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