Slendertone Men's Flex Abdominal Toning System Belt

I bought the slender tone ab belt form the manufacture, where it took 2-3 weeks just to ship me my item. I'm a college student working 2 jobs and I have been wearing the ab belt for a week now. I can feel the vibrations, contraction and I have to say it's very addicting. Since I can feel the contraction I want to wear it more and more. I have seen any real results yet i'm on my 19th session, I do feel a difference though. The gel pads after one week have lost stickiness and are deteriorating. For the price it is I would say don't get it because the original price plus the maintenance of buying gel pads. If i don't see any results in two more weeks I will send it back.

This product really does work; however, I got a nice-sized bruise on my side after 2 weeks of continuous use, and had to hold off for a week or so, which kinda defeats the purpose. They say not to use it on any other body part, but I found it works well on the arms. The only other issue with this product is I was using it one day, turned it up a little, and all of a sudden it felt like someone attatched a live wire to my naval. I don't know if it was a quirk with the product, or if the pads go bad after only a couple weeks of use.

I've only had the Slendertone flex for about a dozen sessions now...but I love it. I am already at a 67 intensity, and I don't want to take it off. I am disappointed when my session is over, as I enjoy the sensations it proivded thoroughly. Be warned however, this will only strengthen your muscles, and make them more pronounced...but will not burn much or any fat, or help you lose weight. It will make your abs much much stronger, which will enable you to do more ab exercises, and that will make you lose the pounds and inches. Its an excellent supplement, and I will reccomend to anyone, but it is not a substitute for exercise when your goal is to lose weight.

I am overweight, with more than 20 lbs to lose, and I am already seeing more strength, which causes more motivation. This makes my normal exercise easier. I have a wedding in 3 months, and my bride is already slender. This will help me keep going, and help me reach my goal weight.

"You can even use SLENDERTONE products while you work out!" - NOT!

There is no mention of the acceptable intensity of that workout.

Before purchasing my Flex, I downloaded the directions and read them. It said not to get it wet. I called technical support to ask about wearing the belt while exercising and sweating. I was told that, that is what it is designed for.

My problem: The center gel pad grows MOLD.

I wear my belt, setting 80-99, while exercising on my Orbitrek for 30 minutes. I lay my Flex belt out flat, gel pads up, on my weight bench, place the plastic covers on the gel pads and leave it until next day. In just a couple of weeks the center pad starts growing MOLD on it. The outer pads are still fine. Slendertone pads are pretty expensive to be going through center pads so rapidly. You can only buy the gel pads in a set so I wind up with extra/wasted outer pads.

I contacted Slendertone - info@slendertone.*** - to inquire about the gel pads growing MOLD and they told me that they were unaware of anyone else having this problem.

Is anyone else's Slendertone Flex center gel pad growing MOLD?

The Second problem I've experienced is the display on the control unit loosing segments. Banner Therapy, the company I bought it from replaced the first one under warranty. Slendertone sent me a second replacement control unit. I'm on my third one now.

Anyone loosing segments on their display unit?

Other than the two problems - MOLD growing on center pad and display malfunction - I have been very satisfied with my Flex ab belt. It firms and tightens my abs while doing my aerobic exercise. I want to get much more use from this product, if the MOLD problem could be remedied.

I have had the flex belt for about three months and used it continuiously for about 6 weeks, then it seems the pads wore out as I was getting a shock on one side of my body and the unit stopped working properly. I could feel some results after about a month but as soon as you stop using it, it's back to what you were before. I feel that the pads wear out too quickly. It's expensive to replace them and they are not that easy to find. I guess i was looking for a quick fix to get rid of that baby belly, but just like exercise, this takes commitment, both time and money.