Proform Trailrunner 4.0 (Discontinued)

This treadmill features a 10″ full-color touch screen display with additional browser powered by Android. First of all, you’ll get feedback on incline, elapsed time, approx no of burned calories, distance, speed, a ¼ mile track, pace, current lap number, remaining time, approx no of calories burned/ h, no of vertical feet and heart rate.

Then, you can surf the internet while working out. Connect to your wireless network and go online. Workout stats is easy to check with the swipe of a finger.

Heart rate readings

Use the built-in handlebar sensors to check your heart rate at any time.

This unit comes with 32 onboard workouts, of which 8 Calorie, 8 Intensity, 8 Speed and 8 Incline workouts.

To start an onboard workout, touch the Workouts button, then Calorie Burn, High Intensity, Speed Training or Incline Workouts buttons. Select the workout and the screen will give you name, duration, distance, approx no of calories you’ll burn and a profile of incline settings.

You also have the iFit Live Module option built in. To use an iFit Live workout, you need to connect the console to wireless internet. Log into iFit.com and select the start up menu. Select the workout. Follow instructions and begin working out. You get a 1 year free subscription included in the price, after you active it on the ifit.com website.

This model includes the 10″ Full-Color Touch Screen with Browser Powered by Android.

To open the browser, touch the globe button near the lower left corner. Select the website and navigate by using Menu and Home buttons. Back button returns you to previous page. Check instructions to see what other buttons you can use for navigation.

This mode allows users to select the unit of measurement and turn on/off the display mode. Insert the key into the console and select start-up menu. Touch “I” button to select the mode.

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Use this feature to adjust intensity during workouts.

The Trailrunner 4.0 features an impressive cardio technology and provides a powerful and almost quiet motor. But given the hype Proform has created when launching this product, the Trailrunner 4.0 has serious issues. Contrary to what Proform says about this product, it is by far imperfect.

The Trailrunner does well in the power department. The motor is close to quiet and the 3.8 HP capacity is above other treadmills in the same price range. The belt has satisfying traction and is generous enough to support heavier and taller users.

The 1 touch speed and incline buttons made our workouts so much easier, but the tricky part is that they only work when you’re running. And talking about easy-to-use, the 10 inch display is of great help. It goes smoothly, feedback is easy to read and so are the buttons.

We are satisfied by the quality of this machine, which is surprising for a unit of this price. It’s a solid machine with quality rollers that insure long-term usage. The speakers provide a nice sound, but not the best. It’s somewhere between medium and high.

The first thing that got our attention was the Android browser. We’re not fanatics, let’s say passionate. This is an innovative feature that many users find helpful. We also, mostly when the weather is bad and you don’t feel that motivated, but you know you have to run.

There’s iFit compatibility that is always a satisfying aspect, if you’re the type that seeks for the latest workouts, and wants to get full reports on his or her performance.

Cushioning is adjustable, which makes our workouts so darn comfortable! This is a key feature of the new generation of treadmills. And on Trailrunner 4.0, it works flawlessly.

Although it may all look nice and shiny, it’s not. For starters, the touchscreen isn’t that satisfying. Typing and scrolling are a real burden. Letters are way too big, and imprecise. And scrolling made us crazy. Sure, you have to calibrate the touchscreen. Which leads us to our second dislike. For us, it wasn’t too hard understanding all the details and prospects, but only because we deal with treadmills every day. A new user would have a very hard time trying to figure that instructions manual out.

The Android is great, the touchscreen is the one that doesn’t fit the Proform recognition.

And our third issue appeared one day when we tried to turn on the treadmill, but it took 20 minutes for the machine to power up, which is not only unusual, but also unpleasant.

Despite its flaws, we like our experience with the Trailrunner 4.0, because as far as functionality goes, it’s top notch. Workouts are intense, cushioning is good quality, the display works great, but the faulty touchscreen troubles the whole Android feature, which will be difficult to calibrate, given the bothersome manual.

We recommend it for its great qualities, and for the fair price of $1700. All issues aside, you’ll get high functionality for this price.