Great potential, just need to work it (Powerball - Grip Trainer)

Member Name: damsmi2002

Product:	Powerball - Grip Trainer
Date:	20/01/09 (176 review reads)
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Advantages: addictive, works muscles, relatively cheap

Disadvantages: very difficult to get it spinning and keep it spinning

I had been looking at getting one of these for ages and was delighted when my partner bought me one for christmas. For those of you who dont know, a Powerball is a hand-held gyroscope which helps people with muscle strains and helps increase grip and strength in your forearm. For the price of around £15 for a basic one, I thought that this was very good value for money.

I opened the box and at first wondered how on earth it would possibly work, luckily there were instructions in the box and you have to attatch a little string pulley to the ball and pull which will start the gyroscope moving. I tried this on christmas day and continued to fail, her parents, her brother and my parents couldnt work it either.

I had read mixed reviews on how some people couldnt operate it so was slightly dubious about buying it, but as I can usuall work these things out i thought it owuld be worth a try.

Since christmas it has been in and out of the box, attempting for a good while to get it spinning correctly, still to no avail. I gave it to my brother who without fail gets it working every time, and passes it onto me and you can really feel it working your arms, until I mess it up again and it stops spinning.

Although I am still yet to get it to work properly, I do believe that it is a good product and my brother says that it does really work your muscles and he can feel his grip getting a bit more powerful already.

I would still reccommend this as the potential is there for a really good addictive product that will do you some good. It lights up and has an RPM counter on it too so oyu can see if you are getting any better too, which is a nice touch. Just dont expect it to be easy o use straight out of the box.

I shall continue to try to make it work!

Summary: Would be great to those who can work it, for now i still cant!