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I'm actually very happy with the basic app. I had gotten my own treadmill at the beginning of the year but really hadn't found any programs I enjoyed. The partn

I'm actually very happy with the basic app. I had gotten my own treadmill at the beginning of the year but really hadn't found any programs I enjoyed. The partnership with my insurance was announced a week before my free trial of the app was set to expire and I was fully prepared to begin paying for it. I just struggle with their pricing model structure and the justification behind it. If I shell out 2000-3000 dollar and I'm all in on their product, I'm rewarded by having to pay more and I don't really see any gain. 40 a month for my stats, that are already tracked through my watch and treadmill, to be on screen seems pointless. When I did CrossFit, which was the healthiest I'd ever been, the classes were expensive but they provided me with all the equipment. Unlike what the other poster implied, I'm not penny pinching and was actually researching their treadmill to buy until I looked into the pricing model. It really seems like the unconnected app should be 40 a month, which would make sense for the live classes and music licenses that make the product worth it. If you get their bike it's reduced to 13. I see some justification if it's a family and everyone is using it for their multiple memberships, but all the other reasons I've heard just seem like sunk cost reasoning, albeit with people having gotten healthier.

grvdrm 5y ago
All good stuff, I agree with everything you said. Heavily researched the tread and competitors and then decided that it was idiotic to pay for something I could do outside every day, for free, even in the forthcoming Northeast cold. Have one friend who really likes the tread boot-camps. That particular use case makes the tread more appealing. What I do like about the more expensive membership is the ability to group together family accounts. That might be the only thing I actually care about. Bit easier to administer. All comes up cleanly on the bike interface. Haven't spent a ton of time looking at the differences in the real time metrics with more expensive membership vs. basic but I assume that's a thing people care about. I personally think real-time power on the bike is mostly useless - would love to see averages over different time periods (similar to Strava's power curve). For what it's worth, I really like Future. Joined because I actively weight-trained prior to March 2020 and wanted to keep up momentum. But a key feature for me is sending videos of movements to the trainer and having that person critique/give advice/suggestions. Exactly what I want and need. I otherwise don't need someone to build workouts for me.

grvdrm 5y ago

All good stuff, I agree with everything you said. Heavily researched the tread and competitors and then decided that it was idiotic to pay for something I could do outside every day, for free, even in the forthcoming Northeast cold. Have one friend who really likes the tread boot-camps. That particular use case makes the tread more appealing. What I do like about the more expensive membership is the ability to group together family accounts. That might be the only thing I actually care about. Bit easier to administer. All comes up cleanly on the bike interface. Haven't spent a ton of time looking at the differences in the real time metrics with more expensive membership vs. basic but I assume that's a thing people care about. I personally think real-time power on the bike is mostly useless - would love to see averages over different time periods (similar to Strava's power curve). For what it's worth, I really like Future. Joined because I actively weight-trained prior to March 2020 and wanted to keep up momentum. But a key feature for me is sending videos of movements to the trainer and having that person critique/give advice/suggestions. Exactly what I want and need. I otherwise don't need someone to build workouts for me.