DeerRun’s cheapest treadmill and their best seller. 2-in-1 design (walking pad + handrail jogging), 5% incline, foldable. Good for casual walkers. The 105 x 38 cm belt is the smallest in the range and limits what you can do beyond walking pace.
Updated April 2026
DeerRun A6 Plus
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DeerRun A6 Plus Review: A Walking Pad With Handrails
Let’s be clear about what the A6 Plus actually is: it’s a walking pad that happens to have foldable handrails and a slightly higher top speed. DeerRun markets it as a “2-in-1 treadmill” and technically that’s accurate. But the 105 × 38 cm belt, 7.5 mph top speed, and 5% manual incline place this firmly in walking-pad territory rather than treadmill territory. And as a walking pad with handrails and incline at its typical UK selling price, it’s genuinely good value.
The belt: let’s talk about 38 cm
The A6 Plus belt is 105 cm long and 38 cm wide. To put 38 cm in perspective: an A4 sheet of paper is 21 cm wide. Place two sheets side by side and you’ve got 42 cm, which is wider than the A6 Plus belt. Your feet, when walking naturally, occupy roughly 10-12 cm each. On a 38 cm belt, that leaves about 14-18 cm of total margin, split between both sides.
At walking speeds (2-4 mph), this is fine. Your feet land in a relatively straight line and the margin is adequate. At 5+ mph, when your gait widens slightly and your form starts to fatigue, 38 cm starts to feel like walking a tightrope. At 7.5 mph (the maximum), you’d need nerves of steel and excellent balance. Most owners sensibly cap their speed at 5-6 mph and use the higher settings only briefly.
The 2-in-1 design
With the handrails folded down, the A6 Plus works as a flat walking pad at speeds up to about 3.8 mph. Fold the handrails up, lock them in place, and you get a treadmill mode with speeds up to 7.5 mph. The transition requires stopping the belt, physically raising or lowering the handrails, and locking them. It takes about 30 seconds once you’re practised.
In reality, most buyers pick a mode and stick with it. If you use it under a standing desk, the handrails stay down. If you use it for dedicated exercise sessions, the handrails stay up. The flexibility is nice in theory but the switching process means few people change modes mid-day.
5% manual incline
The 5% incline is manual, meaning you adjust legs on the underside before your session. It’s not something you change during a workout. Most owners set it at 3-5% and leave it permanently, which adds a baseline training stimulus to every walk or jog.
5% at walking speed adds meaningful cardiovascular demand compared to flat walking. It’s enough to make a 30-minute walk feel like genuine exercise rather than just accumulating steps. For a walking-focused machine, this is a useful feature that many competing walking pads in this price range don’t offer.
Who should buy the A6 Plus
The A6 Plus is for people who want the cheapest possible treadmill with handrails and incline. That’s a specific and valid use case. If you walk daily for fitness, want to hit 10,000 steps without leaving the house, and want something more substantial than a flat walking pad but don’t need (or want) a full-size treadmill, the A6 Plus fills that gap.
It’s also a reasonable first purchase for someone testing whether they’ll actually use a home treadmill. The low price means the financial risk is minimal. If you use it daily for six months and decide you want more, you’ve lost less money than you would on an impulse gym membership. And you can upgrade to the A1 Pro or X20 with confidence that you’ll use it.
Who should NOT buy the A6 Plus
Skip it if you want to jog or run regularly. The belt is too narrow for comfortable jogging at any serious pace. The A1 Pro at a modest premium adds 10 mph speed and a bigger 112 × 42 cm belt.
Skip it if you’re over 5 ft 10 or weigh over 100 kg. The 105 cm belt length and 136 kg weight capacity are limiting. The A1 Pro offers 158 kg capacity and a longer belt.
Skip it if you want motorised incline or mid-workout incline changes. The 5% is manual-only. The X20 with 15% auto incline is the DeerRun to buy for serious incline training.
What we like
- Cheapest DeerRun treadmill with handrails and incline
- 2-in-1 design works as walking pad or light jog machine
- 5% manual incline adds training value most walking pads lack
- Compact and foldable for easy storage
- PitPat app is free
- 60-day return policy
- Low financial risk as a trial purchase
What could be better
- 105 × 38 cm belt is very narrow for anything above walking speed
- 7.5 mph top speed is unrealistic on a 38 cm belt
- 5% incline is manual only (adjust legs, not mid-workout)
- 136 kg weight capacity is the lowest in the range
- 2-in-1 mode switching requires stopping and manually raising handrails
- Max 2-year warranty
- The A1 Pro offers significantly more for a modest premium
Our verdict
The A6 Plus is a walking pad with handrails and incline, priced accordingly. It’s good at what it’s built for: daily walking, casual step-counting, and WFH fitness. It’s not a treadmill for jogging or running, despite the 7.5 mph top speed, because the 38 cm belt makes anything above walking pace feel precarious. If you want the cheapest entry point to DeerRun’s range for walking, the A6 Plus delivers. If you want to jog, spend the extra on the A1 Pro. If you want to actually run, the X20 is where DeerRun treadmills start being proper running machines.
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