Xiaomi WalkingPad R1- Review of the treadmill for running at home
The WalkingPad R1 is Xiaomi's new living room treadmill (produced by KS) that is destined to become my companion definitive for home workouts.
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Xiaomi Walking Pad R1 | Design
What's new in this version compared to the model Walking pad A1 they start already from the design that in its closed position it occupies only 101x69x13cm. Furthermore, thanks to the running support bar, it is possible to grab the walkingpad much more easily and slide it with the wheels at the base.
Another nice novelty is the ability to stand up without having to lean it against a wall or a piece of furniture. This provides greater freedom in choosing the place to store it and at home it is really important to find the right "hiding place" but it is close at hand.
The structure as always is of excellent workmanship, with quality plastics and a steel frame capable of withstand a weight of 110kg (90kg in the previous model).
From open in walk mode (max 6km / h), therefore with the support not raised, it resembles in all respects an A1 that even in size differs by a few centimeters: 144x69x13cm.
To switch to racing mode simply lift the support handlebar (adjustable) which will be automatically recognized and will carry the maximum speed at 10km / h.
On the support handlebar we find a pleasant novelty: a 30 cm slot designed to house phones and tablets during training. Perfect for having them close at hand or for watching a movie without having to place the walkingpad in front of a TV.
We find the convenient dot display which alternates the display of calories, time, kilometers and steps. Immediately below, as in the A1, are the lights / buttons that allow switching on and selecting the mode.
Xiaomi WalkingPad R1 | Operation
Both walking and running, you can use the R1 walking pad in the manual mode or in that automatic. The latter, as the name suggests, uses sensors placed at the base to analyze our pace by adjusting the speed adaptively.
In manual mode we can instead adjust the speed with steps of 0.5km / h through the small and convenient remote control supplied that also allows the start and stop, as well as the switch between the two modes.
Great attention to safety especially in this model where the speed has been increased. When the walkingpad does not detect any weight it stops automatically. Additionally this model was equipped with a "security key" which must always remain inserted and to which a lace is connected that must be fixed to the clothes: so in an emergency (eg falling) the lace removes the key, immediately stopping operation.
However, I recommend that you always keep the remote control in your hand even in the "walk" mode in order to intervene quickly in any situation.
Differences with the WalkingPad R1 Pro model
Outside of China, the exact same model is marketed under the name of "R1 Pro walking pad“. The substantial difference introduced is that in the R1 model, the one being reviewed, a Chinese telephone number must be used to register for the dedicated app.
This limitation was introduced to prevent the product from arriving at discounted prices on the international market.
Can you do without the app? Ni. All the data that is shown in the app can be seen much more comfortably on the treadmill display except of course the history. It is also usually preferable to track your progress with your smartwatch.
The problem is, if anything, in the walking mode that ex works is limited to 3km / h and you have to run the tutorial on the app to unlock it up to 6km / h or follow this guide
Please note the existence of services that provide "disposable" numbers to receive SMS, designed exactly for these cases.
Conclusions
Xiaomi's Kingsmith Walking Pad R1 is a worthy successor to the A1 model of which it is an upgrade from all points of view.
The increase of the maximum speed up to 10Km / h has greatly expanded its usefulness while maintaining and even improving the convenience of hiding, transporting and storing it.
The question of choosing between the two R1 or R1 Pro models remains, so we advise you to keep an eye out our offers. The app limitation may go into the background 😉
Xiaomi Walkingpad R1 PRO a 490€ from EU warehouse
Coupon: NNNR1PRONEW
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is out, another valid coupon?
Until yesterday I was a happy owner of a WalkingPad R1 pro Kingsmith / Xiaomi.
Until yesterday, because yesterday I had the unfortunate idea of carrying out thefirmware upgrade proposed by the KS Fit app.
The upgrade
it seems it is notwas not successful (after more than 30 minutes the display remained in UPDATE while the app showed the progress of the update at 100%) and the system is not able to restart with the previously loaded version, result: machine blocked and useless. 🙁Even after having unplugged and reattached the power cable (taking care to wait at least 10 minutes between one switch on the next) the result does not change: when the main "physical" switch is activated, a click is heard, but the display it does not turn on and any attempt to connect via the app is completely useless.
I already activated the seller (banggood . com) with a ticket on their support platform, but I also wrote an email to [email protected] and a message in the Help Center of the KS Fit app, even without having received any contacts so far.
Obviously the question I asked is whether there is any procedure through which a hard reset of the R1 pro, since there is no trace of it in the manual.
To explain the behavior from bricked device I posted this video (with closed and open bar) https://youtu.be/aCRRbRgz8v4 describing the consequences offirmware upgrade killer that Kingsmith / Xiaomi probably (indeed, certainly, since I noticed that there is already more than someone who starts complaining about it on the net, especially on the facebook page Walkingpad https://www.facebook.com/WalkingPad/) did not test sufficiently
GOOD NEWS ! – GOOD NEWS!
I managed to unlock the R1 Pro after the system crash caused by the firmware update to version 6 failed
The method to use is two different smartphones with the KS Fit application installed.
I've made various attempts, but this seems to be the only one that works (since there is no documented hard-reset procedure and also that support is requested via email, "Help Center" support request in the KS Fit app, messages on FB page and twitter account WalkingPad gave no signs of life…)
IMPORTANT: do not uninstall the KS Fit app from the smartphone from which the firmware upgrade to version "6" was attempted
A girl commented on the video with a similar situation. It looked dead but installed the app on another phone and completed the upgrade and fixed. Give it a try
UPDATE: before trying to connect the R1 Pro via KS Fit from another smartphone, I tried to see through the BLE app (Bluetooth Explorer) if the Walking Pad still activated the bluetooth signal In fact - despite the display turned off and despite the "1st" smartphone you could not "see" the R1 Pro - the connection via KS Fit from a 2nd smartphone is successful, but the Walking Pad remains "dead", that is, it cannot be switched on, nor from physical panel, nor from the KS FIt app (I made several tests both with the bar in a vertical position and closed ...)... Read the rest »
Sold the A1 today and always got the R1 PRO today at 495.06 €… 😉
Hello, could you tell me you found it at 495 euros. Thanks for the reply
Xiaomi Walkingpad R1 PRO at 461 €
Coupon: WKPADR1PZ
Buy here http://xiaomi.today/r1proGeekBeu
Free delivery from Europe in 2-10 days
damn he offers it to me at 553 €… does anyone have any coupons? Thanks
Great!
It arrived to me today, paid € 495.06.
Alright, it was the best price I could find… 😉
Ok found, Thanks a lot, and Happy New Year
But sorry ... don't you use Telegram and groups for offers? 😉
Unfortunately I am not very familiar with cell phones and computers
See the offer above by @Simone Rodriguez!
Bei meinem Band ist die Kallibrierung völlig schief gelaufen. Es zieht immer in eine Richtung… .Keine Ahnung, wie ich es wieder sauber gerade bekomme… Bin am verzweifeln 😩
Hi all, Has it ever happened that the support bar gets stuck and doesn't go back into its seat when you put the treadmill back on?
Anyone here who weighs around 110kg who have tested this? How long life expectancy does this have? Are there spare parts available?
Next update is my R1 pro Schrott !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hilfe? was kann ich machen
Hello
but he tells me that the coupon is no longer available .. the price remains 553 €
It was valid all day, now it's expired
SOMEONE OF YOU HAVE EVER HAD PROBLEMS AND IS RECEIVED FOR ASSISTANCE
IF IT FAILS WHO WILL ADJUST IT?
As soon as I walk the tape always moves to the right, even after having centered it. What can I do?
You need to calibrate. I'm preparing a video guide but there are already some tutorials around
I picked it up on Friday and it's already not working
hope to get refund
or I hope there is a service center
Hi Emiliana, before embarking on a refund, check that you are doing everything right:
Is the plug well connected on both ends?
Did you turn on the switch next to the plug socket?
is there a service center in Italy?
or does anyone know how to fix or bypass the key
yes, of course, the power button is blocked and it does not move an inch
The switch can be replaced with any one. Contact Banggood (they will ask you for a video of the problem) and get a part refund so you pay us for the repair
hello, does anyone know where to get it at 469 €? The link above opens at 553 and with the coupon goes for a few euros less 🙁 thanks
This is from yesterday but I think it has already gone up:
Treadmill R1 PRO 2 in 1 Smart Folding Walking Pad at 462 € from EU stock
Coupon: WKPADR1PZ
http://xiaomi.today/3hpEaDg
Today the best offer is this:
R1 PRO 2 in 1 Smart Folding Walking Pad at 490 € from EU stock
€ 490 coupon: BGWR12P
https://xiaomi.today/35fdbpv
with the coupon it goes to 505 € I await better offers at this point. Thank you very much for your availability
Arrived to me today too, R1 PRO, paid €495.06. I just tried it and I can tell you that: – It is definitely heavier and bulkier than the A1 I had before, but you could only walk on it (max 6 km/h) – The nuts to unscrew the bar are really hard, I hope they loosen up a bit with use – If you only use it for walking, however, I had to insert the safety plug because if it isn't there, it stays in SAFE mode and doesn't work (or I was stupid but, I repeat, there I lost just 5 min.) – 10 Km/h will not be... Read the rest »
I bought it too, paid €489 with shipping insurance. I was looking around on alibaba and the price is €289 with shipping, it looks the same as ours to me, take a look. HI
But imagine... it won't be the R1 PRO.
Post link.
However there is an offer at the moment at 461,98 €, use TG.
https://italian.alibaba.com/product-detail/original-kingsmith-walkingpad-r1-pro-folding-treadmill-home-fitness-smart-walking-pad-treadmills-running-machine-1600065082266.html?spm=a2700.galleryofferlist.nor
Yes, but it costs 345 USD for shipping and who knows what kind, insured customs… 😉
Forget Alibaba, between shipping and customs fees you pay double. Have you tried to make a simulation by entering your address?
It was just a curiosity, I bought it for 489 € including shipping costs on the link you shot. bye and have a good day
It was not 461 €?
€489 because I took out shipping insurance
Yesterday morning the price was € 469,55 plus insurance
Ah OK.
Look ... the insurance is useless, then yours is also sent from Italy, imagine.
Anyway, tonight I'm starting to use it… 😉
Ok, I thought it came from China then I spent another 6.50, for the return, which I don't know has what it's for
Eh?
But you got it on Geekbuying, right?
But did you choose Italy warehouse ???
Warehouse Italy cost € 622 instead of EU warehouse 469, 55
Ah OK.
But yes, come on, € +, € -, the important thing is to use it consistently then… 😉
This is why I am someone who goes out 3/4 times a week for Jogging (8/9 km) I need it for the winter when it freezes
Hats off ... 😉
I came to weigh 90 kilos, then between running and regular eating I dropped to 78 kilos
Pleasure.
I was 92.5 and now I'm 74.
I do walking because it is good for my health, but I lost the weight only by eating well (no greasy cup and crap).
Another life.
However, maintaining this lifestyle, eliminating wine, alcohol and sweets is very hard
Are you telling me?
I practically didn't drink alcohol anymore, but sweets and crap… it's not hard, it's very hard.
But when your friend who has been selling you shirts for years who used to take you by the ass... because the buttons of an XL were bursting now sells you an M... that's satisfaction.
In any case, health has also improved, nothing but stories.
True, when you try the treadmill let me know how it goes
Tonight… 😉
Hi, I tried to use it, it seems to work but after a few minutes it stops in “safe” and I can't get out of this mode. Has this ever happened to you? What can I do? Also, there seems to be no first virtual button on the bottom display (the power button. Thanks 1000 for the help
I tried it just 5 min. that arrived today but I have no problems.
Unfortunately I can't calibrate it, it keeps moving either too far to the right or too far left even once it has been adjusted and it doesn't start except in calibration mode where at least it runs. Am I wrong something? I've been trying for two days but nothing .. Thanks Paul
Hi Paolo, honestly what you tell me has never happened to me, not even with the previous 2 models but it is difficult to understand "from a distance".
Azz… I didn't know about the problem of registering the R1 version outside of China !!!
Anyone have it and have it succeeded?
Interesting product certainly but to say that it is suitable for running given the maximum speed of 10km / h is excessive. A brisk walk is more appropriate.
I have had the A1 (6 Km / h max) for about a year and I can tell you it's a good walk ...
Of course, if one is used to running outside, he starts laughing, but a sofa like me, I swear I was amazed to do about 20 km a week.
A brisk walk is 6km / h. At 10km / h we run, period. It is not a consideration but a fact.
If you want to tell me that it is possible to go faster with other models, then I can agree.
But considering that it is a home product and that when closed it occupies only 69x13cm, I think it has excellent performance.
over 500 euros for a carpet that only goes at 10 km / h and with 0% gradient? Considering also the easy movement of a carpet that runs under your feet? Absolutely rejected! Carpet not suitable for a TRAINING, but at most for a simple motor activity of people over 50 or overweight people (obese I don't think given the maximum load of 110kg) or with poor self-care. For the latter categories (and unfortunately there are many, perhaps too many and constantly increasing even in young 20-30 year olds) better a magnetic carpet for less than 150 euros... Read the rest »
Thank you, it's nice to know that you are ER MEJO of Italian sport.
But please, please… understand that these objects help to move around a bit, certainly not one who already normally jogs.
Take care, ER MEJO of Italian sport.
92 minutes of applause 👏🏻
Seriously, Alessandro is probably a sportsman who does not allow middle ground and the countless points of view escape him.
This type of walking pad, on the other hand, encourages physical activity where time / organization / laziness becomes an obstacle. But there may be another hundred thousand reasons.
Then it would be better to do more sports, do it better, eat less, eat healthily, not smoke, etc .. we all already knew this without needing him to tell us.
It's the second time I've been writing "92 minutes of applause" lately, is it still you? 😉 Anyway it wasn't my intention to offend, are you kidding? You are talking to someone who weighed 92 Kg. Who a year and a half ago broke the boxes and started to eat well, in a healthy way, let's say, and to do 10 + 10 Km. A week with the Walkingpad (it will be nothing, but for someone like me who was always on the sofa, it's a lot, I never would have thought). Now I weigh 74 kg and feel much better. Ah, I sold the Walkingpad A1 I had just yesterday... Read the rest »
It is exactly the same path that I took. Last year I lost 12kg and it was all thanks to the walkingpad because it is congenial to my life and habits.
Obviously, once I started, I associated a more careful diet and when possible a greater sport effort (at alternating periods).
For me it was the right “easy” incentive to start and the constant to continue. And I continue like this with the R1 😆💪🏻
Ah, did you also have the A1 before ??? I am waiting for the R1 PRO to arrive now, as I said, the A1 I sold it yesterday ... 😉 No, well come on, in my case if there hadn't been a nutritionist ... hello ... other than losing Kg .. Anyway it's not that He ate poco, on the contrary, just ... condiments & a cup bye ... 😉 Um ... I always miss sweets, yes, definitely eating what you want is nice, but when you lose 2 sizes of clothes going from XL to M ... fuck everything, it's satisfactions ... 😉 Walking is good for health (for the heart, etc.), for losing weight without a healthy diet… it is useless... Read the rest »
Yes, I have reviewed both the A1 and the C1. But I kept the A1 which I preferred.
As you can see we are all different, in habits, in conformation, in character. This is why I believe that the "sentences" such as those of Alessandro are excessive.
On the contrary, I see all three of us agree that losing weight with the walking pad alone is not possible but remains the right stimulus for many.
Beautiful.
How is the C1?
So at sight it seems to me that the build quality is scarce, I don't know.
However, as soon as the R1 PRO arrives, I'm anxious to find out after "a long time" walking at 6 km/h if I last at least more than 5 minutes. running, since I've always been (and still believe I am) a blowjob… 😉
In truth, if there was one point in favor, it was the quality and robustness. It is almost all frame with very few plastics. I gave it away because it basically offers nothing more than the A1. I didn't like it aesthetically. The zipper in the middle of the carpet felt quite enough. and especially the display on the remote control is less comfortable than on the walkingpad. I understand your state of mind, even I could not wait to "taste" new limits. I alternate 6/8 / 10km and gradually I am improving. I miss the quiet walk at 6 which allows me to write on the phone and watch TV more relaxed 😆... Read the rest »
But go?!? I thought exactly the opposite, also because it is on offer at about 260 € I think! I heard the zipper thing, maybe I don't realize it, but I've never heard it on my A1. On the subject of speed, bravo, you have all my esteem ... comunque Oh anyway I understand the comments of those who say that these products cost too much, but in my opinion the Xiaomi family brand is synonymous with quality, there is poco makes do. One bill if you take a €1.500 Tecnogym, but the ones you take in shopping centers or the various Diadora & Co. in... Read the rest »