D’Addario Varigrip Hand Exerciser–Improve Dexterity and Strength in Fingers, Hands, Forearms- Adjust Tension Per Finger– Simulated Strings Help Develop Calluses- Comfortable Conditioning

Definitely helps to buildup strength in your fingers, and I like the added feature of being able to build up the calluses on the finger tips. Very well made, and the price was reasonable.Recommended!

This is a useful device for strengthening your grip. The pressure you have to exert on each finger is considerable, so I think that some people with weaker grips may find it difficult to push the pins down. The little finger in particular is difficult, as each pin has equal tension. Frequent use should help there, as that's the point of the exerciser.The moulded base that is supposed to simulate strings is not much use, as it doesn't simulate the feel of real guitar stings as you would press them on a guitar fretboard. You won't develop the toughness in the tips of your fingers, which you will get from real guitar practice, from using this item.Also, the adjustment cogs do not make any real difference to the tension in my experience.Overall, I recommend this product for the basic tension and comfort in using. However, I cannot give full marks to a product that doesn't deliver on all its stated claims.

As a guitarist I'm a bit cranky about things that might affect my ability to play and, helping an elderly friend with her gardening I used many 2-stroke power tools for a while until my hands began to ache and feel a bit seized up. When those danger signs came along I stopped using the equipment and broke out the elbow grease, but still needed to rehabilitate my hands from the RSI-inducing traumas of power tools.This has proven perfect to do just this. Physiotherapy is all about very subtle movements that bring back the use of hands, and any other limbs for that matter, and the D'Addario hand exerciser has really helped me to bring back the deterity that I need to continue with my guitars.It can be used in either hand, with the grey cushioned part against your palm and your fingers on the pressure pads in either orientation, a bit like ambidextrous trumpet keys. Exercising is something you can do while waiting for something else to happen, such as a kettle boiling or a WAV file to be rendered in your DAW! Just pick it up, spend a minute on each hand every day, and you should keep hand function going for a long time.It takes me all my strength to press some of the keys, but that;s not really what it's about so much as flexure of the joints and a building up of musculature that does so much to protect joints and even reverse the symptoms of arthritis (as happened several years ago with one of my knees - I managed to get back to walking miles from barely being able to walk at all).Used little and often, this is a great aid to hand function and deterity. This is one gadget that really needed an extra 6th star for the rating.

This is AMAZING! I am a beginner bassist and this is really helping me to strengthen my ring and small fingers, also good for speed too. Not only that, you flip the rubber piece over to the other side and it really helps you to build the calluses. This is seriously one of the best items I have bought on Amazon. I have it on my desk so whilst working or in meetings I just exercise my fingers. I highly recommend the Varigrip hand exerciser !

I acquired one of these because I am getting on in years and type two diabetes - or it's medication - is beginning to affect the blood supply to the tips of some of my fingers and - more noticeably - the tips of my thumbs. They suffer from a slight feeling of numbness on occasions, especially in the winter. However, By using one of these devices I can do repetitive squeezing exercises, concentrating on individual digits which definitely influences a better blood flow to the affected finger/thumb tips to reintroduce more feeling to them. These devices definitely work to strengthen musculature to the hand and fingers plus that added bonus of getting a healthier supply of blood flowing through the veins and capillaries. For me it is better than a standard hand grip exerciser because I can concentrate on individual digit exercises and that makes a world of difference. I don't expect it to miraculously cure my problem but is a great helpEamonn

It looks and feels well made. It performs quite well in a number of configurations, and it all depends on what you expect from it.I was a bit disappointed that the tension was as strong as it is at it's weakest setting - this makes it difficult to use as a practise aid for finger co-ordination - for example for finger picking guitar or trumpet etc. Weaker springs would have made this much easier, and tension could be increased if desired. I bought the varigrip mainly to exercise my fingers at the onset of arthritis, and I'm not sure that it will actually help. This is mainly because it is difficult to use the grip to bend specific finger joints enough, and I now also have my doubts about strength exercises actually easing the symptoms of arthritis anyway. No doubt the grip will improve the strength of fingers, hand and wrist, if that's what you want.

Brothers and sisters in rock, I never thought too much about it when buying this, but this baby saved my beginner’s ass within a week. I was stuck with low wrists stamina so couldn’t keep up towards the eve of a song.