a few things

It's easy to put the treadmill into it's storage position, shown above. You just lift the end and it will click in place. You can then tilt it onto the wheels and move it easily.

When you use it manually you only need to press start and the belt will start moving at a slow pace. You can then push any button from 1 to 12 to speed up or press the up down arrows which change the speed at small increments.

The percent incline is also electrically operated and works much the same way with the buttons and the arrow keys.

I thought I was going to listen to the radio while working out, but the machine emits so much interference as to completely blank out the radio.

In case you're wondering about power usage, I plugged it into my a-c amp-meter just to find out. What I found out was that at slow speed it barely moves the needle off zero. It's only when you get above 5 m-p-h that you see the needle start to move and at full speed it is using 8 amps.

And where is it made? Well it says Assembled in the U-S from Domestic and Imported Components.

About the so called cushion. This is just a sliding wedge that goes between the track base and the frame. As you move it back the base can flex more giving some spring.

More coming up...