Landice L7 Club Series Treadmill Review - Part 3

I don’t think we ever mentioned this, but one of our best friends has his own Gym. He has been helping us with testing most of the treadmills we review on this website.

Again he has given us a hand to test 2 of the nicest treadmills we have been working with so far: Landice L7 Club Series and Landice L9 Club Series. I guarantee you will love these reviews so I recommend you read the entire review.

This review focuses on the L7 Club features but lists also the 4 Options for Control Panel Landice offers to any of the L Series Treadmills (Residential Treadmills and Commercial Treadmills).

We tested the L7 Club Commercial treadmill with the Executive Trainer Panel. After this experience we looked for all treadmills’ options Landice offers. It would be a big loss not to share with you at least some of the details we know about Club Treadmills but also about the L Series in general. This is why we consider you will have a lot of useful information to extract from the below details.

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Landice L7 Club Series Specifications

1. Speed: 0.5 to 11.0 mph
Each available Landice control panel has its own specific speed control key. See below detailed speed control options for all 4 available control panels.

2. Inclination: 0% – 15% Grade Electric Elevation
The elevation motor ensures that even a person with the maximum supported weight (400 pounds) can use the elevation system at maximum level and have the same smooth feeling as a 100 pounds person.

3. Motor: 4-HP Continuous Duty Motor
The motor is designed to work long hours without overheating and this way ensuring a longer life of the treadmill.

4. Belt: 20″ X 58″ Four Ply TreadBelt
A 4 ply treadbelt means strong resistance at high usage. It is built to not over stretch after long workouts sessions (a cause which usually for other types of treadmills implies replacing the belt after 1 year of intensive training). It is also designed to ensure low friction level between belt and motor; therefore it ensures a longer life for the treadmill.

5. Steel Rollers: 2- 1/2’’ Diameter, 14 Pounds Weight
Large rollers provide less friction and this way the life of the treadmill is cautiously preserved. L7 Series rollers weigh 14 pounds which helps in making running workouts smooth (and ensuring a longer life of the motor). Landice rollers are sealed using polyurethane gaskets which serves to the same purpose: longer the life of the machine.

6. Size And Weight: 32’’x77’’, 300 LBS

7. Warranty
Landice offers 5 years Commercial Warranty for Club Series Treadmills (L7 and L9), plus Lifetime warranty for Treadmill Frame, Treadmill Parts and Wear Items and 1 Year for Service labor.

L7 Club Treadmill supports a user weight of 400 pounds.

Landice L Series Special Features

1. Aluminum Frame
Aluminum frames don’t rust; they make a treadmill lighter and more resistant to larger weights.

2. 1-inch Thick Reversible Deck
Considered one of the strongest in the industry, the Landice deck ensures a minimum 3,000 hours usage before being changed. This applies for all treadmills in the L series. For high usage, like the club treadmill, Landice SlipCoat is applied monthly so that the life of the deck (and treadbelt) is preserved for a longer period of time.

3. VFX Shock Absorption System
VFX guarantees a 5 times softer running experience than running on grass. Landice promotes the VFX as an absorption system designed to significantly reduce impact over joints but at the same time maintain a realistic outdoor feel. The shock absorption system is also orthopedic by reducing impact over joints, knees and also any injury probability. This makes running comfortable and pleasant (very important especially to those who train intensively and daily).

4. Colors:
Landice offers 2 options for each L Series Treadmill color, including the Club Series: Titanium and Matte Texture Black.

5. Optional: The Landice Vision System
This is a 12” video display with side-loading DVD player and TV tuner. The Landice Vision System is optional on all treadmills and comes with a 1-year warranty. It includes a full function remote control plus a Coaxial Cable Connection Jack for plugging in the TV cable.

L Series Control Panels: 4 Options For Any L Series Model

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1. Executive Trainer: features a computer-animated video display with high quality designed graphics. Panel includes:
a. Personal data and statistics storage for five family members
b. Numeric keypad with Quick-Speed and Quick-Grade controls
c. 6 Built-in programs with variable time and unlimited effort levels
d. 5 User-defined programs
e. Time, distance, and calorie goal programs
f. 6 fitness tests: Balke, Firefighter, Army, Navy, USMC, USAF
g. 2 Built-in heart-rate monitoring programs
h. 4 User-defined heart-rate monitoring programs
i. Standard wireless-chest-strap heart-rate monitoring system
j. Standard AccuTrack contact heart-rate monitoring system

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2 Cardio Trainer Control panel: features a 2 color hi definition display. Panel includes:
a. Numeric keypad with Quick-Speed and Quick-Grade controls
b. 5 Built-in programs with variable time and unlimited effort levels
c. 5 User-defined programs
d. Time, distance, and calorie goal programs
e. 3 Fitness tests: Balke, Firefighter, Army
f. 2 Built-in heart-rate monitoring programs
g. 2 User-defined heart-rate monitoring programs
h. Standard wireless-chest-strap heart-rate monitoring system
i. Standard Accutrack contact heart-rate monitoring system

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3. Pro Sports Trainer Control Panel has the same display as the Cardio Trainer Panel (2 color hi definition) but without the heart rate control programs. Wireless chest-strap, heart-rate monitoring is included. AccuTrack contact monitoring is optional. Panel includes:
a. Standard wireless-chest-strap heart-rate monitoring system
b Optional Accutrack contact heart-rate monitoring system
c. Numeric keypad with Quick-Speed and Quick-Grade controls
d. 5 Built-in programs with variable time and unlimited effort levels
e. 5 User-defined programs

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4 Pro Trainer Control Panel: has an easy to use display with user-defined programs included:
a. Displays Time, Distance, Speed, Elevation, Calories, and Pace
b. Displays data in English or metric configurations
c. 5 Built-in programs with variable time and unlimited effort levels
d. 2 User-defined programs
e. Optional AccuTrack contact heart-rate monitoring system
f. Optional wireless-chest-strap heart-rate monitoring system

Conclusions

After reading all the above interesting details about features and functions of the L7 Club Series I am sure you want to know also some info about pricing. We looked on the net for general offers available and these are the approximate values for all 4 L7 Club options: L7 Club Cardio Trainer ($4,000 – $4,300), L7 Club Executive Trainer ($5,500 – $5,800), L7 Club Pro Sports Trainer ($3,500 – $3,800) and the L7 Club Pro Trainer ($3500 – $3,900).

Our running experience didn’t disappoint us. The L7 Club Executive Trainer which we put to work was in fact very smooth and it was a true delight playing with the hi definition colorful display. Changing speed and incline is very easy to do. Plus you don’t feel rough flounces while intensifying the workout.

The drive motor is powerful and silent so it’s easy to delight yourself with a pleasant conversation with your running partner (if your breathing allows you to) or with some music/film.

The warranty is great. Still, we looked more attentively and noticed that there are loopholes you must be aware of before you request services under warranty. Be sure you read those closely.

We played with all workouts included in the Executive Panel. Yes, you have a lot of variety and the different animated location scenery shown on the display make the running experience a lot of fun.

You have a lot of results charts to look at and it includes also a calendar. All this make the treadmill very fun to use.

We had also the Optional Landice Vision System. This is a TV screen multi task and hi def resolution. You might already know our opinion about a TV screen so you can understand why we highly appreciate this being an optional module for all Landice treadmills. You don’t need to pay a lot of money on a TV screen just to have the treadmill running functions you want to but can’t without the TV. From our point of view this should be an optional function for all treadmills.

So, after testing the L7 Club Executive Trainer we put in balance if it’s worth investing all this money in this treadmill….

L7 Club Executive Trainer is definitely a PRO machine and so are the others 3 versions in the L7 Club Series. We investigated all of them and yes, they have it all. If you need other details you can check the Landice website

What we tested confirmed that the treadmill is resistant and powerful, orthopedic, it includes complete functions, features and workout reports, it’s fun and yet still very practical. Plus it comes with a great warranty. But..TOO expensive! So no, we would not invest that money ($6,000) for this option. But we would definitely buy the L7 Club Pro Trainer!

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