PROHANDS Gripmaster Hand Exerciser, Finger Exerciser (Hand Grip Strengthener), Spring-Loaded, Finger-Piston System, Isolate & Exercise Each Finger

I bought this in order to improve my finger strengh and independance for playing guitar. I had thought of buying one years ago, but my view was - if you want to improve your finger strength and dexterity for guitar, just play guitar, right?But I changed my mind, and decided to give this little device a go, on the grounds that I can use it when I'm NOT able to play guitar (like when I'm at work) and maybe using a device with some resistance might accelerate my finger strengh gains?This is a pleasingly well made unit, and the plastic parts seem to be of high-quality. I decided to go for the red "medium" excerciser, having read some comments here about more reps and lower tension being more beneficial for musicians.When the unit arrived, I was beginning to think I should have gone for the 5lb device instead! The tension initially felt quite strong, particularly on the little finger!Well does it work? in my opinion definitely yes! Having used this device for only about 15 mins a day most days for 3 weeks, I suddenly find that the spring tension feels a lot lower. Also it has transformed my guitar playing! Playing my 12 string acoustic guitar suddenly seems easier, and on my electric, hammers and pulls seem much more accurate and clearer! my speed has improved, and I recently found myself doing vibrato with my little finger, something I don't normally do!So yes, I think it works for Guitarists (and other musicians) and it's quality means that it is good value for the money!

A year ago I started piano at age 68. (They say learning an instrument is good to keep the grey matter in shape.) Sadly my progress was a bit slow due to my frankly elderly hands. Half an hour a day was all I could comfortably do. So I spent time toying with the idea of some sort of exerciser, and settled on the Gripmaster.Well, that was a month ago, and I can honestly report in this short time my practice has more than doubled. I can now play for a solid hour without a single tweak or twinge. And then another session later in the day. Plus non musical things like opening bottles, turning taps, even picking up a kettle - all transformed. This exerciser has literally stopped and reversed the ageing process.(I'm currently on the red model, but will upgrade to the next strength if and when needed. I do five repetitions of five seconds each on the 11 exercises on the website - every second day or sometimes third. ) The company is very responsible in warning people not to overdo it.

It is good for practicing a range of finger strength exercises wherever you find yourself

I got this as a hand strengthening tool to help my bouldering endurance. It’s used more as a stress ball whilst on long dull video calls for work. Does the job though. Shame it doesn’t help fix poor foot work at the climbing wall.

I have a few of these, in different tensions, and they are great.Primarily, I got the light and the medium to improve my finger strength for playing piano, but my partner recently had an injury that required exercising her tendons to rehabilitate her hand, I also invested in the XX light and X light. Though too easy for anyone with "normal" strength in their hands, they prove to be challenging enough to rebuild strength for those who need to start at a lower resistance.The design is elegant, as each finger can be exercised individually as the springs are independent of each other, or you can just squeeze them all for a full hand workout. I found this particularly useful for strengthening my pinkie for playing guitar...as we use all the other fingers more frequently in our daily lives, our pinkies tend to not have much "grip".They sit comfortably in the hand, thanks to the contoured foam, and can be used in either hand by simply turning them around.One observation would be that they are not cheap, so you may be better finding one in a shop and working out your starting point before investing in the next one up from Amazon.If you need to develop finger strength and grip, or need a little booster to your rehab following an injury, these gizmos are a perfect choice.

I bought this having been recommended to try something like this to help clear up a forearm injury. I remember a similar product tears ago called Riff Grip, aimedvarvguitarists. Anyway, I got a medium tension one and I think it's about right, I'm a reasonably strong person. In use, it's not the most comfortable thing, the black part can make my palm a bit sore. If you try to exercise a finger individually, you can't help but compress the palm side as well. It's a bit creaky and wobbly and is quite a large size. It would be too big for some hands. I keep this in my car and do a bit of exercise in traffic jams etc and it is helping. That said, I have had more use out of a set of egg shaped exercise balls with which I can do the same,me exercises and more and have graduated to firmer balls as my strength has improved.

Excellent (sturdy, lightweight) product. Perhaps the finger pads could be a little more comfortable...There are lots of different tensions offered for sale, and lots of very mixed reviews on which is best. My advice is to head to the manufacturer's website (prohands.net) and look at the various exercises they recommend, and see which is best for you and your purposes. Roughly: if you just want to improve your overall grip strength a little (e.g. for tennis), and don't especially care about the strength of individual fingers, heavy is probably fine; but if you want to improve the strength of each finger individually (e.g. for guitar), start out much lighter than you think you need to (for your weakest fingers) and work your way up from there.