I like slideboards.I enjoy the exercise, it gets my heart rate up better than an exercise bike, and slideboards can roll up for easy storage, very important since I live in a small condo.The Goaler One slideboard has only one thing going for it: the bumpers are very solid and securely lock into the sliding surface.They are hard though.I put on some strips of foam on the inside edge to cushion the shock, and that helped a bit.
The sliding surface requires some furniture polish.I used spray Pledge.It's very squeaky.I could never get rid of the horrid sound.Some polishes made it worse than others.But no matter what I did, this was never a quiet board.The included booties made the squeaking 10 times worse.I used an older, flimsier pair from another slideboard for a quieter exercise.
The bumpers fit into holes pre-cut into the surface.There's a hole on each side and one in the center.There's something like 3 sets of holes on each end making this slideboard fairly adjustable.If you attach the bumpers at the far ends, this design means that you are sliding over several center holes.You can seen the wear on your carpet where your feet go side back and forth over the carpet.Perhaps using a cheap carpet runner under the board would have solved this issue.
After less than 6 months of semi-regular use, the sliding surface around the inner most holes began to crack.I guess it's not for use on regular household carpet. Too much cushion underneath and the surface bends, and your foot catches the edge of the hole, and eventually it cracks.
Too bad, it had a fairly promising design.I could overlook the noise, but the cracking surface makes this unusable.I gave this two stars because it might be just fine on a hard flat surface - something I don't have in my condo.
Product DescriptionA lightweight roll-up slide board.Benefits/Use:Lateral training can improve power, change of direction, balance, agility, speed, flexibility and endurance.Specifications:Standard Slide Board: 8'long 20" Wide Use on either hard or carpeted surfaces.
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Goaler One 8' Slideboard with Medium Booties - Roll-up
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