Sole F63 Treadmill Review
The Sole F63 treadmill is an upper tier budget treadmill. But this is also a Sole branded machine therefor guaranteed from quality point of view. This machine is solid with an excellent motor and a wide belt.
The F63 treadmill comes with 6 built in workouts, a pleasant display plus a set of speakers integrated in the console.
Even if this treadmill doesn’t offer luxury features or advanced cushioning systems it’s still one of the best machines for home users and a top product in budgeted treadmills category.
Sole F63 Treadmill Specifications
1. Speed : 0-10 mph
The maximum speed reached by the F63 model is 10 miles per hour. You can easily change speed through the sidebar buttons.
2. Inclination: 0-15%
The incline range values for this model are between 0 and 15 degrees. The incline system includes also a rack and pinion design.
3.Motor
The Sole F63 Treadmill comes with a strong 2.5CHP motor.
4. Belt: 20”x55”
The belt’s dimensions are: 20’’x55’’, backed by Phenolic Deck Shock Absorption system.
5. Warranty
Sole offers a lifetime warranty for motor, deck and frame, 3 years for electronics, belt and rollers and 1 year for labor.
Sole F63 Treadmill Special Features
6 Built-In Workouts
The 6 preset programs include cardio training and fast burning workouts.
LCD Blue Display
The console comes with a vibrant LCD display showing training information like speed, distance, incline etc. There is also a 1/4 mile track feature plus a Peak and Valley graph for different workouts.
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The console comes with 2 speakers in case you want to connect your mp3 or Ipod.
Sole F63 Treadmill can support a top user weight of 325 lbs.
The following features and functions are also included: Hand Pulse Grips, Wireless Chest Strap, cooling fans and the folding system.
Conclusions For Sole F63 Treadmill Review
As a start point of this review’s conclusions we would like to mention assembling and installation took us around 1 h of work, which is a good number.
The motor is very powerful, you have a lot of room and even if you don’t get any advanced cushioning systems the ride is still comfortable.
It includes a built in fan, but like almost all models we’ve tested so far it doesn’t have enough power to ensure a comfortable training session.
This treadmill is a very good machine but many users (as well as us) have complaints about the noise it does during trainings. For economy treadmills category this would be the single serious minus we found. The rest are just details.
Overall the Sole F63 Treadmill offers great value if you decide to make this acquisition and it’s one of the top treadmills in the $1000 range. If you have only $1000 to spend we highly recommend this model.
My new F63’s belt started to separate at 2 weeks, with 75 miles and 15 hours on the meter. I had to call Sole not once but twice only to discover that their local warranty tech no longer worked with them. After a third and demanding call they shipped a replacement belt and contracted another tech to come and replace it. The only problem is the new belt is not the same as the original with the engineered, designed, safety “stripe” or words Sole down each side. If you’re not an avid treadmill user you may not understand that it’s there for a reason; to help you with a quick glimpse over an extended use period or high rate of speed where your feet are relative to the moving belt and the remaining stationary deck. I find this change unbelievable and inexcusable for a $1000 piece of exercise equipment. Sole Fitness could offer no acceptable resolution and since my 30 days for return have past I’m stuck with machine that is substandard to design. And don’t forget that all the time you think you’re dealing with Sole for warranty you’ve actually been redirected to their contracted warranty service company
Did I mention that the machine also started to make a horrendous noise when lowered to the ground? And there’s all sorts of noises from the plastics and drive area when moving at over 6MPH?