The Sauna Belt joins a long line of crap products that claim to sweat away unwanted fat, eliminate cellulite, lose weight and ease muscle pain, all while sitting in the comfort of your own home. How does it work? The Velform Sauna Belt focuses the sauna heat on problematic body parts to ‘help’ flush out and eliminate toxins. Wait, there’s more! This portable sauna belt is great for the abdomen, waist, back and hips. Just apply the Velform Sauna Belt around the chosen body part and let the belt do all the work.

If it works as its operating principles claim, then harried housewives should be thin as supermodels after all, they’re hunched over hot dryers, hot stoves and hot gardens all day.

Check out some not so rave reviews by people who felt conned:

12/6/2007 - Erin writes:
While we did not have physical injuries, our son(age 3) found one of ours and plugged it in, covering it with his coat, to hide it I am sure. We found it when the smoke alarm went off, after it had melted the coat, itself and burned a hole in the carpet and subfloor. Attempts to contact the company have led us nowhere. I am very concerned that this could have led to a fire. It bothers me that the company is not accessable to resolve any issues. I feel like an idiot for having brought something like that into my home.

9/2/2007 - Corey writes:
we purchased the item. no hastle, and it came within 2 weeks. we got it and tried it, i put it on. started to watch tv. when the commercial started i pulled it off a little to see if my stomach was ok and there were red heat blisters all over my skin. i immidiatly took it off and threw it away. THIS PRODUCT IS A PAIN TRAP!

8/7/2007 - Nina writes:
I purchased this item. I actually received two. It was a complete scam. Do not purchase this. I worked up more sweat placing the order.

8/6/2007 - SARA writes:
Yes, you can loose something with this amazing sauna belt….YOUR TIME!! I have this product for almost a year and me and my daughter used it and we did not loose an inch, all that it does it’s got hot and burns your skin!!! Don’t waist your money with this thing!

6/27/2007 - Michael writes:
I bought one and all it did was make my back and stomach red with welts. I never sweat from using the product nor did I lose inches off my stomach. They never sent me the measuring tape which was supposed to accompany the product, and when the product fell apart after a few uses they neither sent me a new one nor refunded my money.