Joshua 19:03
Yeah, so really these maps shouldn't even be able to say they have red light to be honest, but apart from the technical side, what other issues do these maps have when it comes to the usability?
Andy Smith 19:13
The biggest thing, you know, we thought when we got one of ours was how heavy they are. You know, you just don't appreciate until you actually get one in your hands. Some of the people advertise these mats have been portable and easy to carry, which just couldn't be further than the truth. You know, these mats are extremely heavy and bulky, so moving them is quite a job, even if that's just on and off the bed. You know, they have to be plugged in also into domains, which really limits where you can use them. But it's funny, from some of these companies show them using their mats on the beach, you know, or next to a pool side, which is just a joke. It's physically impossible as there's no plugs off it nearby, you know, unless you've got like a 50 meter extension lead, it's just not gonna happen. You know, even on the lower level, we see a lot of photos of these being used outside, which again, you know, wouldn't really be possible. They got to be plugged in. So when it comes to the PEMF, you're also not able to control much, you know, apart from the frequency. So a lot of these will tell you they've got different programs, but all that's changing is the frequency. They're limited in that regard. Also, a lot of them claim to have grounding frequency, and you know, that you can ground on these match, which is also a little bit misleading because you can't really ground on a PEMF mat. It's not the same way as you would ground outside. You know, you have the same frequencies using the Schumann resonance, but the mechanisms are very different, and it's not really replacing or grounding as such.
Joshua 20:38
Yeah, a lot of these companies say one of the big things is you'll feel grounded. Some even say you will be grounded, which just isn't really necessarily accurate because the tech isn't the same. But why is it that a lot of these people actually end up getting tripped up or consumers mainly get tripped up and end up kind of buying into or falling for these mats?
Andy Smith 20:56
A lot of time it comes out the grass in marketing the use these products mainly through ads. As well as influence marketing and that's really the worst part you know we spoken to people and they have so many people pushing these mats. That makes average consumer think you know where they must be good in reality most these promotes are just doing it because they got a card or and commission. You know and as we know the profit margin on these mats is extremely high so there's so much more money to share between influencers and and brands is likely that they push them so hard because of the commission they are in per sale is so significant. Company selling them also try to convince consumer that these products are high quality with wording on their website so be careful not to get tripped up in this and you know here's some examples we found when we were on the on these website so like lab grade. Which you know it really doesn't mean anything they're just trying to make it seem more science backed a big one we also to be careful with these like fda registered. This makes it sounds like you know why are the fda is actually like valuated look to this man and and you know checked it before it's been put on to the market but. Actually really it's not that's all it's more of a legal requirement fda approved cleared or evaluation safety or effectiveness is just something that you know a lot of these mats have to go through along with a gun. Into the us market it's not really a stamp for high quality a lot of time it's just spinning out some paperwork and putting on the market so again it's not like you sending your devices to the fda to be evaluated it's filling out some paperwork and registering on on the fda register.
Joshua 22:36
Yeah, it's quite sad really the things that these people do to mislead or try and trick the consumer into buying or choosing their product. But what would you say to someone now who might have watched this all the way to the end but still may be thinking these mats have multiple therapies, you know PEMF mats only have one. I'm still kind of considering one of these multi-therapy mats.
Andy Smith 22:58
Yes, this is a tricky, you know, a tricky question because at the end of the day, you know, we want to promote the benefits of PEMF therapy and for us to do an episode really saying how bad a certain PEMF device is or should we say a bunch of brands, PEMF devices all coming from the same area and manufacturers, you know, can be quite damaging for the market and we don't want that to be the case. But really, we struggled to find some good parts of these mats and now that we're seeing them completely flooding the market, you know, we feel it's our place to try and do something about this and spread awareness of these systems. At the end of the day, you know, some of these mats were better than others and the PEMF side of things, you know, you will get some benefit. You will get a very small amount of benefit. But very soon, you know, I would say in my opinion, these benefits will plateau and you're not going to get what I would consider the benefits from a PEMF system. But particularly, you know, one of the mats we tried was better than the other. The other one that was giving out dirty electricity, really poorly made, really poorly advertised and aggressively advertised, you know, that system, I wouldn't even put my body on a tool. So, you know, my advice is to avoid these systems if you can. Look for a PEMF device from an established brand that only specializes in PEMF, you know, if that's what you're looking to do, integrate PEMF therapy into your life. Don't try and, you know, cut corners by getting one of these mats that ticks hundreds of different boxes when, like we've mentioned, it's just kind of a box-ticking activity with so many different therapies. If your budget assists that these are one of the systems that, you know, you can afford, maybe use it as an entry level. But as we said before, you know, usually when you buy cheap, especially in PEMF therapy or something that you're trying to get therapeutic benefits from, you're going to end up buying twice. So I would say look for an established and better PEMF brand. Yeah, for sure. As we know, I should probably make it clear at the end of this episode, just so everyone's on the same page that, you know, these bar infrared PEMF mats or the multi-therapy mats, you know, they aren't all made the same and they aren't all made from the same manufacturers. It's probably we associated them as before in our 2004 review. You know, we've kept out the brand names for respect for those brands that are trying to raise the awareness of PEMF therapy and have a good knowledge and maybe do have a good version of these mats. But, you know, as far as our testing is concerned and, you know, what we're seeing from the market, what we're seeing from other PEMF professionals out there doing the testing is really, we haven't found a lot of good things unfortunately about these systems.
Joshua 25:41
Yeah, definitely, but as I was about to say, if you want to go back, listen to some more about these mats, we recommend listening to episode 48 with Steve Bradet and or episode 49 with Bryant Meyers, where we spoke loads more about these mats. But if you still have any questions about them, please make sure to leave them below this episode. Or really, if you have any questions in general, please leave them down there. While you're there, also make sure to subscribe, leave us a five-star rating on whatever audio platform you're on. It just helps us get more amazing guests on in the future and helps us make more and more of these episodes for you. But thanks again for listening to the PEMF podcast.