NordicTrack
A heritage cardio brand whose iFit-powered machines lead on hardware: incline, decline, and big swiveling screens
- Founded
- 1975
- Country
- United States
- Warranty
- Solid for the class on the frame and drivetrain: commonly a 10-year frame warranty with a lifetime motor warranty on treadmills, plus 2-year parts and 1-year labor.
- Support
- iFit-dependent: most smart features are gated behind the ~$39/month membership, and there is no third-party streaming. Customer service, delivery, and a documented pattern of touchscreen failures are common complaints.
Overview
NordicTrack, part of iFit (formerly ICON Health & Fitness), makes some of the most capable connected treadmills and bikes you can buy for the home: notable for steep incline/decline ranges, powerful motors, and large rotating touchscreens. The hardware is excellent; the experience is tied to the iFit membership, and reliability and customer service are the recurring weak spots.
Is it worth it?
NordicTrack is worth it for buyers who want the most capable hardware (true incline/decline, big screens) and will use iFit and who can accept the subscription lock-in and mixed support record. Those wanting no subscription should look at Sole.
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Best Value InteractiveNordicTrack
NordicTrack RW900
Buy it on sale or not at all. The RW900 lists around $2,299 but streets closer to $1,799 in NordicTrack's near-constant promotions, and at that lower number it is the value play among big-screen rowers: a 22" HD swivel touchscreen, dual magnetic-and-air resistance, and iFit's enormous cross-training library for meaningfully less than a Hydrow or a Peloton Row. The caveats are just as consistent. The machine barely functions without the $39-a-month iFit Pro subscription, NordicTrack's support record is genuinely poor (a software update once bricked thousands of consoles, settled by class action), the 250 lb weight capacity is the lowest in this guide, and it neither folds nor stores upright. Strong deal, known risks, eyes open.
Best for Incline TrainingNordicTrack
NordicTrack Commercial S22i
Is the S22i discontinued? Yes, confirmed: the product page 404s and the bike is gone from NordicTrack's lineup, so this is now a review of a discontinued model you can still find used or at discount retailers. The hardware case that made it popular stands: a motorized -10% to +20% incline and decline range Peloton never matched, a 22" rotating screen, a 32 lb flywheel, and iFit at $39 a month, on a bike that sold for about $1,999. The caveats have been promoted to the main story: a documented touchscreen-failure pattern, $425+ replacement consoles, and a parts and support future that just got murkier.
Best Overall TreadmillNordicTrack
NordicTrack Commercial 1750
Forget the old $2,499 sticker. NordicTrack now frames the Commercial 1750 at about $2,299 comparable value, and it commonly retails between $1,799 and $1,999, so anyone waiting on a NordicTrack 1750 price drop rarely waits long. That money buys a 4.25 CHP motor, a 22" × 60" deck, a -3% to +12% incline and decline range that is rare at this price, and a 14" to 16" pivoting touchscreen running iFit plus Netflix. The catches have not moved: iFit costs $39 a month and gates the smart features, and incline-motor faults and screen freezes are the best-documented complaints.