy to get out of the way. Best I've figured out is to flip it up on its side when I want to put a chair in.

Never thought about a treadmill. Do you use one at the moment? If so, for how long at one time?

No, they are hard too get out of the way. When I used one, I found it nice at times, but I quickly found that it wasn't right 100% of the time, and it was in the way of attempts to use a chair. If it was convenient to switch between treadmill and other modes I'd probably be 20% treadmill, 20% kneeling, 50% standing, 10% sitting in a chair. Since I've never had all options easily available I'm only guessing.

I have used them in the past. You need a very slow speed. Even a normal slow walk is too fast - you are trying to think about something else while your feet move, if you want to exercise that is a different thing.

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