Tristar Lateral Thigh Trainer > Reviews > Lose the pounds!

Author's product rating:   

Durability	Satisfactory
Comfort	Excellent
Value for money	Poor

Advantages:	Easy to use
Disadvantages:	Stopped working correctly after 3 months

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I bought my lateral thigh trainer 3 months ago, however I didn't buy it from the official website as I thought it was too expensive, instead I bought it off a competitor site for £49.95.

I started off by doing 45 minutes every alternate day (working out to the equivalent the 20 minutes a day that's recommended ). I didn't use the diet provided as I'm hopeless with cooking and being a vegetarian there wasn't much of a choice in the booklet provided, I carried on eating regularly cutting out the crisps and the chocolate and cutting down on the midnight meals and within the first week I lost 3 pounds by doing very little! My only problem was that I got bored of it very easily watching TV but by switching on your ipod it makes it much more bearable and actually fun to do. Following the stretches as instructed I suffered from no aches and pains and the lateral thigh trainer was easy enough to use. It had started working on my thighs and my bum yet I saw little improvement on my abs which was quite disappointing. On the whole it was a great product and great value for money as the whole family was getting use from it!!

Problems: It began to squeak after a month or two but a bit of WD-40 soon sorted that out. Also the calorie counter stopped working along with the speed adjustment after 3 months, it still worked however the workout was set on 1 speed fast, which can be adjusted by taking it apart however this will just set it to on speed again but one that is more suited to you obviously as it had only been 3 months I wasn't happy so I received another one on guarantee.

I've received my new one and so far so good! I do recommend it for buyers who will stick to the weekly routine as it does begin to show it's effects, however the problems can get tedious and for the price you can easily find yourself questioning whether it is good value for money. I'll leave that up to you to decide but I think if it can be used for a year or so it is definitely great value for money, especially if you compare the price to what you'd pay for gym membership nowadays, but as you can see from my reviews and others the lateral thigh trainer has far from a life time guarantee!