@huja I’m currently recharging the Sansa 4g clip a kind hearted Wooter sent me years ago in preparation for charging back into epic garage cleaning efforts. 6 days in at 3-4 hours a day and half done. This muscle relaxer thing looks pretty good right now but I am skeptical of its powers.
@timmymacnj - As instructed, I always use a drop of water between the pad and the skin. I have used it maybe 5 or 7 times, and have not noticed any deterioration. I only use two at a time on my arm, so there are still two new ones when the first two get tired.
@timmymacnj this will sound kinda weird, but to increase the reusability of the pads I use winder on the plastic protector and isopropyl rubbing alcohol on the pads themselves. I disconnect the pads, pour the isopropyl alcohol over the stickyend and I wipe the winded off the plastic with something that doesn’t leave particles behind. I use kimwipes myself, but I’m odd like that. I get like 60-90 uses out of them or so.
@Catdad But there’s more! $349 isn’t the real retail price! That’s already FIFTY SIMOLEONS (wow, the swipe keyboard couldn’t figure that word it) BELOW RETAIL. I KID YOU NOT!
I see that I’ve ordered a similar device from Meh, but today’s offering is rechargeable, so it will be a battery saver. And it’s purple, so it has that going for it too.
as far as the deal rubbing it would be the right way with the girl in the picture Does 18 dollars help me find her non-spiritual center? I like to call it positution.
My dad bought one and it’s hilarious. Put it on your arm, crank it up, and spaz out. One of the funniest things I’ve ever experienced. I had to buy it at this price, even if it’s just for a laugh.
tristano, diabate (brother’s no less!) through fahey et al - all wrapped up into a TENS device that i’d actually considered buying at one point!? ya’ll are officially pretty freakin cool to me
@radi0j0hn True and true!
Feeling a little guilty I might have inspired someone to actually try, I thought I should rewrite it anyway.
Public Service Announcement version:
There once was a lad sipping scotch
Who thought to put one on his crotch
He shrieked at the feeling
As he hit the ceiling
The neighbors all gathered to watch
@radi0j0hn Except every product I look at still has this at the bottom:
Set up an Amazon Giveaway
Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway
I just started using a large TENS unit at home this summer. I’ve had them used on me a lot in physical therapy but I never had one for home use. My back pain was getting so bad that sometimes I couldn’t even just sit still on the couch. I took a chance and got one off of Amazon and the relief I felt was so great I almost cried. I’ve noticed it’s one of those things people don’t understand until they try it. Then their eyes go really big and they are amazed. My mom has one now. She’s having her husband use it on his elbow, too. My bicycling partner has one now, she also got one for her mom who was having some neck pains.
That unit I have at home is about the size of one of those large universal TV remotes. I took it to work a couple of times, but it was so big and obtrusive. Just a few weeks after I got the big TENS unit, Meh sold one of these little mini ones. I took a chance, hoping for something a little more subtle to use at work. Of course it’s less powerful and has fewer modes than my big TV remote version, but it still worked at interrupting the pain. It’s such glorious relief, with no drugs. I think I must sound like some kind of religious zealot about it. But I guess that’s what chronic pain does to a person. When I finally got a bit of relief, I was so freakin’ joyful about it I’ve been practically proselytizing about TENS units.
Anyway, last week I was thinking how much the little mini unit I got off Meh is great for work that I hoped I never broke it. I told myself the next time they sold the same thing over and over again like they always do, I’d grab a back up unit. This unit isn’t the same as the one I bought last time, it has different physical features, but I got one anyway. Same idea. amok-winding-shrimp
In my research of these no-name, no-reviews models of TENS units, I learned that a factory will make one item and sell it to many different brand lines. So if you find one that has a similar physical look to it as this one, with just a different brand name, it’s prolly the same thing so the reviews will apply.
Try a TENS unit if you have pain. If not this one, any one. You can get one from Amazon if you would like the safety of a return plan (I did). Just try it.
EDIT: PS, $349 list price? Ha. More like $40. But this one is still a good deal.
@nabin First post! Welcome to Meh. The pictures in the description show this:
Although strictly speaking the box you will first see is going to be Kraft Brown with a white sticker upon which your address will be written in black ink. Unless they use one of those envelopes for shipping, then the black box (with silverish/white lettering and design) will be in a white envelope with a white sticker upon which your address will be written in black ink… HTH!
Usually, a few of the comments are helpful, but most are just meh. This time most are quite helpful and I have ordered 3. Gonna give them a Christmas presents to friends who are a pain.
@Yoda_Daenerys the deer/dog picture was random. Don’t really know, the face looks like a grey hound dog, especially using that leash and having a long tail
Just got mine. Nice product. I think the box and packing alone is $18. What is interesting is that it has a lifetime warranty and will ONLY cost $29.99 for shipping and handling to invoke. Now I have to see if it works!
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Handheld unit
2x Electrode wires
4x Reusable adhesive pads
1x USB adapter
1x USB cable
Price Comparison
$349 List
Find a relevant price comparison? Please share it in a comment in this thread
Warranty
1 Year Palm NRG
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Nope, don’t need to jump start my heart lol
@Stallion
Not into recreational defibrillation?
Cubs are in the World Series, baby!
/giphy Go Cubs Go
@haydesigner yes they are!!!
@aronwp People still watch baseball?
Deal rubs some people the wrong way - meh
@AttyVette
Shocking allegation!
My biggest fear is that I’d electrocute myself!
@savvysapphire
My biggest fear is asteroids. Really big ones.
@savvysapphire I have had a AAA powered one for about a decade.
It actually works pretty well, and the electrodes/contact patches last a long time, but it’s hard to find new ones when you do need them.
The worry on your mind should be whether the lithium battery is going to go boom in your pocket…
@MehnofLaMehncha Solar mass ejections scare a lot more- I live inland in a cold place…
@PhysAssist , you might be happy to know that they are really cheap and easy to find on Amazon these days.
At first glance it looked like a Sansa. Wish it was
@heartny OH, the Sansa Fuze, I would buy as many 8 gig versions as I could! Love putting RockBox on the Fuzes! I still use one!
@heartny Gen 1 Clip . . .
@BuddTX I still use my 8 gig Clip, almost every day. Still the best thing ever.
@huja I’m currently recharging the Sansa 4g clip a kind hearted Wooter sent me years ago in preparation for charging back into epic garage cleaning efforts. 6 days in at 3-4 hours a day and half done. This muscle relaxer thing looks pretty good right now but I am skeptical of its powers.
I have this.
I use it.
It works.
@KDemo
I am a little confused about the reusability of the adhesive pads. Do they last a while or lose their adhesiveness after a few uses?
@timmymacnj - As instructed, I always use a drop of water between the pad and the skin. I have used it maybe 5 or 7 times, and have not noticed any deterioration. I only use two at a time on my arm, so there are still two new ones when the first two get tired.
@timmymacnj I have had a different but almost exact copy of this. They peel right off. so far i’ve reused mine at least 50 times and still works good
@bugger Well. It still works well.
Grammar police
ftw.
@timmymacnj I’ve had mine for two years and the original pads are still sticky
@mjonczak After about 10 years, I need some new ones for my Omron AAA-powered model.
They weren’t/aren’t really easy to find though.
@stinks The gooderest. It still works the gooderest. STFU before I drop some plu perfect subjunctive declensions on your ass.
@stinks The electrical pulses burn out your grammar center. After 20 years of use, you talk like Yoda.
@PhysAssist Just search for “electrodes for tens units” on Amazon or Fleabay. Plenty to be had.
@timmymacnj this will sound kinda weird, but to increase the reusability of the pads I use winder on the plastic protector and isopropyl rubbing alcohol on the pads themselves. I disconnect the pads, pour the isopropyl alcohol over the stickyend and I wipe the winded off the plastic with something that doesn’t leave particles behind. I use kimwipes myself, but I’m odd like that. I get like 60-90 uses out of them or so.
@stinks LOL, it really does work GOOD not WELL. Find a dif site do go stink on
@bugger What, grammar police don’t make you feel well? Do they give you that meh feeling?
QED.
@stinks @bugger
@therealjrn They both intimate me. I’m out.
Love the suggested retail price… Put this pos back on the shelf and bring out some Grime Stoppers hand cleaners.
/giphy grime time
@Catdad But there’s more! $349 isn’t the real retail price! That’s already FIFTY SIMOLEONS (wow, the swipe keyboard couldn’t figure that word it) BELOW RETAIL. I KID YOU NOT!
http://www.sears.com/palm-massager-2-digital-pulse-massager-dual-channel/p-SPM11683577419
That’s one weird-ass way to listen to an iPod.
I see that I’ve ordered a similar device from Meh, but today’s offering is rechargeable, so it will be a battery saver. And it’s purple, so it has that going for it too.
as far as the deal rubbing it would be the right way with the girl in the picture
Does 18 dollars help me find her non-spiritual center? I like to call it positution.
Would I use this as much as a I use the last similar item I have not opened yet?
@f00l You might use it more, since it doesn’t need batteries. But then again, you’d probably have to charge it first, so maybe not.
Nice interrobang!
Meh’ssager. No thanks.
appears to be the same rebranded gadget as this https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K6LPSJG/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_1
@meh if it’s the same or even close it’s just what i need. Perfect timing for me
i bought the last one yall had for sale, different name, sure its the same thing. it works great.
My dad bought one and it’s hilarious. Put it on your arm, crank it up, and spaz out. One of the funniest things I’ve ever experienced. I had to buy it at this price, even if it’s just for a laugh.
Here’s the same item at amazon… only difference being the name on the unit (meh’s; Pulse Massager… amazon; PCH Massager) https://smile.amazon.com/PCH-Digital-Pulse-Massager-Case/dp/B00TQZQ1UI/ref=pd_day0_121_50?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00TQZQ1UI&pd_rd_r=BDDY1QKF9G8R3WMVBYAM&pd_rd_w=Gt5p9&pd_rd_wg=QZLyD&psc=1&refRID=BDDY1QKF9G8R3WMVBYAM … Meh wins!!
Tried out Haiku mode
Now I am in agony
Twitching on the floor
tristano, diabate (brother’s no less!) through fahey et al - all wrapped up into a TENS device that i’d actually considered buying at one point!? ya’ll are officially pretty freakin cool to me
This is a really bad product to confuse with an ipod with multiple earphones.
I think they should add a limerick mode as well.
There once was a lad sipping scotch
Who thought to put one on his crotch
He set it on twenty
And found it was plenty
Now his ceiling has a splotch
@bcuda67 Add “big” in front of splotch to make it flow better.
@radi0j0hn True and true!
Feeling a little guilty I might have inspired someone to actually try, I thought I should rewrite it anyway.
Public Service Announcement version:
There once was a lad sipping scotch
Who thought to put one on his crotch
He shrieked at the feeling
As he hit the ceiling
The neighbors all gathered to watch
So this is for massaging your palm after a particularly exhausting workout?
@mike808
/giphy hairy palm
It was $16 last time
This is worthless and I’m about to cancel my VIP membership. Get yer shit together, Meh!
@ikemarks You sound tense. Have you ever tried a massager?
First read of the tweet I thought it said “Palm digital pulse MESSENGER.” I was like “hell, I’ll buy an old palm pilot for eighteen bucks.”
Check this out:
http://fakespot.com/product/fda-cleared-510k-otc-tens-unit-healthmateforever-hm6ml-blue-6-mode-4in1-wire-connector1-pair-pads-best-back-neck-stress-neck-sciatic-pain-relief-portable-unit-handheld-full-body-palm-plus-digital-pulse-impulse-mini-micro-massager-machine-pain-relief-electrotherapy-device-smart-physical-therapy-pain-relief-product-for-electrotherapy-pain-management-pain-relief-therapy-chosen-by-sufferers-of-tennis-elbow-carpal-tunnel-syndrome-arthritis-bursitis-tendonitis-plantar-fasciitis-sciatica-back-pain-fibromyalgia-shin-splints-neuropathy-and-other-inflammation-ailments-lifetime-warranty
Fakespot purports to winnow through and figure out how many of the Amazon reviews are BS.
Now that Azzie has dumped most of the “free in exchange for review” sellers, this is not the worry it once was.
@radi0j0hn Except every product I look at still has this at the bottom:
Set up an Amazon Giveaway
Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway
unadorned glad baby…
/buy
@Einherjar13 It worked! Your order number is: acid-fearing-position
/image acid fearing position
This might be the most meh thing I’ve ever seen since I’ve been here… Which is like 7 days ago
Awww…I thought it was another Palm
device to add to my collection.
Now that would be Meh-able.
I just started using a large TENS unit at home this summer. I’ve had them used on me a lot in physical therapy but I never had one for home use. My back pain was getting so bad that sometimes I couldn’t even just sit still on the couch. I took a chance and got one off of Amazon and the relief I felt was so great I almost cried. I’ve noticed it’s one of those things people don’t understand until they try it. Then their eyes go really big and they are amazed. My mom has one now. She’s having her husband use it on his elbow, too. My bicycling partner has one now, she also got one for her mom who was having some neck pains.
That unit I have at home is about the size of one of those large universal TV remotes. I took it to work a couple of times, but it was so big and obtrusive. Just a few weeks after I got the big TENS unit, Meh sold one of these little mini ones. I took a chance, hoping for something a little more subtle to use at work. Of course it’s less powerful and has fewer modes than my big TV remote version, but it still worked at interrupting the pain. It’s such glorious relief, with no drugs. I think I must sound like some kind of religious zealot about it. But I guess that’s what chronic pain does to a person. When I finally got a bit of relief, I was so freakin’ joyful about it I’ve been practically proselytizing about TENS units.
Anyway, last week I was thinking how much the little mini unit I got off Meh is great for work that I hoped I never broke it. I told myself the next time they sold the same thing over and over again like they always do, I’d grab a back up unit. This unit isn’t the same as the one I bought last time, it has different physical features, but I got one anyway. Same idea. amok-winding-shrimp
In my research of these no-name, no-reviews models of TENS units, I learned that a factory will make one item and sell it to many different brand lines. So if you find one that has a similar physical look to it as this one, with just a different brand name, it’s prolly the same thing so the reviews will apply.
Try a TENS unit if you have pain. If not this one, any one. You can get one from Amazon if you would like the safety of a return plan (I did). Just try it.
EDIT: PS, $349 list price? Ha. More like $40. But this one is still a good deal.
what color is the box it comes in?
@nabin First post! Welcome to Meh. The pictures in the description show this:
Although strictly speaking the box you will first see is going to be Kraft Brown with a white sticker upon which your address will be written in black ink. Unless they use one of those envelopes for shipping, then the black box (with silverish/white lettering and design) will be in a white envelope with a white sticker upon which your address will be written in black ink… HTH!
/buy
@etheltheflog It worked! Your order number is: joyous-inconsistent-yam
/image joyous inconsistent yam
can i buy more than one?
@nabin yup, sure can up to three.
Usually, a few of the comments are helpful, but most are just meh. This time most are quite helpful and I have ordered 3. Gonna give them a Christmas presents to friends who are a pain.
@Desotom grate plan
I wonder if I could hack this thing to play whatever music I load on to it.
Didn’t Bruce Lee use one of these to enhance his muscles between workouts?
bought it
@neilg24 me too! High five
/buy
@scottsquatch It worked! Your order number is: certain-cagey-nacho
/image certain cagey nacho
I’d like to donate a neck shave to that girl. Hmu.
TL;DR what parts of the body are off limits to this technology
/buy
@Yoda_Daenerys The card was declined.
@mediocrebot D’Oh Bart!
@Yoda_Daenerys
/giphy D’Oh Bart!
/buy
@mediocrebot your mother sews socks in a well
@Yoda_Daenerys It worked! Your order number is: coherent-unsuitable-fly
/image coherent unsuitable fly
@mediocrebot yea, sure, now you’re like all, let’s be friends, now that i have some monies
you’re a monster, or maybe worse a bot
/buy
@Some_meh Sorry, the
/buycommand is currently only available to VMP members. Become a VMP.Your order number is: frugal-sneaky-tooth
/image frugal sneaky tooth
@Some_meh you need to order the normal weigh
/youtube livin on the fault line
@mediocrebot Good Job! Keep up the not-so-subtle marketing!
@Some_meh is that a deer or a dog
@Some_meh
/image fake vmp buy command
@therealjrn edit - need the slash
@Yoda_Daenerys
/image fast eyes
@therealjrn wow, that’s really strange, i knew dan weber from wilkes barre
@Yoda_Daenerys the deer/dog picture was random. Don’t really know, the face looks like a grey hound dog, especially using that leash and having a long tail
@Some_meh yea
Just got mine. Nice product. I think the box and packing alone is $18. What is interesting is that it has a lifetime warranty and will ONLY cost $29.99 for shipping and handling to invoke. Now I have to see if it works!
It doesn’t!
It appears mine was DOA as well.
I reckon I got lucky, because mine works great.
I did charge it for a day first however.
The “tap” setting on high feels like someone is punching you.
Correction. Mine was not DOT . I’m retarded.
er, not DOA