Maybe you should read a bit more than Power Plates own marketing material. The fact is PP have set us back years in being taken seriously by being dishonest on so many levels . The list is very, very long.

You cant really think that is good for any industry , let alone a new one ?

Where would we be these days in WBV if Power Plate hasnt started the whole legacy ?

Every company who sells WBV platforms can be happy that Power Plate has started; otherwise there would be no business for you guys

The isolators from their other units also get hard after a while and even more power is lost, you will find in the small print that they recommend them to be replaced every 6 months to fix that problem, but no-one ever does.

What is your experience with Airdaptive? In common physic sense, if we dampen the force down, it also reduce the energy going up. However, someone who tried Airdaptive still report it produced strong vibration. Would it be the randomized vibration misleading exerciser’s judgement?

TC

(1) At what weight do the isolators collapse and hit the ground. ( The things that hold the machine up and let it move independent of the base )

(2) At what weight does the electrical feedback on the motors get so bad they overheat and cut the machine off , until it cools down again.

But long before those thing happen a cheaply constructed unit will have lost all its amplitude and pressure in each vibration leaving you with a therapy session instead of a workout.

Eg.. The motors are spinning fast but its not going up and down anymore.

On the Power Plate it was found to be just 80Kg and that was on an $18,000 unit , not the cheaper home machine.

Can you explain further regarding point #2 – Loading Capacity? I do not fully catch your meaning and I think so do some other readers.

TC

(1) Power Plate put heavier steel base to make the machine heavier, it does not increase performance. Cheap way to make the specs look better.

(2) Load capacity ? For them that means when the isolators hit the ground or the machine blows up. They will still not let the machine be independently tested to see at which weight does it lose its basic function and become useless.

(3) They released these fugures in 2006 , by simply getting the sideways movement measured then saying…

” thats what its meant to do ” .

(4) About time , you should always have full range of Fq. A no brainer and the fact it took them 4 years to catch up to others puts them at the back of the class.

(5) MDD Class 1. So they have the same class rating as a band-aid. Im impressed. My underpants are tight , synthetic and germ proof , maybe I should go for one as well.

So to recap….

To be fair they have done 1 solid thing to help our industry , take away the silly massive 5-10hz jumps in the controls.

Does this make up for the multiple unethical things they have done this year . Im my opinion NO.

1) Machine Weight – pro5 has become 150 kg. (I think it was 1ighter before).

2) Loading Capacity – pro5 has become capable to bear up to 182 kg. (It was 150 kg. before, I remember).

3) Tri-planar Vibration – Whole industry knows this is a cosmetical term to cover their incapability in controlling vibration in vertical displacement. Now they state clearly how much percentage of vibration are in X, Y, Z directions. Sounds quite scientific now.

4) Frequency Increment – Its scale has become 1 Hz per step. (It was 5 Hz each step before).

5) Safety – Power Plate claims their machines are now MDD Approved (European Medical Device Directive) Class 1 device. Although it is easy to meet the requirement for MDD Class 1. Laymen do not know that and a MDD approval sounds a label of sure quality.

So, has Power Plate really improved their machines for better quality or they just simply adjusted the numbers on their technical specification sheet?

TC