The PlumBand Stretch Band for Dance and Ballet – Colors and Sizes for Kids & Adults – Improve Your Splits, Strength, and Flexibility with Stretching – Printed Instruction Booklet and Travel Bag

I was initially really happy with this stretch band after searching around online for decent one. But today it snapped :( I only used it a few times, I 'm going to send it back as only had it delivered 8 days ago*EDIT*The seller kindly sent me a new one free of charge, which I am grateful for to use again. So far so good ;)

My eight year old daughter has managed to snap this doing a stretch suggested in the manual. Disappointing considering the price.

I was immediately impressed with this product. The packaging is neat, simple and very inviting. Inside the box you are greeted with a little booklet with some stretches in and a friendly card to let you know what should be in the box. The instructions are easy to follow and I could really feel the difference in stretching straight away. I used to dance full time about 5 years ago but unfortunately dislocated my knee which put me out of action until recently. I was looking for something that could help me get back to doing the thing I love the most after losing most of my flexibility and muscle and this is certainly doing the job! The only thing I have to mumble about is, it made me feel a little apprehensive doing the first stretch in the booklet - it didn't feel like it was going to stretch enough- i am 5ft 7" and it only just feels big enough for that particular stretch. But apart from that, I highly recommend for all types of dancers. The drawstring bag it comes in is also very handy.

So easy to use, good quality material, generous width and length and beautiful colours. I have bought them all. Carry one to work to stretch during the day.

I just love the stretch.. its great for my feet and ankles. I love how the packaging is and it keeps it nice and neat. Can easily be placed in my bag when I go to dance. I love how it came with a thank you note and I love the booklet that shows certain stretches.

Excellent product, great packaging so I can keep it safe and clean while not in use. A nice easy to use guide book inside my daughter like looking at the images to select which stretch to do next. Thank you so much for the super fast delivery to.

We have both the long and short styles of these in our house, and I keep one in my locker at work too. As a family who do a lot of exercise, we have tried many ways to help us keep on top of stretching and improve or maintain our flexibility. The bands themselves are well made and very sturdy (they take a lot of abuse and use from us daily and are still going strong). We love the fact that we can customise our bands using the dots to form nice patterns and make them identifiable and unique. The stretches which accompany the bands are very easy to follow, even my 5year old can do her stretching just from a simple visual copy method. We take our bands everywhere with us in their little bag as they take up very little room in our luggage.

Okay so I really wanted to like this but I didn't. I wanted to like this not only because, obviously I paid for it and can't be bothered to return it, but also because this is very lightweight, compact in its own bag, and had it worked for me, it would be very nice to carry it around the gym easily. Hence the three stars. That being said, I'm 170 cm tall. I had to wrap it around my foot 5 times to get a proper arabesque or penchée stretch, and it still didn't work, at all. Kept out-stretching instead of staying firm and pulling my leg high. Will not name names, but I bought this one because I lost my beloved previous stretching tool of almost 10 years which was a bit of a hassle to carry around and now I will have to pay for it too. This one might come in handy in some context, but not developpés, that I know. Could help a complete beginner or a very inflexible person, though.P.S. Actually even in the picture you can see the dancer grabbing the band midway to hold her developpé because I can't imagine it working wrapped around your shoulder to keep your leg that high. I didn't read too much into the pictures and I regret it now.