it comes in two pieces, the bottom treadmill section, and the top rails/console section. the bottom section will easily fit through a door turned on it's side, but it's heavy, at least 200 lbs i'd think, so you need a couple strong people to move it. the top section might be trickier, it comes pre-assembled and the hand rails are about 38", but it's curved so you might be able to slide it through a doorway if you have room to go at an angle. if not, it can certainy be disassembled but i don't know how involved that process would be. the manual includes a blown-apart diagram of the treadmill with each part shown, and you can find the manual online, so you can look at that to get an idea of how much work it would be to disassemble/reassemble the handrails.nyker wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:46 pm In the same boat as you, I was literally just looking at stairmaster alternatives, specifically one that can fit moving it down the stairs, etc. without the need for a 10ft ceiling and not wanting to spend as much as a Denali expedition.
I see the dimensions of the X22i is 39" wide - do the arms/supports come off to be able to get this through doorways in a partially unassembled form?
under normal non-pandemic circumstances, NordicTrack offers white glove delivery and assembly in the room of your choice, but not right now unfortunately. they'll do across-the-threshold delivery only, inside whichever door you specify. then it's up to you to get it the rest of the way to whichever room you want, and to assemble it (which isn't very difficult). however, my delivery guys were willing to do the moving and assembly themselves for a (not very small) fee. normally i would've done it myself, but i sprained my shoulder (in a bike crash, speak of the devil) and can't really lift heavy weights right now, so i bit the bullet and paid for the extra moving/assembly. these guys had a pretty nice side business going though, so if you're in a tricky situation yours might be willing to do the same, just be sure to have plenty of cash on hand.
as for ceiling height, you'll be fine with 8' ceilings if you're not really tall. at the top incline, you might be a few inches from the ceiling, but how often are you going to be at 40%? and when you are, you probably won't be running (so no bouncing up and down) and you'll be looking down at the screen so you won't even notice. i actually have mine in the unfinished part of my basement, which has 7-1/2' ceilings, but without a ceiling i get an extra 9" of headroom between the rafters. so i had it placed so that my head would be directly between rafters at the highest incline, and at 5'9" it feels fine to me.