Ab Toning Belt and Ab Stimulator for Slender Toned Stomach Muscles, Remote for Quick and Easy Adjustments

I’ve bought two Slendertone ab belts in the past and was very happy with their performance, but saw this particular model and thought I’d give it a try. I’ve had a break from using these ab belts for a good three years relying on Bullworker and wheel exercisers instead, but decided on impulse to look at the belt devices again. This new product resembled a Slendertone in terms of its overall look, however the control unit is attached to the belt and is not incorporated into the design in the same way as a Slendertone, is this a problem? No, because it has a bigger and clearer display and it’s also easier to understand with much larger buttons, so I find it an improvement when compared to the Slendertone model, besides, there’s a small pocket to store the control unit on the belt itself if you so desire, however I prefer to lay on the bed for 30 minutes, so I just placed it next to me, it’s connecting wire is only several inches long. It comes with generic batteries, although I had a box full of the Energiser brand, so I popped in two of those instead (the AA size) as I’m familiar with how long they tend to last, however I’ll likely resort to rechargeable batteries at some point. It was nice to see there’s none of those expensive sticky pads required, which aren’t cheap to keep replenishing, plus, they have a habit of sticking to the skin when you remove the belt. The unit incorporates four pads, strategically placed to target the side and front muscles, plus a tube of water based gel which therefore doesn’t stain. A small amount of gel, applied to each pad in turn, is all that’s required, after which you simply wrap the device around the waist. The Velcro fastener incidentally is very strong. All I then did was to lay down on the bed for half an hour, set the type of pulse I preferred, there are several to choose from, I tried 2 for approximately 30 seconds but quickly decided on one which suited me and then I proceeded to alter the intensity, initially up to 30 (the highest is 99) but then increased this over several minutes to 60. In terms of potential discomfort, this will vary from person to person, so totally ignore my personal settings mentioned above and obviously adjust to suit your own personal needs. I did experience soreness on the left side when I first used it, possibly because I had a hernia mesh repair in that area in August 2022, so with the left button I decreased the intensity for 5 minutes which curtailed that issue, but after 15 minutes I managed to equal the two sides again without experiencing any identical discomfort. Because of the hernia, nearly two years ago, I won’t increase the intensity to its maximum, even if I could cope with it, but it isn’t necessary. I did seek my doctor’s advice before restarting this type of exercise and he naturally suggested not doing anything to excess, which is why I had the hernia issue in the first place, but he did say that it was liable to place less harmful strain on the area when compared to other forms of abdominal exercisers, especially if I planned on laying down on a bed when using the device. I left the session length at 30 minutes, I could have shortened this, or stopped it at anytime I wanted with a simple push of a button, but because I’ve used this type of belt for a few years previously I decided to try it for a full 30 minutes, which frankly, lying on the bed, going through Tik Tok reels and my Facebook feed, it seemed to fly past. The overall effect? The contractions were certainly visible and were clearly felt, I experienced no soreness afterwards, but having used these devices before, and incorporated such exercises in my normal daily routine, that perhaps wasn’t too surprising, my waist area felt more taut, especially internally following completion. I appreciate there are no pads to buy, but there is the gel to replenish, however the sticky pads seem to wary from person to person in terms of how long they last, depending on the intensity of each workout and how often the unit is used, with the gel however you can clearly see when it’s time to reorder, so for me, if I’m going to replace anything, the gel is the better and cheaper option. I paid £39.99 for this product and bearing in mind the cost of certain items which look similar, I consider this device to offer superb value for money. I’d certainly recommend it if you’re in the market for a reasonably priced abs trainer that does what it says on the tin so to speak, or perhaps you’re merely looking for a change from an existing model.

I never write reviews on products straight away I like to use them first, I order this back in March, been using it for 4 months, absolutely love it, there is no down falls

I have been using this EMS belt for many months now and can honestly say that it is an effective, useful bit of kit. I purchased this product with the hope that it would be a reliable option for increasing my proficiency when it comes to abdominal workouts + recovery; I genuinely have a more productive session while using this as part of my routine! (I will add my routine at the end). It takes x2 AA Batteries - make sure to replace every now and then. The control hub is attached via one of those coiled wires (like old telephone lines that extend really far) and is so easy to understand + cycle through each intensity level as there is a '+' & '-' for both sets of pads and an up & down mode button which can be seen with absolute full clarity on the screen that displays complete information at all times (including a timer) you can turn the device off at any time and if the device loses contact from your body completely (at least 1 full pad) it will automatically shut off the power as a safety measurement. Premium quality device! It works in 2 stages, by having 4 contact pads that split into the 2 inner pads + the 2 outer pads, respectively targeting the middle of the abdominal muscles and the outer abdominal/inner oblique - you have full control of the inner + outer pads, so if you wish to isolate the outer, you can just work on the central abs and vice versa - you can also increase the level of intensity according to your requirements/capabilities as, usually, the central core/abs are initially 'stronger' than the outer muscle groups until trained appropriately - so you have absolute freedom + control over what level each set of pads emit. If you want to start off slow, you can as the levels go up/down by a factor of '1' (integer) and each level is easier to control and tolerate than other brands that jump up dramatically and painfully in intensity. Before you use this product, you need to apply the Conduction Gel to each pad (I like to spread it on the pads with my fingers and then wipe the excess on the area the pads will touch - my abs - to further increase it's effectiveness). It comes with x1 bottle that will last a considerable amount of time (about 1 month of semi-regular use) - you can purchase more on Amazon. It is not 'sticky' per se, only ever so slightly if you let it dry for a long time on your body, but usually after a heavy workout, you would have to wash because of the sweat... You don't need to apply loads of gel, just enough to coat the pads to prevent the raw contact sensation without the Conductive Gel. (This is a much better system than the removable/disposable gel pads you get on the really cheap EMS devices!). This device is easy to put on, simple banded design that comfortably wraps around your body and is held firmly in place with the strong Velcro fastening system (I recommend breathing in/sucking-in your stomach/abs when you put it on to make it as tight as possible so that it doesn't move/slide as this can cause great discomfort/pain). This is a great device, easy to clean after each use, simple to use, high-quality materials and very durable. I will be using this for a very long time to come! I highly recommend this product to anyone whom wishes to enhance their workout routine and gain better results from this beneficial device! It is inexpensive and easy to maintain, has great controls and freedom of use. ***(My PERSONAL Routine)*** First, I usually begin by doing 1-2 cycles of 30 minute warm-up sessions back-to-back with this device - at increased intensity and modes at several intervals... The I would continue, as normal, with my abdominal workout - variated sit-ups, crunches, bicycles, etc.. And after many sets of high-reps, I would move on to the Ab Wheel, where I go until failure, pushing myself to do more and more until I finally decide it's enough... My final exercise is now replaced by the use of this AbFlex EMS Belt where I will use it for 30 minutes at Level 99 Level 99 on different modes to fully maximise my gains, each time the 30 minutes is up, for a total of 3, I will move the belt down slightly (start at very top of Abs, then middle, then bottom) - I enhance my results this way (do not do this if you are new to EMS devices as this will be too unbearable to even get past level 30, level 30 to begin with!). I warm-down, at the end, by starting a final 30 minute cycle and gradually decreasing the intensity levels and reducing the mode to a 'warm-up' mode in order to safely and efficiently 'warm-down'.

I am a mother of two who had always been quite slim...size 10-12....until I had my second baby and no matter what I did I couldn’t get rid of the “inflatable” mum tum...everytime I ate my tummy would expand to look 5months pregnant again and my muscles were just stretched and weak. My youngest is now almost 5 and I decided enough was enough.....I lost two stone by healthy eating alone no exercise but still I had a weak and expanding tummy so I decide to try this and OMG I’m so glad I did...I just decided one day it’s worth a try and I’m going to treat myself...it has made my stomach so strong...which has a few benefits mainly it’s flatter and a better shape and nowhere near as saggy, it also means the muscles keep everything in even when I eat. Finally it’s also motivated me to exercise more because I have such an amazing core strength now I feel more powerful and able to do lots more. I agree with other posters that it won’t get rid of fat but the more you use it along with exercise the better it will look...I feel like it’s the ab belt that has lost me so many inches because I’m not bloating or stretching out like I used to as the muscles are so strong now. I didn’t buy a slender time because this one had good reviews and was half the price and I love the gel so easy to use and I can buy more on here. I actually really enjoy wearing the belt and sometimes it sends me to sleep it’s so relaxing...I have my favourite settings and the max number I use is 18-20 and Iv still seen so much progress after just two months. I’m just annoyed at myself I didn’t buy something like this sooner as I’ve spent so long being unhappy about my tummy and now I can wear all the things I want to again :)))

I've been using this belt for about a month now but there hasn't been any visible change for me. Having said that, the main reason I use an abs belt is to help with my lower back pain, which this does appear to do. I find using the gel a bit messy, my last belt only needed water which was better. There are a lot of different 'workouts' on this one but most of them I find too painful, even on a low setting. There is too much of a 'knife-like' jabbing sensation for me which I find much too uncomfortable. I've settled for the three settings that I can cope with, which is fine for my needs. All in all I find this belt ok and is good value for money, it does what I want it to do even though I cant tolerate all the settings.

Bought this to tone up my ABS obviously,anyways when first used the batteries that came with the belt lasted 5 minutes and within them 5 mins I had both channels on the belt set on a high setting with it also turned up to 99 highest setting and it basically just felt like a slight tickle on my belly. So before I wrote this review I put 2 brand new Duracell batteries in thinking the original batteries were cheap plus not knowing how long they were in the box for before sale. Well the results were basically the same a little stronger but no where near enough to start training your AB muscles. I have a little TENS/EMS machine that I bought off a well known Chinese website for £5 with all the pads and even on a quater of the setting it is far far more powerful than this so called ABS belt. I bought this belt thinking it would do the job as it was Amazons choice buy how wrong could I have been, I also cannot even find a customer support contact number or email anywhere in the packaging,my advice would be spend a little more if you want a truly working belt that will do the job, but hey you get what you pay for.

I have tried a few ab belts, and this is by far the best one I have tried. I had tried the water based ones with no replacement pads,, with mixed results. One had a huge fault and burnt me, one wouldn't fit and the other just did not work! I had been looking at this one and the excellent reviews it had, but I had been put off getting it to begin with for the simple reason of the controller being attached with a cord. But after the ones I had tried I decided to give this one a go. PROS: It comes in a very compact and very neat little box which contains a zipped carrier case to hold the belt and gel. In turn, it hardly takes up any room - always a bonus! It fits my 20" waist, and will go a little smaller still with no problems (I have to tuck in the rest at the back) The four pads are much bigger than I expected and work excellently with the gel Nice strong settings and easy to follow instructions - and very easy use of controller Electrical currents go up very gradually and ease you into the stronger bits, so on the very low settings you will barely feel it unless you tweak the current up CONS: I don't like that the cord is on the front and padded, making it difficult to wear jeans while wearing it I don't like that the 'holster' for the controller is at the back (well it is for me anyway) making it extra bulky and visible under clothing even when wearing a loose fitting summer dress. ( I like to wear it in the garden, but feel self-consncious if anyone is around) The cons are nit-picky really, and that is why I still give this belt a five. I have had no technical difficulties with it and one of the settings even gives me some pain relief, like a TENS machine would, but much stronger. I did buy this belt for toning, and I use it every day. The pain relief setting I found was quite by accident and I see it as an added bonus for me. I am assured that a belt with a cordeless controller is being developed, I can't wait! The seller is very attentive, very helpful and very courteous. Another reason for the 5 stars.

I received my Ab Flex belt a week ago and thought I'd initially wait until after I've fully experimented with it for a few days before reviewing. Firstly, the product arrived much earlier than expected [4 days!] and was extremely well packaged, very secure and well packed. Before arrival I got an e-mail from the vendor thanking me for the purchase and making it clear that if there were any problems when I received the belt they were there to give any assistance necessary. I thought this was a very nice touch indeed. I had been quite dubious about buying the belt as there has been a lot of negative hype about this form of 'passive exercise' not being very efficacious and there was the nagging doubt that I may be wasting my money. My problem - and motivation in purchasing this item - stemmed from having suffered several abdominal injuries several years ago in a freak accident which had resulted in severe tears, ruptures and a central abdominal hernia which had been quite pronounced and had required surgery. This had basically left me with no confidence for a few years when it comes to doing any form of 'core' work. I was constantly terrified of anything that could possibly re-open the wounds. [Basically I was psychologically affected by the incident.] So in a three year period my belly got a lot bigger, my posture became awful, I lost a lot of tone everywhere [ the 'knock on' effects of leaving out core work] and the lack of confidence meant that there was nothing I could do about it. So I [in desperation] though "why not at least give it a go" with regard to the Ab Flex Toning Belt. I can do it just sitting down on a low setting and it will be gentle yadda yadda yadda..... It is frankly fantastic! Although there's barely any sort of visible change [it's only been a week after all] the effects it has already had on my confidence and posture have been outstanding. It is easy to fit with an adjustable belt. and the controls are very easy to use and understand. It comes with a booklet explaining the device and the functions and how to use them. I started with a ten minute warm up on a vey low setting. I basically did ten minutes on very low for each of the ten functions during the first day so I could get the feel of them - find the sensations that felt better for me. I experimented with belt placement [high, central or low] on my abdomen [wearing it low on the 'vibrate' setting really makes me feel the soft paunch that I developed working directly] and even strapped it on backwards so it was on my lower back just above my buttocks and could feel my posture being brought back very quickly! [This is not on the list of things you should do, this was just me experimenting but it worked!] Now, after just one week, I am doing a ten minute 'kneading' warm up followed by twenty minutes of 'toning' and then after a brief rest a full thirty minutes of the 'training' setting. In the evening I repeat. I am standing straighter, walking better, and my abdomen is noticeable firmer than it has been in years and this has seen a slight decrease in my girth not brought about through weight loss but by the muscles actually being used properly again! . This is after one week. To say I'm delighted is an understatement. They say that you begin to notice the change visibly [as in abs being 'etched' out etc.] after about four weeks of daily use so I will be adding a further review in a months time. But this first week has already got my confidence flooding back. I think that we tend to associate this sort of device with those terrible things that were 'the thing' about 20 years ago that simply didn't do much. But this is that technology actually developed. I have been so delighted with how it works that my partner has actually had to tel me off several times for thinking about doing a third workout and constantly wanting to put it back on for 'just another ten minutes, just another half hour' etc. Basically it works. And I am delighted. I WILL review again after one month when the changes should be more visible, and after six months for the longer term effects. ALMOST 4 WEEKS ON ADDITION: Okay this is a few days earlier than I expected to add to my review but I cannot tell you how delighted I am with this. I have lots 2 inches off my waist in a little under a month. Now I should stress that this is not fat burnt off, my weight hasn't changed much and I don't have this suddenly appearing ripped to the bone 6 pack. This is old muscle memory being activated, the muscle remembering what it is supposed to do. Instead of my abs simply sagging and not holding anything in without a lot of effort they have simply firmed up tremendously, my posture has improved dramatically and my midriff is firmer than it has been in years. I haven't got to the point where I'm using it when I do planks yet but with the confidence now soaring I will be by the end of this week! I was very sceptical but now I would not be without this ab-belt. I actually feel like I can now return to doing proper ab workouts [you know how we lie to ourselves about why we avoid them because we know we won't be able to get off our backs after some crunches without looking like a floundering whale? That's gone!] I'm bending down to pick things up off the floor without having to go to one knee! I feel fantastic. To have gone from a 40" waist to a 38" waist for real in less than one month is incredible. And as I say, that's just the tone returning so far not fat burning. I will report back in 6 months to give the long term effects. SIX MONTHS RESULTS Okay, after using the belt for six months here are my results as promised. As stated previously my posture was improved almost immediately allowing my far more flexibility and the ability to actually control my stomach muscles better when simply standing after the hernia problems. My confidence to move and stress the area returned rapidly thanks to this as well as the initial reduction in girth. That initial reduction of 2 inches in the first month has turned into an 8 inch reduction in my waist in six months. This is not entirely down to the belt alone as along with my confidence returning so did my ability to move and take proper exercise, and with that came a tightening of the diet. The belt alone I believe acts best as a 'facilitator' which will tighten and tone and actually allow you to do the movements fully that were previously restricted by slack stomach muscles. It has an almost immediate [first week] affect upon self-confidence as the posture improvements come almost immediately. It also allows [once you reach a strong enough level] some pretty extreme ab workouts i.e. I wear the belt on full whilst performing planks for 7 minutes - unthinkable six months ago when I couldn't even do one minute WITHOUT the belt! But don't be misled by it, this is not a fat burner device. To do that you need to tighten your diet and do actual fat burning exercises. Rather it simply helps to strengthen and tone and works superbly as a tool to assist the efficacy of whatever else you do - and also to prepare your core in an easy way before you start a regime. So with my waist down from 42" to 34" in six months, [I should add that as an ex-bodybuilder there is a certain amount of 'muscle memory' involved here and it is therefore easier for my musculature to return to previous forms than someone who has never trained.] I am utterly UTTERLY delighted at what this belt has allowed me to achieve. I cannot recommend this EXTREMELY SAFE device highly enough. But remember, it is still up to you to do the work, the belt will not do it on its own, but WILL enable you to forge ahead at a grand pace.

I bought it but it's not working I gave five days time after accepting the return request but today it's been ten days no one contacted me my experience has been very bad

Muy bueno y funciona correctamente. Me acaba de llegar y quiero decir q Si trae instrucciones en español

Ich glaube nicht, dass man von solch einem Gürtel einen Sixpack bekommt. Da bedarf es schon viel Sport und einer entsprechenden Ernährung. Da fragt man sich natürlich, warum ich da fünf Sterne vergebe. Ich leide seit Jahren unter starken Rückenschmerzen und daher nutze ich diesen Gürtel als Hilfe zur Muskellockerung. Die Bedienung ist selbst erklärend und durch die vielen, unterschiedlichen Programme hat man ordentlich Abwechslung. Sehr gut finde ich auch, dass man während eines laufenden Programms die Stärke ändern kann. Das kenne ich von anderen Herstellern anders. Die lebenslange Garantie ist natürlich schon mal eine Ansage. Wenn man bedenkt, dass bei üblichen TENS Geräten alle Nase lang die Elektroden gewechselt werden müssen. Somit ist dies eine günstige und auch effektive Alternative. Und unter uns, natürlich schnalle ich mir den Gürtel nach dem Training auch gerne auf den Bauch! Wer weiß.....

Che dire su questo prodotto... Ora io vengo da un compex, chiaro non ha nulla a che vedere in rapporto, però devo dire una cosa, comodità eccezionale, fa il suo lavoro in modo ottimo per il prezzo che viene pagato e chiaramente è focalizzato esclusivamente all'addome, l ho preso essenzialmente perché praticando sport quasi ogni giorno ed incuriosito dalle recensioni volevo provarlo per alternarlo appunto al compex, soprattutto anche per la praticità del prodotto e per vedere se puntando solo alla parte addominali si vedesse qualche risultato differente. Chiaramente l' ho provato oggi soltanto in quanto mi è appena arrivato munito di batterie AA. Ovvio una persona non può pretendere che usando solo questo prodotto ti salti fuori in 5 minuti la tartaruga o si pensi ad un dimagrimento, ma alternato ad allenamenti e costanza è un sostegno decente. Non è un top, ma per il lavoro che deve fare e rapporto qualità prezzo lo consiglio ottimo complimenti.

The product was a very light belt and gives little tickle to almost nothing. Very disappointed 🙁