Originally Posted by Powerballs

You are correct on both points guys - Play are based in Jersey and don't charge Vat on purchases - in addition, they buy and move big qty's of the products they sell and therefore appear to operate a discount [business] model (larger sales volumes at lower margins).

In terms of Powerball as a 'Toy', I asked myself the same question when I found myself in Hamley's last week surrounded by at least 100 kiddies from the minute the store opened to the minute it closed (my god, what a busy place that is during half term!) - in truth, Powerball isn't really a 'Toy' (anyone who has experienced the torture it inflicts on the wrist/arms will testify to this) but that high score feature (as you can even see in this thread) is wildly addictive and manages to blur the line between fitness and fun sufficiently to put it into the fun/games category of such sales channels without too much dispute..

By the way, have a little peep at the following "mini scoreboard" we set up for our friends at the Flexifoil kite flying forum:

http://www.powerballs.com/flexifoil/

As you can see, this is the type of scoring that you boys should be aiming to achieve (the official Top100 scoreboard is outside of most peoples reach these days so don't feel too bad if you can't quite make that!)

Anything less than 11k for a fully grown male is fairly miserable (!) and it will annoy you even more when you hear that a very slender wristed young Spanish girl called Mj (she is about 18, as thin as a whip and with slim arms) is presently on 11783rpm and headed for our first female 12k score submission...we'll have some fun when that happens and will make sure the video is on site to help make any potential slagging of limp wristed males even easier! :-)

Watch this space!

BR Rory

Originally Posted by greencreeper

including high-strength Ibuprofen.

Originally Posted by Ramrod

The area that hurts is usually swollen and congested, this means that blood flow is less through that area. 'Brufen is transported in the bloodstream. This means that the one area of your body that needs the 'brufen is getting a reduced amount :D

Originally Posted by greencreeper

Don't you just hate people who know it all :p: :D

It's all down to a reduced amount of synovium in the space between the tendon sheath and the stringy tendon itself. This leads to friction and consequently inflammation. Oh and pain :cry: There's not much you can do, since over time thickening of the tendon wall occurs which leads to more friction. Just one of those of things :shrug: I'm hoping that science will provide Terminator-style replacements, in a sad but cool way :D

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Decrease the inflammation with regular icing.......... :)

Originally Posted by Raistlin

So, what's the general concensus on which one to buy then guys?

Neon/Non Neon?

Pro/Non Pro?

Any others?
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Oh yeah, and which colour to go for? :D

Originally Posted by greencreeper

I've gone for Neon Pro - Neon because I like the colour, and Pro for the meter on top. I picked green.

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Definitely go pro to get the readout............

Originally Posted by Powerballs

With regards to grip strength...yes - if you hold the ball in your finger tips as opposed to planting it right into the palm, it will give your fingers a serious workout in a very short time as they fight to hold onto it.

In addition, burying it into the palm and spinning at high speeds, sustained for 30 second bursts, will build crushing power in the hand itself (the ball will do its best to wriggle out of your hand no matter how hard you try to hold onto it) - both exercises will raise the eyebrows in people that you shake hands with...R