Stroops Slastix Muscle Toner with Foam Handles

best elastic band item, great buy! !

Amazing piece of equipment. It’s great quality.

Excellent product good quality

Preis/Leistung super

My wife wanted to get some fitcord bands like she used at PT since the metal clips on our interchangeable set scrape against her arms when doing certain positions. I’ve also had the carabiner type clip pinch me and tear my skin between my thumb and forefinger when choking up to do band resistance planks or push-ups. Possibly using lifting gloves would solve that issue. The fitcord my wife used have fixed handles and no exposed metal. After looking at the prices I found it hard to justify for one single band that used only for only a few times per week. So I searched and found stroops slastix. The bands are nearly exactly the same as the fitcord at a somewhat lower cost. For some bands, it’s about $10 less, which is enough to warrant some comparison. I got the heavy-blue rated at 25lbs and it seems right for pull resistance. It feels about the same as our whatafit 30lb band. The whatafit is a good set at an attractive price, but the metal clips have pinched and scraped our hands or arms when chocking up to shorten the band or pressing overhead. These bands are easy to grip anywhere to shorten up and no exposed metal to rub on the hands or arms. Only issue is these come with both plain plastic or foam covered handles. I received a plain handle in error and it is not as comfortable for me since I have a trigger finger that gets stuck gripping the small diameter. The foam handle is a bit bigger diameter, easier and more comfortable to grip. My wife also prefers the foam grip. Our whatafit have comfortable foam covered handles and the fitcord my wife used had a foam covered handle, so it was easy to compare this plain handle. We just returned the plain and reordered the foam. Unfortunately there may be an item mismatch somewhere in the system and the solid plain plastic was sent again. Not sure how to make sure you can get the foam covered handles. I’ll just get some bike handle wrap to cushion these handles. We are seniors in our late 60s now and have setup a home gym. We workout 5-7 days per week so got into using bands to avoid needing a weight set. At our age, we get good resistance from 10-50 lb rated bands for a wide variety of strength training. These 25 lb bands cover the majority of our needs. For us, these are a bit too much to step on and push overhead even at being only 5’6” tall. Anyway with the stroops, the price and quality appear to be top notch. The strapping looks the same as on the fitcord, the outer diameter is slightly less and the fabric jacket over the cord is slightly narrower, maybe just a bit, but the pull resistance feels the same. I actually prefer the stroop. Based on initial impressions, I’d highly recommend trying them if you want to save some cash over fitcord and if you prefer to avoid the metal clips on interchangeable sets.