Our verdict: 4.98
The Noble Pro Elite E10i is the best treadmill available on the UK market.
It’s a serious piece of kit, made for serious runners.
The 4.2 HP motor makes it one of the most powerful available.
The running deck is solid and feels just like road running.
The included lifetime membership of the Kinni app makes running fully automated workouts great fun.
The incline and speed automatically adjust based on the workout. And the console buttons are large and simple to use.
The built-in apps allow you to stream TV shows and movies from Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC Iplayer and others.
Unlike almost every other treadmills with a TV screen, there are no monthly membership fees to pay.
How we rated the NoblePro Elite E10i Treadmill
In reviewing the Noble Pro Elite 10i I compared it against three heavyweights in a similar price range: the Bowflex 56 (£3,000), the Peloton Tread (£3,345), and the NordicTrack x32i (£3,599). All four treadmills boast impressive features and hefty price tags
Where other treadmills have superior capabilities points were deducted from the E10i.
Finally, the functional scorings were multiplied against their weightings to determine the overall score.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Solid and sturdy - you can confidently run your fastest without a single wobble
- One of the fastest treadmills available - 22 km/hr (13.6mph / 4:23 per mile / 2:43 min/km)
- Entertainment apps - no additional subscriptions or hacks needed
- Free lifetime membership to the Kinni app
- Onboard apps like Strava, Peloton, Zwift, Rouvy, Bitgym, Kinomap and more
- Plenty of workout options - including the ability to design your own
- Fantastic afters sales customer support
- Recommended by elite runners in the UK
Cons
- The fan is not very powerful
What's covered in this review?
Who is the NoblePro Elite E10i Treadmill for?
The E10i is suitable for home and light commercial usage.
The commercial use warranty states it’s covered for “5 hours or less of use in a non-dues paying facility.”
I take this to mean it’s designed to withstand a maximum of 5 hours of continuous use per day in a facility where people don’t pay membership dues. So not in a paid gym, but various other commercial usages are fine.
The wide range of training and entertainment capabilities make it ideal for beginner runners, a family gym, elite runners or even a small company gym space.
It’s a great way to fit in a workout around busy family life.
NoblePro remain the only serious treadmill offering media streaming that doesn’t require an expensive on-going subscription.
Every other treadmill on the UK market with media:
- NordicTrack
- Peloton
- Bowflex
…all require additional monthly subscriptions in order to make use of the media streaming.
With the Elite E10i, once you’ve bought it, there’s nothing extra to pay. It comes with a lifetime Kinni membership — chocked full of running workouts for all levels.
Overview of the E10i
- Speed and power — an industrial-grade 4.2HP motor allows you to reach a speed of 22 km/hr (13.6mph / 4:23 per mile).
- Incline — 0-16% at 1% increments
- Touchscreen console — 15.6″ of HD screen
- Entertainment apps – Netflix, Spotify, Prime Video, YouTube, Disney +, IPlayer, ITV X Player and more
- Audio – Dual speakers, play via Bluetooth input or stream to external source via bluetooth output
- Latest treadmill apps – Zwift, Rouvy, Peloton, BitGym and Kinomap and more
- Onboard training programmes – Simply put, loads.
- WIFI – 2.4/5 GHz
- Free lifetime membership to Kinni — Access a huge library of pre-created workouts or craft your own, then run hands-free as the app controls the treadmill
- BLE heart rate monitoring – pair a heart rate monitor via bluetooth (not included)
- Built for runners – firm road-like running deck
- FREE software upgrades – for life
- Size – 205 x 96 cm footprint | 155 x 58 cm run area
- No subscriptions required – Only UK treadmill with this level of entertainment apps with no monthly treadmill subscription required
- Warranty – Residential & light commercial
E10i vs E8i
A year ago, Noble Pro’s E8i was the best treadmill available to series runners in the UK.
That has now changed.
With the release of the E10i, the mantle has now been passed to the big brother.
As far as looks go they’re similar. However, the E10i is larger, heavier and uses a fixed running deck instead of the E8i foldable design.
The console tech is a big upgrade.
The new E10i console is much larger than the E8i’s. Where I’d get the odd buffering when streaming with the E8i 2.4GHz WIFI, with the inclusion of the 5GHz WIFI the E10i is spotless.
This larger smarter console allows the inclusion of onboard apps like Zwift, so instead of just casting Zwift to a TV (which is still possible) you can immerse yourself in the virtual running game directly on the treadmill.
And another great app improvement is the ability to use NoblePro’s Kinni running workout app onboard on the console, instead of just via phone connection. This gives you direct onboard access to running plans for 5K, 10K, Half and Full Marathons, thousands of running workouts from the library as well as the ability to easily sync your custom workouts from Kinni account.
The E10i feels very different to run on. Where the E8i has the classic treadmill bouncy feel, the E10i is very firm. It feel’s just like running on the road.
Here’s a quick demo of the two of them running at full speed next to each other
The E8i has a price tag of £2,199, whereas the E10i is £3,299.
So, is it worth the extra money?
In my opinion – yes definitely. If you can afford the E10i, it’s well worth the extra money.
Who are NoblePro?
NoblePro is a small UK company based in Bury St. Edmunds that has big goals. They are on a mission to provide treadmills that are ideal for serious runners or for those who’d like to get more out of their treadmills. They aim to change the way runners perceive treadmills and indoor running.
The folk at NoblePro believe that the key to running success is a collaboration between outdoor and indoor running — both environments complement and support each other. Their treadmills are “training partners” or training tools that will help you reach your goals.
With this in mind, NoblePro has designed its treadmills around runners and the needs of the running community. They are always striving to create the best running experiences possible and to encourage running and fitness communities to connect.
They work closely with the running community and support inspirational people within those communities. In collaboration with them, NoblePro ensures that they have “their ears to the ground” to hear the community’s needs and constantly improve their products so that everyone — no matter their level — can reach their goals.
Getting started
Delivery
The E10i came completely constructed and ready to go. It arrived on a wooden palette, in the back of a large lorry. The NoblePro team contacted me a few days before, confirming the arrival date.
Two delivery drivers unloaded the treadmill. They then unwrapped it from the protective plastic wrap, wheeled it into position and set it up, ready for me to use.
All I had to do was get on it and run.
Configure background apps
Having previously used the Noble Pro E8i, this was the first feature that caught me off guard.
I jumped on and tried firing up Netflix then starting a training run. However, I couldn’t figure out how to get them both working together…I had to exit the workout to run Netflix and couldn’t start my program again.
Allowing Background Apps means you can run multiple apps at the same time.
For example, watching NetFlix, while doing a training session.
Enabling background apps is simple:
1. Go into Settings and Select Advanced settings
2. Select the Background Apps tab
3. Select the Apps you would like to allow to run in the background
4. Tap the Save button
After starting a run, just access one of the enabled background apps:
1. Select the Home icon
2. Select the App you wish to open
3. You can also close all background apps from here by tapping the Close apps button
You can move these icons
Both of these icons can easily be moved around the screen if they’re in the way. Just drag them…this took me a long time to realise 🙂
Price
First year cost comparison
NoblePro are the only UK available treadmill with media streaming that doesn’t require an on-going monthly subscription.
Here’s a comparison of the first years cost of the E10i vs other treadmills of similar spec.
NoblePro E10i
No on-going subscription required-
15.6" Touch Screen
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Max Speed: 13.7 mph / 22 kmh
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Incline: 0 to 16%
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Footprint: 205 x 96 cm
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Running track: 155 x 58 cm
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Apps: Netflix etc
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WIFI
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Bluetooth
Peloton Tread
Incl £468 yearly subscription (£36/month)-
23.8" Touch Screen
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Max Speed: 12.4 mph / 20 kmh
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Incline: 0 to 12.5%
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Footprint: 173 X 84 cm
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Running track: 150 x 50 cm
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Apps: Netflix etc
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WIFI
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Bluetooth
NordicTrack x32i
Incl £374 yearly subscription (£34/month - 1st month free)-
32" Touch Screen
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Max Speed: 11.8 mph / 19 kmh
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Incline: -6 to 40%
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Footprint: 196 X 102 cm
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Running track: 165 x 55 cm
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Apps: Netflix etc
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WIFI
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Bluetooth
Financing options
For all its treadmills, NoblePro offers 0% finance.
A closer look at the features
Speed
The NoblePro Elite E10i is the fastest treadmill we found for the price. As with the E8.0 and E8i it has a top speed of 22 km/h (13.6 mph). That works out at a 4:23 mile.
Most other treadmills have a top speed of 20 km/h.
How does it handle at full speed?
Even running at full speed, it’s completely stable, with no wobble.
This demo shows the E10i running at full speed of 13.7 MPH / 22 km/h. It’s perfectly stable and solid at full speed.
Belt acceleration
One of the unique features of the Noble Pro E10i is the ability to adjust the belt acceleration. That is the time it takes for the belt to reach your chose speed within a workout split or when manually selected.
None of the competitor treadmills offer this customisation.
Why does belt acceleration matter?
When you’re doing workouts with short speed splits, you want to get from one speed to the next as quickly as you can, otherwise you spend a large part of that split just coming up to speed, rather than running at your intended speed.
To adjust the acceleration go to Settings | Advanced Settings | Acceleration
However, be careful. I’d recommend reducing this value gradually….if you haven’t practised, this is a great way to throw yourself off the back, and treadmill to the face is not fun!
Incline
The E10i has an incline range of 0-16%.
Adjustment is in 1% increments and made via the console, onscreen adjustments or hands-free from pre-programmed app settings.
When adjusted onscreen you can use the up and down arrows to quickly control the incline. Additionally tapping the number brings up this selection, which allows you quickly just to a specific incline level.
This short video shows the E10i automatically adjusting incline and speed from a custom workout I created and ran with the on-board Kinni app.
Negative Incline – No marketing gimmick here
If you’ve been comparing treadmills, you might notice that some treadmill manufacturers offer a negative decline. This can vary from between -5% to -3% and is supposed to mimic running downhill.
Downhill running is an important part of a serious runner’s training. It teaches you to move your legs faster and helps build supporting muscles.
A key part of running downhill is to lean into the run and to learn not to brake with your thighs.
You can’t achieve this realistically on a treadmill, there is no substitute for actually leaving your house and running down a real hill.
Training programmes
Built in program workouts
There are 12 built in workout programs, that each have a preset profile of speed and incline changes.
Choose from:
- Walking
- Jogging
- Hills
- Fitness test
- 100m run
- VO2
- HIIT
- Relaxing run
- Lose weight
- Strength
- Warm-up
- Track
There’s then a program where you can define a custom workout.
Add you’re own splits, with custom speed and incline.
Goal based workouts
There are then 4 different types of goal based workouts.
- HR – To fit your heart rate goals
- Time – for specified time duration
- Distance – for specified distance
- Calories – for specified calorie burn
Kinni Workouts
This is where the workouts start to get sexy and go way beyond what your average gym treadmill offers.
Noble Pro don’t just make treadmills.
They make treadmills for series runners and Kinni lets series runners easily bring their training routine inside.
All Noble Pro treadmills come with Kinni membership included for FREE – Unlike other treadmills there is no monthly subscription fee.
Choose the Kinni app, which comes preloaded on the home screen.
Kinni includes 12 full training plans out of the box. There are 4 race types to the plan and each has a beginner, intermediate and advanced level. So, you can really pick the one that suits you based on your distance and level:
- 5k – (Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced)
- 10k – (Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced)
- Half Marathon – (Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced)
- Full Marathon – (Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced)
Alternatively Search for existing workouts in the workout library
The Kinni app has over 100+ professionally created workouts for all levels, workout types, and goals.
You can enter your preferred workout into the search bar or scroll through the workouts.
You can opt to have voice-guided workouts to keep you focused without needing to keep looking at your screen. You can also add your own custom voice prompts to keep you motivated.
Use filters to further drill down into the workouts
Select Advanced to access filters to refine your search.
You can then choose from various options such as your workout type, duration, training plan, and workout focus.
Create and use your own workouts using the workout builder
The Kinni app makes building workouts super easy. You can add as many or as few splits as you would like.
For each split, you can set the speed, incline and distance. You can also add your own voice prompts if you so choose.
Create custom workout
Add splits
Sharing and Liking Workouts
A new feature that dropped while I was testing it is the ability to share and like workouts.
You can like a workout directly in the workout library list or workout details screen.
You can read even more about Kinni in the Kinna review, alternatively see https://kinni.co/ and all the latest features can be see here.
Connectivity
WiFi connectivity
The NoblePro Elite E10i has excellent connectivity. It uses both 2.4Ghz and 5GHz WIFI, so works well where ever you locate it.
Initial WIFI Setup
WIFI setup is quick, easy and intuitive:
1. On the home page, touch the Wi-Fi icon at the top of the screen
2. Ensure the Wi-Fi is enabled
3. Select the Wi-Fi network from the available network list.
4. Enter the correct network password
What if I’m putting the treadmill in a garage that doesn’t have WIFI access?
If you don’t have WIFI reach you’ve got two options:
1. Get a WIFI repeater / extender
I’m with BT, so a while ago I already put an extra one of these disks in my garage gym.
Another option would be a generic WIFI extender like this
2. Hotspot your mobile phone
This gives you an immediate connection, but depending on you cell coverage and data allowances may not be optimal.
- Bluetooth
The E10i supports both Bluetooth input and output.
Setting up the bluetooth connection is very easy. Detailed instructions are available on the Noble Pro site at:
Onboard Apps
In addition to Kinni the E10i comes preloaded with the following apps:
Kinomap is an interactive indoor training application for cycling, running, walking, and rowing, compatible with an exercise bike, home trainer, treadmill, elliptical or rowing machine. The application provides access to the largest geolocated video sharing platform with thousands of routes around the world.
Your personal fitness trainer, anytime, anywhere. Enjoy a vast library of workouts, from strength training and meditation to outdoor running and yoga. Track your progress with ease and make fitness fun.
Your indoor cycling adventure awaits. Experience the thrill of cycling with realistic routes, customizable workouts, and the option to race against others.
Runna
is a personal running coaching app that offers tailored training plans, expert advice, and a supportive community. It provides detailed workout schedules, strength training plans, and resources on running techniques, nutrition, and injury prevention.
Your social fitness platform. Connect with cyclists and runners worldwide, explore stunning virtual routes, and make fitness fun and effective. Join races, group rides, or solo workouts.
In addition to the preloaded apps, the E10i has access to a huge library of Google Play apps via the Aurora Store.
Aurora Store: Your alternative app store. Similar to Google Play, but with a wider selection of apps, including unofficial ones. Find it on your NoblePro E10i’s home screen and expand your app options.
Audio
I tested the audio extensively, listening to Spotify and watching Netflix during long runs and my kids love watching YouTube while walking.
On the E8i the speakers where one of the things that let it down, as they were so quiet. This has been fixed in the E10i. The dual speakers are loud enough to clearly hear your Spotify running playlist or Netflix show, even while running full speed.
I actually found myself turning the volume down a bit for most of my workouts.
Combine that with the option of bluetooth output and the audio gives everything you could ask for.
Physical features
The frame includes two large holder sections. Which are easily large enough for drinks bottle, phone, keys, head-phone case and all the other paraphernalia I take into the gym with me.
Everything feels very solid and stable. The control buttons on the frame are easy to operate quickly mid run
The track feels huge compared to what I was used to with the E8i and I really like the extra firmness the E10i brings to the run. It feels just like road running, meaning you can train in-doors and expect similar heart rate performance when going back outdoors again.
Pretty much the only negative point I found with the whole treadmill is the fan. The fan is very weak, once testing it at the beginning I decided I won’t be bothering with that again. But that is really the only downside I could find for the whole treadmill.
Support and Troubleshooting
Apart from a comprehensive support centre on its site, NoblePro also has excellent customer service.
Many of the reviews raved about their service and over the years I’ve owned Noble Pro treadmills I’ve always found the same thing.
Support area
If you don’t feel like contacting customer support, you can find help under Technical Support on the footer of their homepage. This area will give you access to some of the more popular support questions.
- Troubleshooting – You can find help here for various issues such as WiFi authentication issues, Netflix audio being out of sync, testing the speaker volume, and what to do if the electricity keeps tripping. Of course, you can always contact their support team for help.
- Third Party Apps – Explains how to use the various apps, such as Zwift, BitGym, Rouvy, Peloton, Kinimap etc
- Online User Manual – To quickly refer back to anything you might need to tinker with
- Repair guides – Help articles on how to fix various issues such as replacing the rear roller replacement, the running board, and how to replace the safety key switch.
- Maintenance – Help guides for how to lubricate your incline mechanism, how to store your treadmill, how to adjust a treadmill belt and motor torque optimisation.
- Insight / News – Lists the projects and links to pages where they announce the releases.
- Elite E10i – articles related specifically to the E10i
- Blogs – In the blog section you’ll find articles for runners, by runners.
Should you buy it?
So what’s the upshot?
The Noble Pro Elite E10i is a top-of-the-line treadmill designed for serious runners.
Its powerful 4.2 HP motor and solid running deck deliver a smooth and realistic running experience. The included lifetime membership to the Kinni app allows you to enjoy fully automated workouts with adjustable incline and speed. Plus, the large and intuitive console buttons make it easy to navigate the treadmill’s features.
With built-in apps for streaming TV shows and movies from popular platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC iPlayer, and more, you can stay entertained while you work out. And unlike many other treadmills with TV screens, there are no additional monthly membership fees required.
Overall, the Noble Pro Elite E10i is an excellent choice for runners seeking a high-quality, feature-rich treadmill.