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Powerball Neon Pro - Blue | 
| Brand: Powerball
Category: Sports
List Price: £24.99
Buy New: £12.59
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Rating:  169 reviews
Color: Blue
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 4.3 x 3.9 x 3.1
MPN: PBNBP
Model: Neon Blue Pro
UPC: 090000021297
EAN: 5052454382107
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Perfect for golfers, musicians, squash, tennis, fencing, basketball, badminton, archery, cricket etc | | • | Use for rehabilitation and relief from carpal tunnel syndrome and RSI | | • | Neon Powerballs have 6 high intensity LED's which glow brightly once the Powerball is spinning | | • | The counter is powered by two 'watch' batteries with an approx 3 year lifespan | | • | The glow which engulfs your hand is generated by an induction coil in the rotor | | • | The faster you spin, the brighter it glows! |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
250 Hz Powerball Professional with neon flashing lights. Includes RPM counter. The Powerball with neon flashing lights. The ball comes alive with forces, furiously thrashing and jerking as your arm and wrist try to keep it in control, spinning it faster and faster until you have it up to almost 15,000rpm and it's exerting about 40lbs of pressure on your limbs at a speed of 250 revolutions per second - no batteries, just pure gyroscopic power - the fastest human propelled device ever created! This is a great Product for all types of martial arts especially Judo where hands on grip is required!!!
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 169
 Powerball and Trumpet playing September 25, 2007
GsyMoo (Guernsey Channel Islands)
188 out of 190 found this review helpful
I bought a Powerball after having a go with my brother's.
He'd bought it for fun, but I found it such a good therapy I bought my own.
By day I'm an electrician, by night I play the trumpet / cornet and I use a computer a lot, hence over the years I've developed some mild repetitive strain injuries in my arms, especially the right fore-arm.
For years I've been just `putting up with it' as it's not usually more than a dull ache but if I've had a heavy day at work I notice my arm stiffening up, not good if I'm playing brass that evening.
I've found that if I use my Powerball when I get a moment a few times a day I can work some heat into the muscles which really loosens them up and gets rid if any aches.
I try and do about 10 minutes sustained at a moderate speed with short bursts up to full tilt, swapping arms as each one gets tired. Believe me, as the speed goes up, these things become really heavy!
What surprised me was the first time I went to band practice after using the Powerball just how much more nimble my fingers were in the running sections. I've always struggled in faster sections trying to get my fingers to go fast enough, but using the Powerball to loosen up beforehand makes quite a significant difference.
What's nice about the Pro model (apart from the funky flashing lights (mine's blue)) is the little trip computer on top so you can keep a track of how you're doing, as it can indicate speed, top speed reached, work done, and strength test, so you can keep tabs on how you're doing.
All in all, the Powerball is quite fun to use, in a similar way to a YoYo, but more importantly it really helps to condition your arm muscles. If you do anything in your daily life that involves using your arms with strength, speed or precision then you'll most probably find one of these a real help.
Lot of fun - really works June 14, 2007
Joe-The-Fish (UK)
29 out of 30 found this review helpful
At first this looked like a real gimmick to me - but got one as a gift and it turned out to be both great fun and a good workout.
Ideal for any sports requiring grip/wrist/forearm strength.
It takes a good bit of practice to get the most out of powerball, but once you have the gist of it, the force generated is remarkable.
Great for Idle Hands & Very Addictive July 3, 2008
Chunky Monkey (London)
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
My motivation to purchase the Power Ball was to improve muscle in my forearms for golf and help top-up my fitness whilst sat on boring audio conferences at work. This leads me to the three clear reasons why you would purchase one of these:
1. it's great for muscle tone in your arms (fingers, wrists, forearm, biceps & triceps)
2. Moreover, it's very addictive and makes you very competitive (even if only with your own previous best) and, importantly
3. It is immensely fun
There have been a couple of poor reviews suggesting that the gyroscope doesn't spin for long, but they simply haven't worked out how to use it -the gyro will spin forever so long as you are turning the Power Ball using your wrist and the correct technique. It does take a few goes to understand, but once you've succeeded it becomes intuitive and extremely fulfilling.
Power Ball is one of my better purchases that, if truth be told, was done on impulse but is now used everyday when I'm around the house or sat at my desk.
One piece of advice is to get the 'Pro' versions that come with the digital counter and functions; it is much more rewarding when you can see your progress and it's worth the few pennies extra.
Bicycle Gears February 28, 2009
M. Sarfraz (UK)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
It has been used on a daily basis and already i feel the muscles aching (especially the forearms)
This device is more on establishing a correct technique before going on to higher speeds otherwise you tend to lose the rhythm when the Powerball starts to throw your energy back at you via the gyroscope at the higher speeds.
Thumb start advice
use youtube for the practical demo
OK the theory part - once your thumb has pushed against the inner sphere, it begins rotating and it should flash some LEDs faintly- start again if not
Hold in your hand and rotate like you normally do but slow down enuf so that you feel the powerball guiding you - the pull occurs because your hand revolutions match the powerball revolutions (resonance is occurring) once you are feeling the pull then slowly begin to guide the powerball to higher revolutions - then continue as normal
this is like the gears on a bike -
Too slow and u feel the chain struggle to climb on the gear itself (in the case of the Powerball you stop feeding it energy so it stops)
Too fast and you lose the traction of the chain (the inner sphere makes a slapping noise)
Match the gear and you hear that fantastic whurring noise of the bike wheel as u impose minimum effort to turn the wheel.
You must be very sensitive to the Powerball in its low energy state in order to appreciate how much energy to give it to guide it towards the higher evolutions.
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This is the business... December 24, 2007
Tommy (England, UK)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This machine is one of my best buys from Amazon, EVER. This machine is both fun for developing arm muscle, but also great to mess around with. Also trying to beat your previous score adds another great dimension to this machine. My best mate has one and were always competing against each other. After purchasing this item 3 weeks ago, I can already feel the strength in my arms improving. Someone I know also has bad Carpal Tunnels and has found much relief in borrowing mine.
An absolute must for anyone ranging from the serious trainer to the recreational type.
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