ProForm 590T Treadmill Review - Part 2

ProForm 590T is a $600 treadmill. This is a very small price to pay for a motorized treadmill. Plus the brand guarantees for the features they offer.

Still this is a $600 treadmill which can never act like a $2.000 version.

What does it do for this money? See in our conclusions.

ProForm 590T Specifications

Speed: 0-10 MPH 1-Touch

On the console you can change speed with one touch if you select any of the 1-10 options (1mph increment between consecutive options).

Inclination: 0-10% 1-Touch

Incline can be changed with one touch if you select one of the next options: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10.

Motor: 2.25 Mach Z

Belt: 20″ x 55″ (50.8 cm x 139.7 cm)
The belt is backed by a standard ProTech Cushion System.

Frame: metal

Supported user weight: 300 lbs

Warranty:
You receive a lifetime warranty for frame, 25 years for motor, 1 year for parts and labor.

ProForm 590T Special Features

Backlit LCD Display:
On the console you have a Display button. Push it until you get to the info you want to read. Below are some details regarding the feedback you can see during exercise:

- Track display in Manual mode (a 400 m track). Running progress is displayed on the track during this exercise.
- Speed
- Distance ran/walked
- Elapsed time
- Pace in minutes/miles or minutes/km
- Approximate number of Calories burned
- Heart Rate

Heart Rate readings: through Contact Handles

This tool is just a workout aid, not a medical instrument.
To have an accurate reading, keep your hands steady on the handles for at least 15 seconds.

Workouts:

- 1 Manual Workout
- 12 Quick Calories Burn pre-set workouts
- iFit SD cards workouts compatible (not included). These are also pre-set workouts.

Pre set workouts control automatically speed and incline during exercise, for each 1 minute interval. You can control the values manually if the predefined values are too demanding for you, but you must do this for each 1 minute interval.

This treadmill doesn’t allow inserting your own details, like weight. This is why the number of calories displayed during exercise is a generic value (approximated for a standard weight value). If you follow a calories based diet, you must keep count of this important detail.

IFit SD Cards

The treadmill is compatible with iFIT SD cards, but they don’t come in the same price. You must buy these separately.

We did a short review on the iFIT SD cards which you can read HERE.

Information Mode:

Allows you to:
- see total distance the walking belt has moved
- total time the treadmill has operated
- change display in miles or km
- turn off the display demo
- turn on/off the voice of the personal trainer when using the optional SD cards

Sound System:
You can insert an MP3 or a CD player and control the speakers’ volume from the console.

Folding treadmill:
This treadmill can be folded and moved around. There are some cautions you must take if you want to fold, unfold or move the treadmill. Pay attention as it’s easy to hurt yourself if you don’t.

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Conclusions

This is a treadmill for grandparents. And we mean this with all the respect in the world. The machine is perfect to do your daily walking exercises but that is all it’s capable to do.

We didn’t enjoy our experience on the ProForm 590T that much for a few reasons.

First of all, the machine feels instable after 2 minutes of running at maximum speed and incline. The motor is very noisy at the highest level too. This makes it really hard to be able to hear the sound in the Console speakers.

We tried the iFIT SD cards on it and we noticed that the sound was pretty bad. It was more stressful than enjoyable. Still, we don’t see how you can use the treadmill unless you pay extra for the iFIT SD workouts. The pre-set calories workouts are nice, but unpractical.

We say this because the feedback you receive after completing a calories burn workout is incomplete. The goal in calories each workout has is calculated based on a general formula so the info is listed with approximation. A more accurate number would be listed if you insert your personal weight and age, but this is not a feature included with ProForm 590T.

This is why we recommend the iFIT SD cards workouts as they can help you follow a strict workout schedule with more real results.

The treadmill is heavy, but it’s an advantage it can fold as you can save space. You need a hand when moving it around as it can be overwhelming for 1 person.

Another detail is the warranty. 1 year for parts and labor is little for this treadmill. We recommend the extended warranty.

To wrap this review, buy it only if you have in plan to do walking exercises daily. You don’t need more than what ProForm 590T has to offer for this type of exercise. But if you want to work out intensively, look for another model. This one will not cope. If you click HERE you can select other reviews done by us. Use the price filter, it’s very helpful. Also you can visit the official page and discover addtional details.

You can buy this treadmill:

At Dick's Sporting Goods: Proform 590T Treadmill for 599 $
At Sports Authority: Proform 590T Treadmill for 599 $
At Amazon: ProForm 590T for 599 $
At Workout Warehouse: ProForm 590T for 619 $

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