Stott Pilates Toning Ball

The materials used for these makes them easy to grip.

I got these to do simple muscle exercises after a serious injury. They are not too heavy and are very easy to grip.

This is the brand of toning balls that my barre / pilates studio uses but I originally bought a cheaper alternative toning ball to use at home. When the cheaper alternative arrived, I realised why these are more expensive - you can't really compare the quality. These are a great size to fit in the palm of your hand and the smaller size means that the weight in the balls is concentrated in your hand and doesn't move around the ball when you're using it (which happened with the cheaper option. They will get slightly misshapen with continued use according to how you hold them, but that is to be expected with this style of weight. I wouldn't but another brand now.

These are lovely to handle and feel so much more fluid in handling when doing Pilates and yoga type moves.My problem is with the packaging which has a plastic base to hold the bottom ball and a plastic separator between them, one on top of the other. The bottom ball is squished and marked (having a big protruding udder like shape underneath where it's pushed through the too small base) and no amount if turning it over and weighing it down returns it to its original shape. As the older design of these balls was bigger and not as attractive as these (with a made in Taiwan embossed underneath), I bought another lime 2 pack and again, the bottom ball was misshapen and the top ball had discolouration and speckles on it and felt more loose due to its bigger size.For such a high price I'd expect these to be more uniform in size and quality. Quality control needs addressing as does packaging.Otherwise they'd look good in any room which makes you more likely to pick them up and use them. The colour is very nice too, sort of more appley than in the photo.