Elvie Pelvic Floor Trainer Review

Personal Experience

Elvie do recommend checking with a healthcare professional first if you have any pelvic floor or related issues and I would highly recommend doing that before jumping in with pelvic floor exercises as they can exacerbate some problems, especially if you aren’t doing them correctly.

Getting Set Up

The Games

The Gains

Design

I love the design of the Elvie! It's cute, minimalistic and non-intimidating, which is exactly what you would want in a pelvic floor trainer! The device itself is pretty small and solid but covered in lovely soft silicone. The tail sits nicely outside of your body and didn't feel uncomfortable at all for me. It also makes removing the Elvie Trainer really easy. You also get a small silicone cover for the device to make it a little larger and easier to grip. I also really love the charging/storage case as you can leave it out to charge while still being discreet and keeping the device from getting dusty.

Ease of Use

The Elvie Trainer was incredibly easy to connect to the app and it took just a few minutes to get started with the training exercises. Once in the app, you have the option to put in some more information to customise the training to your needs. You can select your age, whether you have children, and your reasons for using the Elvie Trainer — I selected better sex because what better reason to do anything! I would have liked more information and instruction about pelvic floor exercises though.

Quality

I would say this is a quality device that performs very well and picks up the movements quite well. You do have to keep your phone relatively close to maintain bluetooth connection but that's not really a problem as you are holding to see the screen anyway. The device feels very well-made as does the charging case.

Price

The Elvie is quite the investment, and as such, I would only recommend it to those who have been advised to do pelvic floor exercises for a specific purpose and have been given a training plan.

Performance

I would say the Elvie overall lived up to my expectations, the only thing that really lets it down is that it sometimes cannot tell if you are performing the exercise correctly. I would say it does a better job than just using kegel balls but you can still end up doing a whole lot of work using the wrong muscles if you don't know what you are doing.

Packaging

The Elvie Trainer packaging was very clean, fresh and elegant, with just the name and a picture on the front. It's a nice sturdy box and the product is presented nicely inside. It would make a great storage box if you want to keep all the bits together.

Materials and care

The Elvie Trainer is completely waterproof and covered in body safe silicone, so it's nice and easy to clean! Simply use some warm water and fragrance-free soap to give it a thorough clean before and after each use. You should only use water-based lube with the Elvie Trainer to protect the silicone.

Special feature

The main draw of the Elvie is that it connects to an app and allows to visualise your workout by playing games. As you tense your pelvic floor muscles, you move a gem up on the screen, and you relax them, it moves down. In each game you must hit certain targets that focus on 6 different skills to train your pelvic floor: strength, lift, pulse, hold, speed, and step. You can choose between three different goals: maintain fitness, build strength, or challenge yourself, and this dictates whether you train once, three times, or five times a week. You also have the option to set yourself reminders to train. It also allows to track your progress across sessions and see where you are making improvements and areas to work on.