WalkingPad C2 review: the walking pad that disappears under a sofa

Is the WalkingPad C2 worth it?

Yes, if storage is your problem. The WalkingPad C2 folds in half across the middle, weighs 62 lb and slides under a sofa, and its 1.0 HP brushless motor is the kind that stays quiet at desk speeds. For walking at a standing desk through a working day, it does the job and then disappears. It typically sells for $399 to $599.

It isn’t a treadmill. The belt stops at 3.7 mph, the deck is rated for 220 lb, and there’s no handle and no incline. If you want to jog, or you’re over 220 lb, you need a different machine, and we say which below.

We haven’t bench-tested our C2 yet, so this review is built from WalkingPad’s specs and how fold-in-half pads behave at home.

Living with it

There’s nothing to assemble. Unfold it, plug it in and pair the remote. The deck stands about 5 inches off the floor, so add that to your usual standing-desk height.

At 2 mph, a typical typing pace, a brushless pad like this is a faint hum over a soft belt rhythm. The floor changes the answer more than the motor does. On thick carpet any flat pad drags its belt, works its motor harder and tends to creep, and a 6 mm rubber mat fixes all three.

The fold is the whole point. At the end of the day it goes from 56.4 inches long to 32.5, leans against the wall behind the desk, and takes up about as much room as a yoga mat on its side.

Walking on it

The belt is 47 inches long and 16.5 wide, which fits a walking stride and not much more. You change speed with the remote, with the KS Fit app, or with the automatic mode, which speeds up when you walk toward the front and slows when you drift back. Automatic mode is clever. We’d expect most people to switch it off, because stopping to read something isn’t a signal to slow down.

Top speed is 3.7 mph, a brisk walk for most adults, and that’s where the C2 ends. There’s no incline, and a pad this flat and thin has no safe way to add one. The remote is the control you’ll actually use; the app is mostly for logging distance and steps. For other desk-walking options, see our under-desk walking pad picks.

Where it falls short

Weight rating. At 220 lb it’s honest, and it’s also low. If you’re near it, the WalkingPad A1 Pro has a thicker deck and a 230 lb rating, and the LifeSpan TR1200-DT3 is rated to 350 lb, though it doesn’t fold and costs $1,199 to $1,499.

Speed. If you’ll ever want to jog, the WalkingPad R1 Pro adds a folding handrail and 6.2 mph, and the Goplus 2-in-1 reaches 7.5 mph for less money.

Warranty. One year, which is normal for walking pads and still short.

And carpet, as above. Use a hard floor or a mat.

Against the WalkingPad Z1

The WalkingPad Z1 is the same idea for less: the same 3.7 mph top speed, the same 220 lb rating and the same fold, on a lighter 55 lb frame, typically $349 to $449. For an occasional walker who wants the lightest thing that folds, it’s the better buy. For a daily desk walker, we’d pay the difference for the C2’s sturdier deck. Our C2 vs Z1 comparison goes through it in detail.

What we’ll measure

With our retail unit set up under a standing desk, we’ll measure noise at 2 and 3 mph from desk height, three feet from the pad, on hardwood, low-pile carpet and a 6 mm mat with a 160 lb walker. We’ll also check belt speed against a calibrated wheel, how quickly the remote responds, motor-housing temperature after an hour and watts at the wall, then walk on it daily for a month and fold it every evening. Our walking pad noise test explains the noise method, and How we test covers the rest.