Best Walking Pads Tested (2025): Urevo, WalkingPad, Sperax

Most versatile

Photo: Christine Canning

Lifesmart

TM2202 3 in 1 Treadmill

If you don’t want to buy a standing desk, check out the Lifesmart 3-in-1 Treadmill. You can wheel the lightweight machine into any room, place the desk attachment over the railing, and start working and walking. The height of the desk won’t accommodate everyone—it was lower than I’d like, and I’m 5’4.” But for quick, basic work like answering emails or attending a meeting, it did the job just fine.

The 3-in-1 Treadmill gets its name from its ability to serve as a walking pad (with the rail down, speeds reach 3.7 mph), a treadmill (with the rail up, you can run up to 7.5 mph), and a workstation (with the rail up and the desk attachment).

It’s easy to set up and transitioning between walking pad, treadmill and work modes is quick and easy (you just need to use a small tool to adjust the rail, which is magnetized so it can live on the rail and never get lost in the junk drawer). You can adjust the speed with buttons on the rails or with a Bluetooth remote, and a screen on the front of the machine cycles through your workout metrics. The sleek, modern design means you won’t have to worry about having it in your living space. The only downside is that there are no tilt options.

The quietest pad

This walking pad had the most intuitive setup of any on this list (probably thanks to the lack of a companion app, which is often not really necessary). I was able to set it up in minutes and the remote connected right away, no bluetooth pairing required. Like many walking pads, this one has a screen on the front that shows you your workout metrics. If you pause the machine to exit, you can go back to where you started, building up these metrics until you turn the machine off. One downside: it doesn’t track steps.

The automatic incline walking treadmill offers a great incline range, going up to level nine or 12 percent incline. This is one of the highest tilt options I’ve found in my testing. You can go up to 4 mph with this machine and you can connect your phone to play music through the speakers. The remote also lets you take 30-minute, pre-programmed walking workouts where the machine automatically adjusts the speed (but not the incline). Otherwise, you can use it in manual mode and adjust the settings to your liking.