Customer Reviews
Slendertone ab toning belt.......i don't know yet if it works 
2008-04-15
Slendertone Men's Flex Abdominal Toning System Belt
It has been about 15 days, since i started using this product.
I do feel some sensations of contractions on my stomach but so far i am yet to see any visible change in my body. I guess the time frame of 15 sessions is too early to review this particular product.
I am not all that gung-ho about the product yet but i did do some research before buying this product. I also went through a sports meidicine journal article written about the use of this product on a focus group of 40 people. That article let me trust this company to actually go ahead and order it. You can search for that article on google scholar, search for author "John.P. Porcari" title of paper is "THE EFFECTS OF NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TRAINING ON ABDOMINAL STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, AND SELECTED ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES"
About the use of product, the manual is self-explanatory. I did some tweaking with the recommended training scheme and now use program 4 after 2 weeks. The vibrations do feel a bit awkward initially but then you get used to them. Progressively increase ur intensity levels don't jump around from 60 to 90 straightaway.
About Amazon service experience, they mailed me a defective product initially. But as soon as i emailed them about it, they shipped a replacement to me. Its another story that it got lost in transit. So i emailed them again about the product and they promptly sent me a replacement of the replacement :)
So far i am happy with their service quality.
Works, but don't expect instant results 
2008-02-14
I bought the Slendertone Flex Toning System about a month ago, and have been using it daily.
So far I haven't noticed any slimming effect on my waist, but my abdominal muscles feel harder and stronger. The product promises visible results in 8 weeks (with other exercise and diet) and I think I am on course for that.
First of all, the "belt" is really easy to use, and it can be used watching tv, or reading. I don't recommend moving about too much as you use it, as it can sometimes be painful. There are no cables or anything tripping you up or restricting movement.
The "cons" of this system are minor, but kinda irritating. First of all, it's battery operated. The battery holder has been inexplicably badly designed, and it's a real effort to insert and remove batteries. Let me just say that I'm pretty technological, so it's not a problem from that point of view, but if you have normal man-sized fingers, the opening is tough to manipulate. while this is a minor irritant, it won't stop you using the machine, rather it just delays you by a minute each time.
While this otherwise might not be a serious problem, the second irritant of the belt is that it eats batteries. The pre-supplied batteries don't even last one session! Buy a good brand of batteries, or even better, get yourself some rechargeable batteries, like I did. More initial expense but will save you big time in the long run.
those irritants aside, I can recommend this system for anyone who is looking to get toned around the abdominal area. Be warned though: this is not a miracle cure; you're not going to lose your gut by watching tv and using this system 20 minutes a day. It has to be used in conjunction with healthier food choices and an increase in your daily exercise.
I bought this product through Amazon from a seller called Young Zebra. I paid $97 dollars not including postage, and it's been well worth it. I would recommend both seller and product to a friend.
Not sure, I feel something 2008-02-09
It works, instructions are so so, pad life has been great. I guess if you take care of them and put them away nicely they last sometime. I'm just about to replace my first set, just because they are almost losing their stick almost (and this is from a month of use).
I feel the muscles working, my abs are getting tighter. I like the idea of electronic stimulus. I first was introduced to this after my first knee surgery (had had 2), it really helps the physical therapy along.
40 minutes at a setting of 8000, easy. But I was running at 4000 or so at the beginning. I think it works, no reason it shouldn't work. If you don't diet your not going to "see it", but you should feel it, having strong abs helps everything else.
I don't think the instructions are very good, I had a hard time deciding if the placement was right and still wonder. The waste size is not the whole store, if they would simply provide a better picture of the ab muscles and where you should place the pads (how to locate) that would be better.
Kind of cheap I guess, but well worth it if your not the crunch type of person.
it works...and it's not just for abs. 
2007-11-29
I ordered this and have to say, YES it does work. I have 18% bodyfat (working on getting down to 10%), and even NOW I can see my abs faintly. And to the person who said it's only good for your abs. if you are inventive and know how to play around you can use this on almost all parts of your body. (If you do, make sure it's at the lowest level, because I put it on at lvl 50 on my thighs and it was more painful than doing 60 squats.
over-all I recommend it. but I have to say you MUST follow the instructions and limit use. I used it almost all day every day for a week, and by the end of the week my abs had adjusted so well 99 became too bearable; However, in that same week they were almost completely visable, even with my fat. I had to use the women's because I am a very petite male, and the men's just doesn't go small enough for my waist.
One of the most hideous engineering I ever seen. But have no other choice. 2007-11-24
This takes 3 AAA batteries, which drain pretty fast. It is alright, if it is easy to insert and take out batteries, like in any other electronic devices. But in this one, you have to squash in three batteries in order of, left one first, right one second and then the middle one last, through very ungenerous opening provided. Now the real difficulty starts when you have to take out those batteries, which you have to do regularly.
There is no proper mechanism to hold those three awfully delicate gel pads on the belt. It slightly sticks on the belt once you place it on, but if you move the belt pretty fast, it can easily fall off. So when you are putting the belt on, make sure it won't fall off, or if it fall of, not to land it on any dirty surface.
Putting the belt on part, not very nicely designed either. It has neat velcro lock, but you have to lock them from your behind with a minor struggle. I guess woman are pretty used to that kind of locks, since they have experience locking the bra from back.. But we men never encounter such a lock, until you get one of these belts, like I did. If you are little over weight, you may find this pretty annoying to adjust it correctly (and make sure those gel pads won't fall off at the same time) or rather get some else's help. It could be really nice if they care to place the locking mechanism on side of the belt or font. But unfortunately they didn't.
You can take out the plastic electronic part from the front of the belt really easy even while you are wearing the belt. You have to take it out when you have to change batters while jell pads still stick to the belt. But it is not that smooth to slip it back correctly.
Make sure never to touch metal connectors in the belt without gel pads, because that can give you quite annoying electronic shock. But once you place the gel pads over it, they are fine.
It has small neat display; even you can look at pretty easily while you are wearing it. But just like everything else, it is poorly designed too. It has some sort of code language like hieroglyphics. I read the manual couple of times hoping I can understand what all those symbols means, but finally I gave up.
The first thing you feel when you wear the belt is, those cold sticky gel pads stick on to your skin. After you get over with that feeling, it is perfectly fine. You can wear it while watching tv, and you feel it working on you. So far I only feel side pads working, not the middle one like it suppose to do. I adjust the belt few times like troubleshooting section advised, without any luck.
Once you finish using the belt, storing it is another absolute disappointment. Those gel pads come with cheap plastic films you can peel off (just like the papers on back of stickers), and then you have to save those, in order of use it over and over again to protect those jell pads.
Overall, this unit should have cost somewhere around 25$ or less.. Because that is how it feels like and that is how it made. This is not something made to last long. For a unit that cost more than 100$, they should have give something more than half a cent worth of plastic films to store those expensive gel pads.
Also note, Amazon picture (Nov-24-2007) have carrying pouch and batteries. But you won't get any of those. Instead I got a printout saying, Amazon special low priced package does not include traveling pouch. They didn't mention anything about batteries.
Does this unit works? I have not used it long enough to say exactly how good results this gives. But I feel this works (so far). I feel it when I'm using it, I feel it afterword.
This product is a good example for horror of market monopoly. Since I had no other similar product to choose from, and since I'm too busy and too lazy to do proper physical workout, I had to get this one.
don't waste your money 
2008-06-21
if you're considering these, my recommendation is to invest your money elsewhere.
my belt size is ~31 (32 is too big & 30 is a little small) & i'm a fairly active person with a lot of walking & healthy eater. i bought it after extensive review/research and knowing its limitation. but since i drive a lot, i go "what the heck"..... yet after 30 days of INTENSE use (max setting at 99, 2-3 hours / day. 4-6 days / week), i have noted minimal improvement in my abdomen musculature. so i don't know if these are as good as the claim. my take is to limit your calorie intake & increase daily physical activity (30+ min /day, until sweating) is much more cost effective than these, especially considering the cost of the replacement pads. when you exercise, you use whole lot more muscle mass, instead of only the ones stimulated by this belt.
This will work if you don't take shortcuts! Be smart about using medical technology. 2008-06-19
Slendertone Men's Flex Abdominal Toning System Belt
If you're going to go high tech, understand what it is you're working with!
I'm writing this, becuase this product derserves a fair representation and some of the reveiws are very misleading.
I have been using this belt for a long time and also know a bit about the technology in relation to using a tens unit as well as having a decent understanding of the medical device industry.
This is not a cheap product and everything that is utilized in the manufacture of the product is in line with the grade of the tens unit I use that was made by a medical device manufacture and regulated by the FDA and recieved through insurance - Not some cheap little unit bought from a TV add. The slendertone is not cheap and it's not easy to muck up. The following items are the areas that I felt were important to review and share for consumer information.
1. The comments about the pads and how they don't stay on the belt are extremely misleading. These pads are extremely sticky; they stick perfectly fine and stay on. Continuously re-adjusting the pads on the belt will cause them to lose their adhesive. So if you're taking them on and off the belt continuously, they are of course going to lose their adhesive affect and fall off. Avoid taking them on an off and constantly re-adjusting them and you'll find they will stick just fine. Tip: The guidelines on the belt are for a standard waist size. Everyone's measurements vary, so don't necessarily go with the guidelines on the belt. Hold the belt up and identify the best positioning based on where your muscles are that you need to work out for your waist and postion the guides accordingly. You can use various adhevsives on the protective covers to figure out positioning that will work for your body.
2. The covers that are used to protect the surface of the gel that comes into contact with your skin work perfectly fine as well and are not cheap. Yes they could be improved upon, but they really don't differ from the medical grade products sold on the market. Improvements could occur with all the products. It would be beneficial for the covers to be a bit more flexible so that the cover adheres with even the slightest bend to prevent the gels from losing that valuable moisture. The more of us that write into the company about requesting this improvement, the more apt the company is in making it. Be a good consumer and do so please. Tip: To avoid moisture loss, continue to place the protective cover on the gel after use and then put the belt in a platic bag and then put the entire belt in your carrier. The plastic bag will add another barrier to keep out the drying air that will dehydrate the gel and cut down on it's adhevise properties.
3. If you're getting shocked, your pads are too old or dirty. The key is to keep them clean and moist and change them when they need changing.
4. As far as batteries go, the device is putting off a high electrical current and somehow that current has to be generated by something which is where the batteries come into play. It's not very convenient to be plugged into a wall with a cord now is it. Yes, a high electrical current is going to zap the energy out of a battery: This is why pacemakers and other devices like those use high buck specialized lithium batteries that provide longevity. So, if you want to use a device like this ab belt that does work, well then be smart about how you generate the energy. Don't buy cheap batteries. I'm not sure if lithium batteries can be used in this device, but it may be worth asking the manufacturer about that. Lithium batteries could be an expensive venture though. I personally use duracel coppertops and the energizer bunny ones at this moment; However, I'm looking for a good rechargable system that I can utilize. I've done that before with other gadgets and it's worked wonderfully. I've misplaced my charger though and now need to get a new one.
5. When it comes to changing batteries, yes that is not the easiest, but it is not over the top difficult either - You might use a swear word or two if you have large fingers, but changing the batteries takes seconds. We're so impatient these days that if something takes over a minute, we fall apart. If you're hands are too big to manuever, get someone with small hands to do it for you.
6. Mold - I would never recommend wearing this for physical activity in which you are heavily sweating. You body will deposit all the nasty stuff from your body which in turn could cause the gels to mold. The gels to remove lose skin from your body becuase they are sticky. So if you're not very tidy when you use the product, whatever particulates you transfer to the gels from your body could from your body could also mold.
Bottomline, the belt works and it is not difficult to use. It's not a shortcut and you can't shortcut with it. This is a great device for folks that have physical challenges and perhaps find regular exercise more difficult. Pair this up with some sort of exercise, good eating habits and you will get great results. Take care of it; store it properly and keep the gels clean. Change the gels when they don't seem to be generating consistent sensations. Be consistent with your use. Be smart about how to use batteries for high tech devices. The battery industry is big business. Let the battery companies know you want stronger and better batteries that last longer and they will continue to work on improving their product. Be a good consumer by telling companies what works about their product and what does not. In the meantime, enjoy that slim waste you've worked so hard to get!
Full year's usage of Slendertone report 2008-06-13
I've been using my Slendertone intensively and faithfully for a full year simply because it not only absolutely works it actually offers incremental development over a long period of time with dedicated use.
I haven't done a single situp at least four years prior, but after a year of Slendertone sessions exclusively, my abs have never looked better now at 56, including a decade ago of focused ab training. Nothing extraordinary, except for me.
The first weeks use showed the promise of helping tighten a sagging midsection as expected. But the current state of slowly, but surely revealing individual ab muscle segments, not yet enough to declare "six pack," but at least giving glimpses, was never imagined.
Enough to see continous use an absolute benefit and promise of results driving desire to keep intensity focused impossible to imagine any passive exercise device could offer.
I suggest the Slendertone System or Flex Pro for their highly advanced power output and particularly for the intensive training sessions programmed. Just like all exercise, increasing intensity over time gives results potential missing in the lower-end belts.
I've done hundreds of sessions and during found the secrets to unleash the short pads life-cycles. Do read the long description how-to in the Slendertone single pad set review comments. Enjoy!
IT WORKS..............BUT 2008-06-03
I just received the belt and hopped right on it. It contracts the u know what out of your abs, THE ENTIRE CORE. I was sooooo skeptical at first. Everyone I know told me not to buy this product but I had to at least try it. Boy did it pay off, I feel more energized, more strengthened, and more toned. I am a 16 year old couch potato(meaning I have no abs at all) about 170 pounds looking for a quick fix. I FOUND IT! The only knock on this product is the constant replacement of the Gel Pads. Your going to have to purchase new Pads about every 3 weeks, so if your willing to make that investment GO FOR IT....IT'S SOOOOOOO WORTH IT.
Slendertone good! 2008-05-03
This product works really well at strengthening the lower abdominal muscles.
Note: I say Strengthening! This is really not for losing weight.
This is useful if you already have a flattish stomach and want to get the last bit of fat off and tone up.
I have had one of these in the past so I knew what I was buying and would recommend it to anyone who is already working out and and needs a little something extra to get rid of that last stubborn bump of fat on your stomach.
The gels last a long time if you look after them, you can revive them by smearing a little tap water over them with your fingers before you use them.
Battery life is surprisingly good, I've used it every day for the last 3 weeks and haven't had to change them yet. My wife has been using it every day too, as well.
Shop around and make sure you get a good price though!
