Stair climber vs. incline treadmill

My hill climbing sucks. I need to get my legs stronger. I own a treadmill. Will that be helpful enough to strengthening my legs on an incline setting? Or should I sign up for the gym a mile down the street that has a stair climber?

 

Not sure what you mean here. ”Strength” is rarely a big part of being a good climber. Look at the guys doing well at the mountain stages in the big tours. Skinny, small guys the lot of them.
So unless you’re running out of gears, odds are what you need to improve your climbing is more aerobic ability. And/or less body weight.
The kind of exercise that improves aerobic ability can pretty much be done on any machine. Simplified, what you probably should be looking at interval training. Fairly long intervals. Several minutes just below threshold.

 

You also didn't mention what type of hills. How steep, how long. Climbing is power to weight ratio but also endurance especially on sustained climbs.

 

I talked to a lot of people. All of them told me that the inclined treadmill has a better effect on our muscles than a stair climber. But that only the opinion of a majority of people that I asked.

 

I agree with the fact that the inclined treadmill will have a better effect on your body than the stair climber. I've watched some youtube reviews, and a lot of people recommended using an inclined treadmill. I also tried to work with a stair climber, but I enjoyed the inclined treadmill more. This is why I decided to buy a new folding treadmill. I got inspired by this article https://fitnitytreadmill.com/best-treadmills-under-1000/. I am very pleased with the folding ability of the treadmill. Now, I can store it wherever I want and free some space.

 

Just completed my first stairclimber workout and wow! Love to hate it! My other cardio was always the bikes or the treadmill. I was curious and wandered over to the stairclimber and am so glad that I did! I was 193 pounds, I am now down to 142, 5'8"