Customer Reviews

Body Flex Zenergy Vibes Vibration Platform

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I love this vibration trainer. I use it mostly to ease sciatica. I walk into the room where it is set up with one hip riding several inches higher than the other. I walk out 10 minutes later ready to conquer the world. Even my mother in law loves this machine. She cannot exercise at all but will sit on the vibration plate and it relieves her back and hip pain. I am considering buying her one for her birthday.

FIRST OF ALL: WEIGHT LIMIT FOR THIS VIBRATION PLATFORM IS 220 LBS!!!
Shippment on this item wa svery fast. I received the vibration platform within 4 days. Packaging was very good. Nothing was missing , broke or damaged.
In the box was next to the parts of my virbation platform also a DVD and a softcover book. Both with the instruction manual and plenty of excercise suggestions for the platform.
Assembling was really easy, you have to put in and tighten 7 screws (included) and thats basicly it.
It has a timer that runs from 1 to 10 minutes. There are several settings for the speed of the vibrations, from slow (mild) to fast (strong). I am an activ person and used to workout, but not a gymoholic. And I stick so far to the lower levels of speed. The higher ones feel so far too strong for me.
The vibration is better than I expected, it does definetely "shake" you. I was actually surprised for the good quality I got for that little money. The whole machine makes a decent and strong impression.
There are two rolls at the bottom of the "stem", so moving around is easy. The flexbands are sturdy and I like the way they are attached to the platform. They are easy to remove and easy to store, just click them in.
I use a folded baby blanket when I am working on it with bare feets or hands, but I guess, I will get used to do it without after a while.
You can workout on it or do some relaxation, both works great. I feel actually already better after 3 times using it. But I will work on it some more and give than another review on the effectiness. So far I am very pleased with my purchase and would recommend it to a friend,actually did already.

This thing couldn't shake a baby.

Seriously though, this platform is inexpensive, reasonably well made for the price, but in the end you also get what you pay for. It would be great for older folks or people out of shape...but to a person serious about fitness this thing has nothing to offer. It has *NO* settings for intensity (not to be confused with frequency). The vibrations didn't penetrate much above my knees-- which a massager could have done just fine at a fifth the price.

Once again--this platform might be good for the elderly or weak, but not much else.

I areally love the Body Flex Zenergy Vibes Vibration Paltform. I also love that I orderd it and I had it in less than a week! I use the platform almost every day and it makes me feel great!!

This was easy to assemble and smooth running after an initial break-in period where it stopped and restarted a bunch of times.

There seem to be two general types of vibration plate devices. This type where the plate vibrates smoothly a quarter inch or so and the Crazy Fit Massager type where the plate pivots from side to side at least a half inch or so. This one vibrates you gently. The other feels more like an aggressive shaking. Search on YouTube and you can see the difference. I am a Massage Therapist and own both and like them equally but they feel very different. Which is more effective depends on your body and what you are trying to achieve.

The documentation on this unit is very good as apposed to the Crazy Fit which has a lot of interesting Chinese/English translations. Both units will last longer if you hang ankle weights on either side of the console to dampen out the vibrations transmitted up the pedestal mounting.

Not real sure if this works or not because the second day I used it (following the video with the elderly lady), I ruptured several blood vessels in my knee and thigh. I have been on crutches for the last 5 weeks. I nor my orthopedic dr. can state for sure this was a result of using the machine but if it is not, it was quite a coincidence. I would love to try it again but at this point I am afraid.

One reason I chose to purchase this product over others is that it had wheels for ease of moving. When I received this unit and put it together I noticed there were no wheels. I called the manufacturer about it, they told me that Amazon has the wrong product number listed as they build one with wheels and one without. They were not able to just send me the wheels as the bases are different. I did try the machine and found it to be cheaply made. I would not recommend this unit to anyone.