www.theage.com.au/business/small-business/a-question-of-balance-20100907-14ysj.html

This was the poll results a moment ago...

Poll: Do you believe the Power Balance bands work?
Yes 12%
No 88%
Total votes: 5482

Maybe it enhances the effect of the alcohol and you'll fall down sooner.

The hologram knows what you want to do and makes it happen faster, better, stronger.

I wish I was smart enough to buy the company that brought them here.

I think there's a bigger market in cynicism. I want to tap that 88%.

i haven't broken a leg since i put one on, so it's staying on

i realy dont want to belive them and i dont in the way they trick you when they do the tests on you but we did our own bunch of blind test on indo board puting the band in a match box and on a few people and on average they did have the tinniest bit better ballace when they unknowingly had it in there had maybe if you equate it to its cost about $4 worth.

i still do not ware one

I love how a bunch of kooks on a forum tear the balls out something that some of the worlds best athletes swear on, Hmmmmmmm.

Works for me

I wear one 24/7, as does my wife and mother.

JB

JB said...

I love how a bunch of kooks on a forum tear the balls out something that some of the worlds best athletes swear on, Hmmmmmmm.

I'm not for or against them, I don't wear one but that is more because I am a tight ass than that I don't believe.

That said, the worlds best athletes will try anything that might give them a competative advantage. If the band even gave them 0.1% better balance, that in some cases may be the difference between winning and loosing. We mere mortals don't generally operate at that level. Generally high end athletes will also try things before they have been proven, as any possible edge is worth it. Honestly if there was any major advantage to wearing them the IOC would have banned them by now, just as they did with the speed swimming suit. So I think it is a bit short sighted to use a group of people that are searching for any slight edge and most likely don't have to fork out the $60 for one as rational, as it is more likley they are the vehicle for some clever marketing.

JB said...

I love how a bunch of kooks on a forum tear the balls out something that some of the worlds best athletes swear on, Hmmmmmmm.

Works for me

I wear one 24/7, as does my wife and mother.

JB

Be careful about calling people on the forum a bunch of kooks! Especially if you have products to endorse.
No one here has really bagged them.... Also, the "88% No" is the public extending outside the forum.

For the record...I still wear mine and will do until it breaks. I wouldn't say I'm a believer
but won't judge people either way.

I did heard a funny comment the other day.

Someone I know told me they were keen to get one and I said you can get them on the
net for under half the $60 retail price. He replied "na, those ones are fake!"

I didn't realise there was real ones.

Anyway, there's the updated, new and improved model now....

http://ekenpowerbands.com.au/
These ones really do work!

JB said...

I love how a bunch of kooks on a forum tear the balls out something that some of the worlds best athletes swear on, Hmmmmmmm.

Works for me

I wear one 24/7, as does my wife and mother.

JB

Aren't the kooks the ones that need them?

JB said...

I love how a bunch of kooks on a forum tear the balls out something that some of the worlds best athletes swear on, Hmmmmmmm.

Works for me

I wear one 24/7, as does my wife and mother.

JB

Good time to call a press conference and make a formal apology to all us kooks who dont need a gimmick to stand up.

Oh make sure you express your emotions and cry

My pb broke and I'd definitely get another, but there is no way on earth I'm not going to pay $60 this time round.

When you wear one you are judged as some sort of retard.

The next one I'll get, I won't pay good money for it.... I',m hoping it will be a gift and I'll wear it with pride - cause I think they work.

message to ungrateful teenage children- If your reading this (which I doubt) it would make a better present than the terrys orange chocolate that you've given me every fathers day and every birthday for the past 5 years.

Formal apology to anyone who took offence to me using the term "KOOK". It was meant as a generalization of the not-pro, like myself. I would like to to be very clear very clear that any use of the terms "Kook" or "Rookie" by me are not mearnt to be offensive. I will refrain from using these term on the forum as it seems to be upsetting for some, and again I apologise.

I don't know about any scientific proof with the bands, but the proof is in the wearing. Forget any BS about the band giving you super human ability, or extra anything. The properties of the band will at best help you maintain or achieve your own personal best ability by assisting in regulating your body frequency to where it performs at it's best.

I have no affiliation with the company at all, but find that I can notice a difference, so I wear one. If you are lucky enough to have tried one and do not notice a difference, then don't buy one and save your $60! If you believe it's all mind games, then go buy a liberty band for $5 and tell everyone you meet that it works too, you'll be supporting a good cause and if you can convince your mind you'll have the benefits in your performance. If you have tried the band and notice a difference, buy one. Why wouldn't you? I spent more in beer last night. If you haven't honestly tried it, find someone who has one and give it an honest test, only you can be the judge.

Again, apologies for any offence taken, sometimes I forget that writing doesn't always come across the way I intended.

JB

P.s. 62mac, [}:)]

No offence taken JB, just having a little fun with it

For the record I am a kook and wearing such a device
would not change that

DavidJohn said...

oliver said...

My pb broke and I'd definitely get another, but there is no way on earth I'm not going to pay $60 this time round.

Just wondering Oliver.

Did it break because it stopped working and the special powers ran out.. or because the band snapped.. and if so.. how'd that happen??

What's the warranty time on them..

DJ

I think Oli's Powerband needed it's own Powerband. But seriously, I am psychologically addicted to wearing Skins compression gear ever since wrecking my back a few months ago. I have no idea, and certainly no scientific proof as to whether Skins will prevent me from tearing a muscle and that probably makes me at least as weak, stupid and gullible as any Powerband wearer. I know I have spent far more than $60 on Skins. But so long as I believe Skins are doing something, then they almost certainly are doing something. I suspect Powerbands are similar - you don't have to see it to believe it, but if you believe it, you might just see it. By that same token, all those cynics who are certain that they will never encounter any magic in their lifetime will almost be right. And that's a little sad too.