Let me start off by saying I am 71 years old. I am 5'5" tall and weigh 170 pounds. I am in fairly good shape for my age but not athletic. I do walk on an indoor track that is scaled to 1 mile from start to finish. When I walk on this indoor track it takes me at my height, stride and speed I go around this 1-mile track twice for a total of 2 miles. It takes me between 40-45 minutes to walk 2 miles, but I do take at least 3-4 few minute breaks each time. So, with using that as a comparison to what I get when I walk only 1 mile with this walking pad here is what my take on it is.
I set the walking pad for 20 minutes (2 x 20 on the indoor track equates to 2 miles on the walking pad). So, walking for only 20 minutes I am walking 1 mile instead of 2 as I do on the indoor track. Also, I set the walking speed at 3.5 mph so, in keeping with what I get on the indoor track, I would say that the mileage on the walking pad pretty much matches what I get on the indoor track without the walking pad. Bottom line is, is that the milage seems quite accurate.
As for the speed I have no doubt that 3.5 miles is probably pretty much accurate as well because for me it is faster than a normal casual walk so I suspect if I increased the speed up to 7.5 mph there would be a noticeable jogging like pace; however, since I bought this for walking only it does exactly what I wanted it for.
Now the handle does shake when grabbed on to. I need to grab onto it because if I don't my gait tends to venture off into a not so straight line and I will fall off. The handle keeps me in place using it as a guide. Now because it shakes, I wouldn't recommend it for support with SMART PHONE or TABLET because most likely with the wobble it would fall to the floor and get damaged. Also, the handle, although short comes up to my waistline but with my hands resting down on the handle does not pose too much discomfort for me. Now, if you want to increase the height you could possibly get some vinyl PVC cut to the desired length and join the ends with other PVC pieces with joints on each end to bring the handle up to your desired height and if you do it right you might get rid of the wobble. The only downside of this is it takes a little bit of extra money, not a whole lot, and a little bit of knowledge on putting it all together.
Also, I noticed that my heels at times hits the back of the end stops on either side of the rear walking pad. The only way I see of avoiding this is to make sure your feet stay close to the center of the pad as you are walking. This will come in time as you get used to walking on the pad. I thought of walking bare foot or in socks, but the shoes seem to make the walk feel a little more comfortable with the extra add cushion as opposed to just feet alone.
As for lubrication here is my take on that. I did a YouTube on it and here is what I found out. Do as the manual say, grab the tread on one side in the middle on the very edge, pull it up with your fingers up away from the walking deck, then with the oil provided spread some oil on the base (deck) of the walking platform not on the tread itself. Do the same thing on the other side. Pull up the tread with the fingers and oil the walking flatform (deck) in the same manner. You do not have to use the entire bottle of oil as some videos say to do. I feel that may be overkill. It is possible to over oil so you will have to use your own judgement. Once all the oil is in place get on the walking pad, start it at about 0.6 mph and walk for 10 minutes to allow the oil to work itself into the motor. Once the 10-minute slow walk is over lubrication is done.
One other thing. I walk with the walking pad on full incline to give a little extra workout. All in all, I am pretty happy with this item. Sure, there is room for improvements but then again nothing is perfect and you pay for what you get. If you want one with all the bells and whistles and exact to your specifications, then you are going to have to shell out more money but for me and my use this is a great buy.
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