I never knew that my knees didn't have to ache after I ran. Before I ran on an Orbiter, I thought pain was just a natural part part of running. Health clubs often have twenty or more treadmills in each facility. They know if they bought a couple of Orbiters that their members would soon stop using the other treadmills and want them to replace these units with Orbiters. This has happened a number of times over the last ten years.
Orbiters are much higher tech and therefore cost more than other treadmills.
The Orbiter is light-years better than any other treadmill. Because it can severely reduce the sales of 'other' treadmills. If someone is in a store shopping for a treadmill and gets on an Orbiter, chances are they will not purchase any other brand of treadmill - even if that's all they can afford. Back in the 1988 we were searching for a word that best described this unique machine. When users walk or run on the Orbiter, they do not contact hard, unyielding surfaces.