I've been runnning on this treadmill for about a month. The deck is decently shock absorbant, the motor is avereage in loudness, and the control panel is easy to operate. My gripe is that the STOP button is located in a place where I've accidentally bumped it several times. Of course it is meant to be immediately accessible in emergencies, but there could have been other places to put the bottom that my hand wouldn't hit it by accident in the course of regular jogging.