Powerball

knappster · 2 January 2005 at 6:07PM

Hi,

I'm a guitarist and have read many reviews about the 'Powerball' and have heard many good things about it, such as it improving wrist strength and such.

I was hoping somebody may be able to help me in finding the cheapest place to get one

Many Thanks

sb44 · 3 January 2005 at 1:01AM

Don't know if these are any good or not but it does give you a write up about them:

http://www.ukfitnesssupplies.co.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/UKFitnessSuppliesLtd/250%2DHZ%2DPRO%5FCL/58452

-TangleFoot- · 3 January 2005 at 4:25PM

I've looked around for these (and bought one from IWOOT); if you're looking for the genuine article, there are three versions:

First off, there's the original powerball - saw this for ~£13 somewhere, but it's been discontinued according to some.
Then there's the one I bought; it has an electronic counter.
Finally, there's the new one with counter and neon light at around £25; it gets brighter as rotation speed increases.

If you go for the one from IWOOT, there are plenty of discount codes on these forums to help with the costs - such as these. Hope that helps.

knappster · 3 January 2005 at 8:00PM

If you go for the one from IWOOT, there are plenty of discount codes on these forums to help with the costs - such as these. Hope that helps.

sold out *cries* but thanks anyway.

any other suggestions?

darter · 4 January 2005 at 10:28AM

Try here http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=67

Glad · 4 January 2005 at 10:41AM

some tips on £5 vouchers for firebox here

rogerramjet · 4 January 2005 at 2:43PM

try play.com

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?searchtype=GADG&searchstring=powerball&page=search

from £14.99 (awaiting stock) or £17.99 in stock

knappster · 6 January 2005 at 2:20PM

i will probably wait for the play.com one

firebox.com seems to be a little more expensive...

rogerramjet · 8 January 2005 at 9:49PM

Well, I bought one from play.com, not bad

Anyway, I was at the Big W in Newport (Wales) today they are selling off a lot of gift stock cheap and one of the items was a sports pack which consisted of shower gel and a powerball, down from £8.99 to £2.00

I bought one just to compare, it's not as smooth running as the one from play and doesn't have the digital meter either but works the same

Forgot to add, Big W is a woolworths mega store so a shifty around a normal store may produce results

humph_2 · 8 January 2005 at 11:43PM

I got one from Ebay for around £16. It is a great piece of kit. I wanted to improve stamina and strength for guitar and badminton. One word of advice would be to steer clear of cheap imitations. The original Powerball is engineered for up to 16000 revs - the cheaper one start to shake and rattle at about 8-9000. Also I reckon that the speedometer is essential for monitoring progress - it can also provide some fun in trying to reach targets and have competions with friends etc.

Technov2 · 8 January 2005 at 11:57PM

So whats your powerball scores then?

My highest so far is 12,236

Powerball

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