Questions
Everything, answered plainly.
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Before you decide
Everything you want to know before you order.
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Does it actually work, and what is the evidence?
The honest answer is that it depends what you want from it. Whole-body vibration in the 20 to 30Hz range has been studied for bone mineral density in postmenopausal women across 13 randomised controlled trials and 783 participants, and peripheral blood flow rose significantly at 20 and 25Hz in controlled testing with older adults. That is real evidence about the protocol this machine runs.
What it is not is a replacement for a doctor, a diet, or walking. It is the piece of exercise equipment you will actually stand on, and that is worth more than the perfect one you will not.
How long before I feel a difference?
Most people notice the legs first, and it is usually a feeling of looseness rather than anything dramatic. Give it two weeks of daily use before you judge it. That is what the trial protocols use, and it is the single biggest difference between the people who rate it five stars and the ones who do not.
Ten minutes every day beats forty minutes on a Sunday. That is what the journal in the two-plate pack is for.
How many calories does it actually burn?
Between 279 and 390 an hour for a 70kg adult doing the squat protocol, calculated from a measured 3.8 to 5.3 METs. The table further up the page works it out for four bodyweights.
Standing still on it burns less than that. Anyone telling you a vibration plate burns a thousand calories an hour is making it up.
Will it hurt my knees, hips or back?
There is no impact, because your feet never leave the plate. That is the whole reason this exists: it loads the muscles without the landing forces that walking, running or a step class put through the joints.
Start at the lowest speed and build up over the first week rather than starting at the top. If anything hurts, stop and speak to your GP.
Is it safe if I am older, or not very steady?
Hold something. A kitchen worktop, the back of a sturdy chair, or the drawstrings that come with it. Stand near a wall for the first few sessions.
Start on the lowest setting for two or three minutes and build from there. If you are unsteady on your feet generally, have someone with you the first time, and read the next question before you begin.
Who should not use it?
Do not use it if you have a pacemaker or any other implanted electronic device, are pregnant, have a current or previous blood clot or DVT, an acute hernia, a recent fracture, a recent joint replacement, epilepsy, retinal detachment, gallstones or kidney stones, or any acute inflammation.
Speak to your GP first if you have diagnosed osteoporosis, take blood thinners, or have had surgery in the last six months. This is a fitness product, not a medical device, and it is not a substitute for medical advice.
How loud is it? Will the neighbours hear it?
At the lower speeds it is a hum you can talk over. At the top of the range it is closer to a washing machine on spin.
The bigger consideration in a flat is the floor, not the air. Put it on a mat or a rug rather than directly on floorboards, and avoid the top settings late at night.
Where do I keep it?
It is 53 by 35 by 12cm and weighs 7.1kg, so it slides under a sofa or a bed, or stands on its edge in a cupboard. You can carry it one-handed.
That is deliberate. The equipment people keep using is the equipment that does not need a spare room.
What if I want to send it back?
Email us within 30 days and we refund you in full, used or not. No forms, no interrogation, no restocking fee, and we cover the UK return postage.
We call it the Cupboard Guarantee because the real risk with any piece of home fitness equipment is not that it breaks. It is that it ends up in a cupboard. If that happens, it is our problem, not yours.