Hi: I have to share this with you. I review products. I reviewed the Soloflex WBV Platform. I didn't bash it at all. I did say (and at the time I wrote it I found information that it was classified as a Class A medical device. I got the following letter from the president of Soloflex,
"Dear Jo,
In your review of the Soloflex WBV Platform you cautioned that it may be harmful and that the FDA considers our product to be a Medical Device. Actually, the FDA considers our product to be an exercise device.
WBV is definitely injurious at high amplitudes/exposures (hence the established world-wide standards for allowable workplace exposure) but not at the low amplitudes and recommended exposures with our product. We now have tens of thousands of our platforms in use, many for over two years. Many of our customers are frail & elderly. Many have disabilities like MS, MD, CP, Parkinson's, stroks, etc. As these people can't exercise, WBV offers them the only possible way to get the vital benefits of exercise. These are the same people who would be detered from trying it if they thought it might injure them. Undoubtedly the commercial WBV platforms exceed the established limits for human exposure. Ours and the Juvent device clearly do not: www.juvent.com. After extensive testing at Georgia Tech Research Institute, we just received the Arthritis Foundation's Ease of Use Commendation.
Please consider revising your review with this new information in mind.
Jerry Wilson, pres.
Soloflex, Inc."
In my review I noted that "Arthritis Today" advertises this machine. I noted that "Fitness Matters" (I'm a certified personal trainer) said the verdict was out and was looking at the Power Plate. In any case I can't for the life of me find the info on the WBV being considered a class A medical device. Perhaps it has changed. The Soloflex site looks different than I remember it. In any case the jury is out. I'm confident of that and I liked Soloflex's products. I now have a really bad taste about them! jo
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Jo,
I am comparing the total Gym 1700 Club for $349 with the Bayou Total Trainer Pilates Pro for $499. The information I have found so far makes teh Bayou model seem much better but is it really worth $150 more?
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Hi, I can only tell you that I would buy the Bayou if I had the $150. That's a lot of money but I think you are getting more and getting a better machine. Still you'll do fine with the 1700 if that's your price range:) jo
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