Varigrip Finger Strengthener with Fiddilink - Finger Exerciser & Guitar Trainer with Simulated Strings for Callus Building - Strengthening & Coordination Tool for Guitar Players

I settled for this particular model on the basis of other reviews and its brand. To date, I have not been disappointed, it’s doing what I want it to do and I am already feeling the benefits. It is easy to use and easy to adjust the spring tensions for individual fingers. Initially I found the fourth finger key too strong, but by altering the strength on the other fingers, within days found significant improvement on the fourth finger which already transferred into my woodwind, keyboard and string playing. Taking off the grey moulding to cover the keys is really simple and doing the exercise to maintain string callouses is simple and again, effective. This is a robust, compact and simple device, stores and transports easily. Some may quibble at its cost but I think it easily justifies itself, is easy to use and produces results quickly. A basic but really useful tool for the musician- I’m very pleased I bought this, to borrow another well known phrase: “ it does what it says on the tin” ( although this one comes plastic sealed to a card:D). Some may think five stars rather generous, but it does and is continuing to do all I expected of it so how could I give it less? After all, I’d happily buy it again if I need to.

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.

Will definitely help with individual finger strength and overall hand strength. I really like the added callus board although I feel it could be deeper to replicate playing on steel strings. However I guess that would leave your fingers sore and result in the inability to practice on an actual guitar. Overall it’s a good training aid and recommend it, especially for beginners.

Received this hand exerciser today, so far I am pleased with it’s ease of use. It will help me to strengthen my fingers as I have a problem with my right hand, but wish to keep up finger grip strength whilst waiting for treatment. I imagine it may not give enough resistance for some younger, stronger users - (I am a 72 yr old woman. Also, it may not be suitable for all hand deficiencies!).

I have to admit I do like this, in fact I love it. I think it's brilliant. It's well built, and it's clear D'Addario have put some real thought into it's practicality and how it'll benefit your guitar playing. This isn't a corporate fad designed to milk money out of novice guitar players who might think they need every single guitar accessory on the face of this planet. (The experienced ones I know who have been playing for over a decade also found this useful in their own way and considered getting one themselves.) The packaging it comes in (a card with the exerciser affixed to it) has a list on the back of all the different exercises you could essentially incorporate, ranging from building finger calluses to strengthening muscles and training them for bar chords. I started using this every day, playing around with it and giving the muscles a good flexing which I began to reap the benefits of. I could hold chords for longer and the fingers felt more agile when finger-picking. The callus builder (located underneath the grey strip seen in the picture) I was initially skeptical of, since it's "string simulator" is three lines that somewhat represent the thinner strings, but they're more raised groves in the plastic body as opposed to real guitar strings which I feel would have been better, or metal at the least. Nevertheless, they do show promise, and the fingertips feel toughened. The ability to change the tension on each finger press (via turning the small dials for each) allows me to slowly improve the strength in the little fingers while stepping it up for the main three which are much stronger (of course, as they said too, favouring certain fingers isn't ideal.) It fits into the pocket nicely and works great as a warm up before an intense session, or in your spare time when you know there's something you need to work on. It's versatile, strong and definitely serves me well. Highly recommended, espcially for a tenner.

A useful device for exercising the hand and fingers, it feels well made but I deducted one star because one of the finger plungers squeaks whilst the rest are all silent.

Cool gadget. Will it improve my guitar playing ? I have no idea. One thing for sure I realized quickly that my left fingers were weaker than my right and that my left pinky was the weakest of all. If it can improve the strength of my fingers and my finger motor skills, I believe it can improve my guitar playing. Time will tell. At worse my guitar playing will NOT improve but my finger strength will benefit in any case. The unit seems of decent quality and the movement of the buttons/pistons is quite smooth. The exercises on the back of the package are an afterthought. The "instructions" are printed in tiny black print on red cardboard. In other words, the instructions with the unit are totally useless. I had to go online and see exactly what people were doing with it and yes, there are many variations of the exercises that can be done.

I laughed at the original review and now I feel like I owe it an apology. One week in and my grip strength is downright filthy. Nothing slips. Nothing escapes. Once something’s in my hand, it’s there because I allow it. The stamina, the control, the confidence—this thing has unlocked abilities I probably should’ve had a warning label for. Let’s just say the results are noticeable, impressive, and extremely appreciated in situations that have nothing to do with training.

Buen producto si quieres foratalecer tus dedos o recuperarte de lesiones tipicas de los guitarristas. Tienes unas ruedas para ajustar la tension en cada dedo y puedes quitar el protector de goma si quieres hacer callo en los dedos, aunque te recomiendo que los hagas a base de tocar. Producto con la calidad de Daddario que nunca defrauda

Great Product It has helped me regain the strength and flexibility in my fretting hand for playing the Banjo but I believe it would help in many situations. It was recommended to me by someone who had quit playing banjo and guitar because of arthritis and after using this. product was able to recover enough to play again. I used it to recover after having Carpal Tunnel surgery, the improvement in fine motor skills have I believe to be significant due to the use of this product.

Excelente construção e realmente funciona para seu propósito,mas recomendo para quem já treina a um tempo,prq mesmo a tensão mais leve pode ser um pouco demais para quem está começando.