DAVE C.
I find this unit to be an excellent choice for the money. It has adjustable speed from 1.0 mph to 10 mph in .1 increments. The belt is of ample width and long enough for longer strides. The display is easy to read and the controls are well marked. It has readouts for speed, fat burned, calories burned, speed of belt distance travelled and time of session. Also there is a pulse monitor. It has a safety key that is necessary to operate the unit and which clips to you for emergency shut-off. If you want to pause a session you push the stop button and all read-outs are frozen. If you pull the safety key the unit stops and the readout goes blank. The belt platform folds up fo storage in case it is necessary. My only complaint is I wish the pulse monitor operated a little faster. The assembly instructions could use improvement and the description of the screws could be better. Although the instructions recomend a helper for some steps I was able to assemble it alone. It appears to be a solid unit and I expect to get much use out of it. -Amazon.com

D. Haaxman
I am very pleased with the Weslo Cadence C44 treadmill. I didn't want to spend over $450 on a treadmill but I thought if I did this that the treadmill would be flimsy, cheap and not well built. Much to my surprise this thing is very sturdy, heavy and densely built and a breeze to operate. The assembly was fairly straight forward if you follow simple instructions correctly. It took me about 1.5 - 2 hours to assemble (you only need to assemble both upright rails, hand rails and console). In some instances the instructions recommended that you have another person assist you. However, with some imagination, practical safety procedures and some muscle (I used a stack of books to keep the base up in order to screw in the frame bolts), I was able to assemble it by myself and I'm a 52 yr. old female. The treadmill is very sturdy and easy to fold up and store. For the money this thing is certainly worth it. I know I'll get many years of enjoyment and satisfaction from it. -Amazon.com

Katherine Berry
I'd been interested in buying a treadmill after reading a blog entry written by someone who'd rigged his much more expensive version so he could use it while working on his computer. Given how much exercise equipment I've purchased over the years but never used (like the exercise bike which gave me a sore bum and back or the yoga ball that wasn't tall enough to let me sit at my desk or... oh, so many other things), I didn't want to spend a fortune on a treadmill only to use it as yet another glorified coat rack.

What I did want, however, was one that offered ease of use and portability, just in case I needed to put it away. I also wanted one at a decent price, and that's exactly what the Weslo Cadence C44 offered.

Thanks to a little inventiveness on my husband's part, we were able to build a wooden platform on which I can rest my laptop so I can read news or even write while walking on the treadmill. This Weslo version offers speeds low enough to make that possible, although the motor at first seemed rather loud at the lowest speeds. We fixed that, too, by removing the motor hood and gluing in a rubber baffle (much like the one surrounding most dishwashers), then lubricating it with the recommended silicone spray.

Ever since then, I've been able to combine typing while walking on my treadmill (which, incidentally, I'm doing right now). The beauty of that setup is that I no longer have to set aside specific time to exercise: I can combine it with things I'm already doing. Granted, I'm not getting a cardio workout while plugging away on my computer at a mere 1.5 mph, but I *am* getting exercise. For cardio work I just remove the little wooden platform and ramp up the treadmill's speed -- something that's as easy as the push of a button on this machine.

I should point out that I'm short (5'2"), so the length of the belt is no issue to me. The belt is easily long enough for my stride, whether walking or running. My husband is 6', though, and he says he's also comfortable on this... provided he doesn't set the speed so high that he's struggling to stay near the handles like you're supposed to.

About a week after we set this up (a process which took a little over an hour), we needed to move it out of our family room because we had company coming. This was easily done -- the treadmill folds mostly flat and has a plastic L-shaped catch to keep it from opening while you roll it on the wheels attached to the base. When folded the machine fit neatly under our bed and was just as easy to bring out and put back up once our company left.

I love this thing, and I love its price. Granted, it may not have all the bells and whistles that a fancier, more expensive version does. For instance: a built-in fan would be nice, and the base of the cup holders are foolishly tilted so that the only thing you can use in them are sports bottles with caps. But it IS perfect for the new treadmill user -- like me -- and provides a good workout without unduly straining one's budget. -Amazon.com