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0:00 - Intro and Concept
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Hi, I'm Dustin Abbott. I told you that
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periodically I'm going to dive into a
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few different type reviews because there
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are a lot of interest I have outside of
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just photography. One of those is
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fitness and I do my best to keep in
0:22
shape to stay healthy for myself and for
0:25
my family. And so in our house, we have
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in the basement, we do have a weight
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room. It's not a big space as you can
0:32
see. So I have to be very selective
0:34
about what comes in here so it doesn't
0:36
get too cluttered. We still have room to
0:38
move around. I've been on a quest for
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years to find a functional treadmill
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that will fit in this space without
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making the room, you know,
0:47
nonfunctional. I've actually tried a few
0:49
treadmills and had to discard them
0:52
because they just didn't work inside
0:54
this space and took up too much room.
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So, when Yel reached out to me a month
0:59
or so ago about the idea of reviewing
1:01
actually one of their exercise bikes, I
1:04
said, I don't really need a bike. I've
1:06
got my nice road bike here on a high-end
1:09
trainer, and so it's a great riding
1:11
experience for the long winters around
1:13
here. I don't really need that. But when
1:15
I looked at their website, I saw that
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they did have a compact treadmill. So I
1:19
said, can I review that instead? So here
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it is. And I'm going to be taking a look
1:24
at this one, this today, the T1M from
1:28
the company Y Soul. Now, their whole
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kind of business model is that they are
1:33
essentially a Pelaton light company and
1:36
that they have integrated device,
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exercise devices that have classes and
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all of those things that are
1:42
incorporated into a 21 in screen that
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goes on their various pieces of exercise
1:47
equipment, including bikes, rowers, and
1:50
treadmills. And so it is a
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subscription-based service, but not only
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does this treadmill cost about a quarter
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of what the equivalent Pelaton unit
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would be, the subscription monthly
2:01
subscription is about a tenth of what
2:03
Pelaton subscript subscription is. And
2:06
so if you're someone that is on a
2:07
budget, this could be an interesting
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piece of equipment if it pans out to
2:11
actually work. So we're going to dive
2:13
into that today. First, taking a look at
2:15
the assembly process. So, it arrived in
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a single box that was fairly manageable
2:21
for getting downstairs. Ended up doing
2:23
it myself because I didn't have help
2:24
around at the moment. The box weighs
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about 110 lbs. So, under normal
2:28
circumstances, I recommend that you have
2:30
somebody to carry it with you. All the
2:32
necessary pieces and tools are in that
2:34
single box. As is tends to be the case
2:37
with the devices like this, I found the
2:39
instructions to be so so. And so, um,
2:43
how easy or hard the assembly is going
2:45
to be really depends on how comfortable
2:47
you are in following instructions that
2:50
sometimes are a little bit vague in the
2:52
process. Looking back over the process
2:55
of my videos simply took me roughly 1
2:58
hour, which under the circumstances, I
3:00
was sick and feeling terrible and I just
3:02
needed to get it set up and out of the
3:04
way so people could use the exercise
3:05
room. Uh, I I didn't even use it
3:08
initially cuz I felt so terrible. Fact
3:10
that I got it done in an hour tells you
3:11
that it certainly can be done. I had
3:14
only one assembly challenge and that is
3:17
that one of the bolts or the places
3:19
where a bolt screwed into was a bit
3:21
crossthreaded and so it took some work
3:23
to actually get it seated in there
3:25
properly and and actually tighten it up.
3:28
So that was a bit of a challenge but a
3:30
not an insurmountable one. One tip I
3:32
will tell you because I did run into
3:34
this just kind of missed it in the
3:36
instructions. You need to make sure to
3:38
attach the soundbar to the screen before
3:40
you try to uh put the screen actually
3:43
onto the treadmill itself because it has
3:46
to be done in that order. So, just a
3:48
word to the wise, assembly certainly was
3:50
doable. No major problems there. One of
3:54
the main reasons why I was attracted to
3:56
this particular uh treadmill was the
3:59
fact that number one it goes into such a
4:01
compact package and footprint here in my
4:04
limited space workout room. But then
4:07
also it is very very easy to deploy when
4:10
I actually want to use it. I set it into
4:13
place. There is a red spot here which I
4:16
press on to release the deck and will
4:19
allow the deck to hydraulically begin to
4:21
lower down. Obviously, because of where
4:23
I'm storing it, I don't have it plugged
4:25
in. So, I plug it in.
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Hello.
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Audio mode.
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The screen will immediately come on. The
4:35
deck, as you can see, it very slowly and
4:38
carefully lowers itself down. And so,
4:40
there's no possible ability of any
4:42
damage. You step on and you're ready to
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go.
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So, at the end of the workout, it's
4:52
really just as simple. I'm doing all of
4:54
that in reverse. I lift the deck up.
4:57
It's not heavy. I unplug it
5:04
using this. And I like to put a foot
5:06
down there to help to lift it up. Just
5:08
pop it up like that. Use the built-in
5:10
casters. Move it back to my spot as
5:14
close to the wall as I want there. set
5:16
it into place and that's it. Now, the
5:20
whole integration here works around the
5:22
idea of using a mobile device. And so,
5:25
you're going to plug in with the
5:26
included cable either by USBC into your
5:31
compatible device. Now, in this case, my
5:33
iPhone 15, I was able to plug it in and
5:37
it was literally plug and play. I
5:39
immediately it mirrored on the screen
5:41
using the whole screen. audio was
5:43
transmitted to the speakers and I could
5:46
just go right away with it. I did note
5:48
that if you're using an Android device,
5:50
it needs to be display port compatible.
5:52
So, I was curious. I did have an old
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Android phone sticking sitting around
5:57
and uh curious to see if it would work
6:00
here. When I plugged it in, it clearly
6:02
was not display port compatible.
6:04
However, I was instantly pro prompted by
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the Android platform to download the
6:10
Mirrorcast app that would allow me to
6:13
then do the display. So, I did that.
6:15
It's a free app. You're going to have to
6:16
deal with some advertising as a part of
6:19
it. However, it runs in the background
6:21
and it does do a suitable imitation of
6:23
the display port activity. It's not
6:25
perfect. You're not going to get 100% of
6:27
the full screen, but it does fill most
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of the screen. You know, there's some
6:31
tweaks in the way that it works, but it
6:33
does work. And so you're not going to
6:34
have to buy a new device even if your
6:37
Android device is is not displayport
6:39
compatible. Obviously, it's more
6:41
seamless if you are display port
6:44
compatible. Now, one kind of side
6:46
benefit of a mirroring type device is
6:50
that it works with whatever content you
6:52
have on your phone. And so, if I wanted
6:55
to work out while watching my own
6:57
YouTube videos, I can do that for free
6:59
without any kind of subscription. At the
7:02
moment, I can even use it as my
7:04
teleprompter for this review with my
7:05
review notes on the screen here in front
7:07
of me. And so, it is very useful for
7:10
those kinds of things. If you have an
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older uh Apple device that uses a
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lightning port, it does have a cable
7:17
that will allow you to connect lightning
7:19
to the USBC as well. Now, if you want to
7:22
take advantage of the classes as opposed
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to just having entertainment on your
7:25
screen, you're going to need to download
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the Yeole app. Now, that app can be
7:30
downloaded for free, and there are a few
7:32
classes that are available for free, but
7:34
if you want the full-blown experience,
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you're going to want to get the
7:37
subscription, which gives you access to
7:39
far more classes, live events, and
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things like that. The app, there's a few
7:44
options for how you're going to pay for
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it. And so, you can do a monthly, a
7:49
quarterly, and an annual subscription.
7:51
As you probably guessed, the annual
7:53
subscription is the cheapest. It's the
7:54
option that I chose. And so it is about
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$69.99
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for the year. So that averages out to
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about $5.80.
8:03
However, the average Pelaton
8:06
subscription according to my research is
8:07
about $50 a month. And so nearly 10
8:10
times as much. So again, if you're on a
8:12
budget, that could be some savings
8:13
there. Now, if you're in the app itself,
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you can choose whatever class that you
8:18
want. And then it is going to project
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onto the screen. You have a nice slot
8:22
down here to put your phone. And as the
8:26
actual workout begins, it's going to
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give you some warning. But as you're
8:30
going to see here, while the treadmill
8:32
itself starts, it allows you to actually
8:35
control the speed itself.
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[Music]
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The built-in sound is, as you can hear,
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it is moderately loud. Certainly loud
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enough for while you're running,
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but it's not any kind of high-end sound
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bar.
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The instructors that I've watched so
8:53
far, they have been engaging. They keep
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up a steady dialogue trying to encourage
8:57
you, a little bit of the motivational
8:58
speeches that are thrown in there. Now,
9:01
you can see here, it'll tell you the
9:03
goal that you need to establish for that
9:05
period. It also gives you a countdown
9:06
for how long it's going to take until
9:08
the next segment. If you look at the
9:10
status bar across the top, it is moving
9:12
ahead as you go along and it gives you a
9:15
look at what segment is coming up next.
9:18
lower side of the screen here. It tells
9:20
you your calories burned, your distance
9:22
run. It comes by default in um imperial
9:25
measurement, though you can switch it to
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uh metric if you so desire. Another
9:30
question that I had is that since I had
9:32
actually signed up under the iOS iOS app
9:35
store, is that when I hooked up the
9:37
Android device, obviously I was going to
9:39
have to redownload the app. Would my
9:41
subscription carry across to multiple
9:43
devices? The good news is that it's yes.
9:46
I logged into my sub. Uh when I
9:48
downloaded the app and I needed to log
9:50
in, I logged into my account with ESOL
9:53
and instantly I had the premium version
9:56
there and was ready to go. So good news
9:58
if you have multiple devices. And also
10:01
good news is that your device will
10:03
charge while you're connected to it. So
10:04
you don't have to worry about your phone
10:06
going dead. Hopefully at the end of your
10:08
workout, you're going to have more
10:09
charge than you started with. Now the
10:12
controls, you have a bit of redundant
10:14
controls here. Here on the right side
10:16
you have the controls for your speed up
10:18
and down. On the left side over here you
10:20
have start stop. However, you've got
10:22
nice big buttons here that I
10:24
inadvertently hit that is going to stop
10:27
you. Also you have the opportunity to go
10:29
right up to five speed 5 m an hour or 7
10:34
m an hour if you want to run fast. So,
10:37
these allow you some quick control over
10:40
that as opposed to slowly stepping up
10:42
using the uh up and down for the speed
10:45
here. Now, if I put the microphone down
10:48
near the deck itself, you can hear that
10:50
the motor at 7 mph as we've got it set
10:52
right here is still fairly quiet. So,
10:56
there were some specifications that I
10:57
was interested in that I suspect you
10:59
might be interested in, too. The motor
11:01
itself is a brushless motor and it is a
11:04
1 horsepower nominal and will go up to 1
11:07
and a half horsepower on its peak
11:10
moments. The maximum speed that you can
11:12
achieve is pretty quick, 9 m an hour.
11:15
When you compare this to walking type
11:17
pads that are, you know, roughly in the
11:19
price tag of this, you're obviously
11:21
going to be able to go, you know, nearly
11:22
twice as fast on this. So, that
11:24
certainly is useful there. The maximum
11:27
height they recommend is 6'4. And I can
11:31
understand that. I'm 6'1, but I have
11:33
really long legs. And so I did find that
11:35
my my stride, as I'll demonstrate in
11:38
just a moment, my stride definitely when
11:40
I'm running all out, it fills this whole
11:42
deck because the deck is cuz it's
11:44
compact, it is a little bit shorter than
11:45
a standard one. I measured it at 46 in.
11:49
It's about 117 cm. That's about a foot
11:52
shorter than a fulls size treadmill. So,
11:54
just so you know, it's a little tighter
11:56
in terms of width and in terms of
11:58
length. And so, again, if I wouldn't buy
12:01
this if you're a larger person that's
12:02
going to fill that space up, you may
12:04
just not find it comfortable for that.
12:06
In fact, the maximum weight that they
12:07
recommend for the deck is 220 lb. Now,
12:12
the screen itself is 21 1/2 in. It has a
12:15
full HD or 1920 type resolution here.
12:20
The screen can be adjusted up and down
12:23
and so that you get a comfortable
12:26
viewing angle depending on your height
12:28
and you can also rotate it out to the
12:29
side which can be useful because in the
12:32
app it's not just classes that can be
12:35
done on the treadmill or a bike or a
12:37
rower. They've also got yoga classes,
12:39
strength training, stretching, things
12:41
like that. And so you can still utilize
12:43
this screen as a you know and also even
12:46
for entertainment if you're doing
12:47
something else in an exercise room. And
12:50
so it can be really useful if you don't
12:51
already have a separate screen in your
12:54
space. By the way, you can also use
12:56
other apps like Zift and Kenom Map if
12:58
you happen to have subscriptions to
13:00
those as well. So what's my conclusion?
13:03
Well, in the short term, I'm happy. It's
13:05
a functional treadmill that fits in my
13:07
small footprint. And unlike a walking
13:09
pad, I can go all the way up to 9 m an
13:11
hour or ride over 14 km/h. And don't
13:14
worry, I haven't threatened that speed
13:16
so far. I think that the class and the
13:18
entertainment integration will help keep
13:21
up motivation even over those long
13:23
winter months. And the cost ongoing is
13:25
not too bad if you're doing the year
13:27
subscription under $6 a month. The big
13:30
question with a device like this is how
13:33
is it going to hold up? It comes with a
13:35
one-year warranty, but obviously in a
13:37
one-mon review, I can't really answer
13:39
questions about long-term reliability.
13:42
I guess I'm going to find out, however,
13:45
because right now it suits my needs. It
13:47
fits in my space, so I'm going to keep
13:49
on using it. The current price for the
13:52
T1M Plus is right under $780.
13:57
However, if you use the code Dustin 10,
14:00
you can get 10% off that price. As
14:03
always, thanks for watching. Have a
14:05
great day and let the light in.
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[Music]
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