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Precor
TRM 445
around $5300
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111 Pros
97%
8 reviews (1h 5m)
4 Cons
Experience the Precor TRM 445, a treadmill built for serious runners who prioritize performance and durability. Its commercial-grade construction ensures rock-solid stability and a smooth, quiet ride, even during intense sprints. The 22" x 57" belt provides ample running space, and the Ground Effects® impact control system cushions your joints fo...
91%
29 vs 3
Features
100%
21 vs 0
Comfort
0%
0 vs 0
Footprint
100%
20 vs 0
Performance
100%
14 vs 0
Tech Integration
Reviewer verdict
Across 8 YouTube reviews, the Precor TRM 445 earns a Summa score of 4.9/5, ranking #4 among Treadmills. Reviewers most often praise its features, durability, comfort, while the most common criticisms concern features, value.
The TRM 445 is consistently praised for bringing commercial-grade construction and durability into the home, with reviewers noting its solid, stable, heavy-duty build and maintenance-free components (mentioned across many reviews). Users frequently highlight comfort and joint protection from Precor’s Ground Effects impact control and integrated foot plant technology, calling the ride smooth, cushioned, and adaptive to natural gait. Reviewers also applaud the machine’s feature set and workout variety—multiple user profiles, around 20+ preset programs, customizable programs, quick start and safety features—and reliable performance including smooth, quiet operation, incline/decline capability, and responsive speed control. Tech and user friendliness are noted as well, with an intuitive touchscreen, tablet docking and accurate chest-strap heart rate monitoring mentioned by several reviewers.
Criticisms are few but recurring: some reviewers feel the TRM 445 follows an older, more traditional treadmill design and lacks some of the newest bells and whistles found on newer models. A small number point out that certain aspects were improved from older versions but still feel dated compared with the latest feature sets. Value concerns are also raised by a few reviewers noting the high selling price (mentioned explicitly by one reviewer). Overall, complaints are limited relative to the many positive comments about durability, comfort and features.
Analysis based on 8 YouTube reviews (1h 5m of video) with 111 pros and 4 cons extracted.
Pros (111)
Features (29)
- comes with a heart rate monitor ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 1:59
- four different user profiles, 22 actually more than that because you have four user profiles and they have I believe it's four save custom programs within each user setting ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 4:40
- safety feature ▶ Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review @ 1:51
- Precor has the only patented shock absorption system in the industry called ground effects ▶ Precor Precision Series Treadmills - Health and Fitness Equi @ 0:34
- over 20 preset programs, variety of programs, variety of interval programs, weight loss programs, heart rate control programs ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 1:47
- wide variety of workouts and a quick start ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 0:57
- eft (electronic foot plant technology), monitors and recognizes when you step down onto the deck, slows the belt momentarily so you can place your foot and then it picks the speed back up ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 2:46
- they have done those same updates on all their ellipticals as well which is kind of cool ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 7:56
- heart rate monitor ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 0:42
- preset with user id data up to four user ids ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 1:23
- you've got 22 programs on this machines there's a lot of programs, they've got them set up in different categories which is really cool ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 4:20
- emergency stop switch ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 7:15
- integrated foot plant technology ▶ 2015 Best Buy Treadmill Reviews @ 9:12
- three horsepower continuous mode ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 0:58
- they brought it into the home version ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 7:03
- loaded with helpful workout features scientifically designed to help you get the most out of your time spent exercising ▶ Top 5 Best Commercial Grade Treadmill 2018 | Best Commercial @ 0:31
- quick start ▶ Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review @ 0:38
- the machine now actually recommends a program for you to do for the day ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 1:50
- their treadmills incorporate patented biomechanical and ergonomic features found only on pre-ore treadmills ▶ 2015 Best Buy Treadmill Reviews @ 8:56
- reversible deck ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 3:02
- you can put an iPad in here if you want so you can dock it you can dock it sideways you can dock it up and down which is really easy ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 1:22
- integrated foot plant technology ▶ Precor Precision Series Treadmills - Health and Fitness Equi @ 2:43
- Ground Effects impact control system ▶ ✅ Best Treadmill Brands in World || Best Treadmill Brands 20 @ 0:28
- 23 pre-programmed workouts ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 10:17
- Ability to save user information/profiles ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 10:50
- 16 user-creatable programs ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 10:31
- Adaptable tablet/phone holder ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 12:55
- Multiple drink holders ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 13:13
- Safety guard prevents fingers/paws from getting stuck ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 9:11
Durability (22)
- commercially built ▶ Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review @ 4:00
- solidly built machine ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 0:07
- smooth stable reliable and durable ▶ Top 5 Best Commercial Grade Treadmill 2018 | Best Commercial @ 0:19
- beautiful machined upright aluminum side rails ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 0:31
- feels really stable ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 7:03
- you are getting a commercial grade machine for your home ▶ 2015 Best Buy Treadmill Reviews @ 8:50
- built to commercial specifications ▶ Precor Precision Series Treadmills - Health and Fitness Equi @ 1:02
- light commercial frame, super heavy duty ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 0:15
- their Returns on new models was a fraction of the industry standard ▶ 2015 Best Buy Treadmill Reviews @ 8:43
- the trm 445 incorporates many of the components found on the commercial treadmills ▶ 2015 Best Buy Treadmill Reviews @ 8:30
- steady ▶ Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review @ 4:17
- nice solid deck ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 2:26
- durability to go and go and go without having to call service technician ▶ Precor Precision Series Treadmills - Health and Fitness Equi @ 1:40
- It is a very heavy duty, commercial grade treadmill. ▶ ✅ Best Treadmill Brands in World || Best Treadmill Brands 20 @ 0:02
- all of their components are built to rigid standards ▶ 2015 Best Buy Treadmill Reviews @ 8:38
- This thing's not going anywhere. ▶ ✅ Best Treadmill Brands in World || Best Treadmill Brands 20 @ 0:10
- stable ▶ Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review @ 0:11
- durable ▶ Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review @ 0:15
- maintenance-free belt, no lubrication needed ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 3:28
- commercially made ▶ Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review @ 0:15
- pre-ore treadmills are very low maintenance and extremely durable ▶ 2015 Best Buy Treadmill Reviews @ 8:24
- This is built like a tank. ▶ ✅ Best Treadmill Brands in World || Best Treadmill Brands 20 @ 0:10
Comfort (21)
- nice arms that come back here that you can grab onto ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 0:34
- your footstep has a unique pattern of accelerating and decelerating based on your running speed the tread adjust the speed of the belt to match your natural movement this reduces stress to your joint ▶ 2015 Best Buy Treadmill Reviews @ 9:15
- smooth ride on your joints, knees and ankles and hips ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 4:00
- comfortable, deck is stable, solid ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 8:57
- maximizes stress reduction on your joints by giving the optimal amounts of underfoot cushioning ▶ Top 5 Best Commercial Grade Treadmill 2018 | Best Commercial @ 0:23
- ground effect shock reflector system that I talked about will give you the benefit of softening and all the for your joints ▶ Precor Precision Series Treadmills - Health and Fitness Equi @ 2:03
- really nice cushioning to absorb the impact (ground effects, specialized cushions between the deck and the frame) ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 2:28
- naturally mimic your walking or running gait outdoors ▶ Precor Precision Series Treadmills - Health and Fitness Equi @ 3:48
- wider belt here 22 inch wide belt by 57 inch long running area, plenty of room for a full out running sprinting jogging ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 0:19
- some of the softest suspension in the industry ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 6:09
- feels comfortable it is quiet and you're going to get a good workout ▶ Precor Precision Series Treadmills - Health and Fitness Equi @ 1:59
- good on my joints ▶ Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review @ 0:17
- comfortable ▶ Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review @ 0:24
- super safe, super comfortable ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 9:04
- the deck is built in a way that progressively absorbs impact based on your height and your weight ▶ 2015 Best Buy Treadmill Reviews @ 9:04
- 22 inches wide, good for long legs and wider strides ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 3:45
- adaptive to the natural stride of the user ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 0:45
- Adjusts based on your weight and shock absorption ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 6:02
- less pressure on your joints ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 7:39
- Integrated foot plank technology ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 4:32
- Ground effect impact control system ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 4:29
Performance (20)
- smooth ▶ Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review @ 0:11
- incline up to 15 degrees ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 1:13
- precision, can handle anything you can throw at it ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 6:36
- several options to go uphill, downhill, slow, jog, run or sprint ▶ Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review @ 2:36
- replicates natural walking and running ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 3:25
- not only your regular flat position but 15 degrees of elevation and one of the only travels that gives you a two degree decline ▶ Precor Precision Series Treadmills - Health and Fitness Equi @ 2:10
- rigorous workout ▶ Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review @ 1:23
- speed goes from 0.5 miles per hour all the way up to 12 miles per hour ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 1:17
- goes down to minus two degrees so you can go downhill and get the feeling of running downhill ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 6:06
- smoother quieter and definitely softer than anything else on the market ▶ Precor Precision Series Treadmills - Health and Fitness Equi @ 0:28
- all you have to do is hold it up like this or hold it down and it's amazing how fast it gets right to that elevation or the speed ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 6:36
- very smooth and very quiet. ▶ ✅ Best Treadmill Brands in World || Best Treadmill Brands 20 @ 0:16
- incline, decline, all that. ▶ ✅ Best Treadmill Brands in World || Best Treadmill Brands 20 @ 0:27
- reliable ▶ Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review @ 0:11
- that allows you to make some quick adjustments ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 7:06
- decline is important because there's a nice eccentric contraction on the hamstring which is totally different than what you experience when you're walking flat or going uphill ▶ Precor Precision Series Treadmills - Health and Fitness Equi @ 2:16
- one of the most rewarding running experiences in the treadmill industry ▶ 2015 Best Buy Treadmill Reviews @ 9:30
- Easy lever motion control for quick incline/speed changes ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 11:48
- 2 degree decline simulates real life running ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 8:40
- Adjusts about 700 times per second to foot and weight, adjusting speed ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 7:11
Tech Integration (14)
- you can take this and you can pick whatever you want on your iPad and you can turn it ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 3:31
- everything just looks so nice it's just really easy to use ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 3:21
- that ease of use is unbelievable ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 6:51
- the navigation looks you know really really efficient ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 2:04
- very very user friendly, they've made it so simple ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 1:38
- all that information at your fingertips ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 5:35
- how easy it was for them to use it ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 4:04
- all touch right all you have to do is hit the workouts button ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 2:17
- accurate heart rate monitoring with chest strap ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 5:06
- just really user friendly ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 7:16
- everything's got little touch sensitive buttons they're heat sensitive it's really cool ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 1:43
- they didn't make it a little better they made it a lot a lot better it's really really really simple ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 4:15
- Heart rate testing compatible ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 11:06
- Touch screen with halo technology (user friendly) ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 11:12
Value (2)
- american-made product ▶ Precor Precision Series Treadmills - Health and Fitness Equi @ 0:58
- a top-of-the-line treadmill ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 0:18
Noise Level (2)
- incredibly quiet ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 6:06
- very very quiet ▶ Precor TRM 445 @ 2:13
Warranty (1)
- great home warranty ▶ Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review @ 8:14
Cons (4)
Features (3)
- that was something on the older ones that it was still good but they knew that they needed to make it a little bit better ▶ Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology @ 4:07
- This is kind of an old school treadmill. ▶ ✅ Best Treadmill Brands in World || Best Treadmill Brands 20 @ 0:31
- doesn't have all the bells and whistles of some of these newer treadmills. ▶ ✅ Best Treadmill Brands in World || Best Treadmill Brands 20 @ 0:28
Value (1)
- sells for over $6,000 ▶ 2015 Best Buy Treadmill Reviews @ 8:16
Review sources
- Precor TRM 445 Treadmill Review by Fitline Equipment — 25 pros, 0 cons
- Home Fitness Equipment Review #19 - New Precor Technology by New Wave Fitness YouTube — 21 pros, 1 cons
- Precor TRM 445 by EKO Fitness — 22 pros, 0 cons
- Precor TRM 445 Precision Series Treadmill Review by Ghedran — 13 pros, 0 cons
- Precor Precision Series Treadmills - Health and Fitness Equipment Centers Ohio by healthandfitnessohio — 11 pros, 0 cons
- 2015 Best Buy Treadmill Reviews by Frederick Waters — 10 pros, 1 cons
- ✅ Best Treadmill Brands in World || Best Treadmill Brands 2022 (TOP 5 LIST) 💦 by Jeffrey Anderson — 6 pros, 2 cons
- Top 5 Best Commercial Grade Treadmill 2018 | Best Commercial Grade Treadmill Review By Jumpy Express by Jumpy Express — 3 pros, 0 cons
Frequently asked questions
Is the Precor TRM 445 worth buying?
Based on 8 independent YouTube reviews, the Precor TRM 445 scores 4.9/5 with 111 positive and 4 negative points mentioned by reviewers, placing it #4 in the Treadmills category.
What do reviewers like most about the Precor TRM 445?
The most praised aspects are features, durability, comfort — Features (29 mentions), Durability (22 mentions), Comfort (21 mentions).
What are the most common complaints about the Precor TRM 445?
Reviewers most frequently criticize features, value — Features (3 mentions), Value (1 mentions).
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