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Are walking pads worth it? We put the best under-desk treadmills to the test

Our expert puts walking pads through their paces to find the best for comfort, noise and ease of storage • The best treadmills for your home You don’t necessarily need to walk 10,000 steps a day to improve your health and wellbeing.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 10, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC
Key points
  • However, even squeezing in “brisk walks” can be a chore, with busy schedules and increasingly desk-bound jobs forcing more of us to remain sedentary for long periods.
  • Want to get your steps in while working or watching TV?

That is where walking pads come in, being lighter, smaller and often easier to store than bulky and tricky-to-manoeuvre running treadmills.

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