LS&DS
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2025
Pump is junk but the item is just as described.
Some Guy
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2025
This balance pad is awesome to use for exercise and physical therapy.You can really feel your muscles being worked when you stand and balance on the pad. It works those muscles that you forget you had because you’ve maybe been neglecting them or focusing on other, different exercises.This definitely improves my core strength, as well as my foot, ankle, and leg muscles. It helps tremendously with balance, coordination, and stability. I think everyone should use this, whether that’s an athlete, a person who sits for long periods of time, someone who’s recovering with physical therapy, etc.I like that the texture of the pad also gives you a massage. It’s a nice bonus and hits a lot of pressure points, especially in the feet.The balance pad is easy to use and set up. You just inflate it to a degree that’s suitable for you, and you stand on it. When it gets too easy, you can switch it up by holding various poses with a foot on the pad. I like to time my holds so I can see my progress over time.
Ralph Curtis Shortt
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2025
Works for me and the kids
Lisa S.
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2025
The pump is useless. I happen to have a compressor and I used that, but if I'd had to use the hand pump I'd have already hurled this thing into the abyss and moved on with my life. It would, speaking of the compressor, be good to have a number for maximum recommended PSI. Is everybody going to need that? No. But it's helpful for those who do need that number.Once inflated to your preferred firmness, this is an excellent tool for all kinds of needs. I used a similar item for the first time in a physical therapy clinic, and I've found that it's useful in many many ways, to change the angle on a joint or to add instability for core work or any number of other things. As a person with short legs, I particularly like using this for bridges and it helps me isolate the targeted muscle group much more effectively while also making me work for stability - and making sure I'm using both legs evenly (if not, you list sideways pretty fast while using this, where that's not necessarily the case with feet planted on a hard surface). I also find it helpful for split squats or lunges (under the front foot) because it takes some pressure off the front knee (meaning I can comfortably do these with a disc where I can't without one) while still allowing activation of all of the targeted muscles - and again challenging stability at the same time.
panda_lover
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2025
Update: after YouTubing how to inflate this it is clear I wasn’t pushing the needle in enough. If you are like me and there feels like resistance whenever you inflate this, you haven’t punctured into it enough. Make sure the whole needle is into the cushion as shown in the picture I attached and you don’t see it. Push on the opposite end of the cushion to not completely puncture the cushion to the other end where the needle in. You might end up feeling a bit of a break. Very small. Once you have done this, pumping won’t give you resistance when you start to push in air and then it will inflate.Got these pump and wobble pad and I’ve pumped for minutes and it won’t inflate and I sink to the ground. Do not buy. Poor quality. Doesn’t work.
Gelsomina
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025
Some people have problems getting the cushions to inflate; I had the same problem at first as well. The reason is that the valve inside the cushion is very long. I was apprehensive to stick the needle so far into the cushion and worried I'd poke it through too far, but that's what needs to be done. This is what I did to successfully inflate the cushions:1. Be gentle with everything to avoid breaking the pump or damaging the cushion or valve inside the cushion.2. Screw the needle into the pump; you don't have to screw it in super tight, just snug enough that it stops twisting freely but still loose enough you can unscrew it with your fingers.3. Sit down on a chair with the cushion on the floor in front of you with the cushion inflation hole facing up and to the right. Put your left foot on the center of the cushion, pushing down on the cushion so that the existing air inside causes the location of the inflation hole to rise up.4. Using your hands, insert the pump needle into the hole. The valve inside the cushion is quite long, the pump needle must pass through the entire length of the valve. Carefully and slowly insert the entire length of the needle into the cushion hole while maintaining pressure with your foot. Don't ram it in too hard or fast or you might risk damaging the valve or the back side of the cushion. The pump needle will end up seating completely flush to the surface of the cushion.5. Keep applying pressure to the cushion with your foot so that the needle isn't poking the back side of the cushion.6. Start pumping the air pump handle repeatedly, air will enter the cushion. Eventually you can remove your foot because there's more air in the cushion.7. Pump until you are happy with the cushion volume. Remove the air pump immediately when finished, otherwise the air will leak out through the pump. If you want to deflate your cushion, keeping the pump needle inserted in the cushion will deflate it.After inflating the cushion, I found this product to be as durable and high quality as the stability cushions used by my personal trainer and physical therapist. I think the price of $22 per cushion is reasonable for this excellent product.I use two of these cushions (one on each foot) while performing stability and weight training exercises.The manufacturer does need to improve their inflation instructions so customers don't get frustrated and think the product is defective.