Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I waited 4 months before posting my results concerning this earthing "theory" just to be fair and give it a chance... I read Earthing 4 times and found it so fascinating. Even though the anecdotal stories in the book are quite exciting, I figured at the very least it might be a supportive health player along with eating healthy, getting enough sleep, exercising, clean air etc. I ordered the mat knowing I was going to be able to use it almost all day and night as I work at home in front of the computer and would also use it while sleeping. Basically I was able to spend about 20 hours a day for 4 months in contact with the mat. I first used it a couple weeks but experienced absolutely no differences in how I felt...good or bad. I assumed that maybe a placebo- like affect would have at least gotten my body to think some good was happening, but nothing did. My lack of any physical differences were kind of puzzling since so many stories in the book mentioned many positive overnight reactions to a few ailments, some of which I had been experiencing myself for a couple years prior. Supposedly even that of the the main author were differences he felt in just one night. He tells of how he hooked up metal duct tape to a grounded wire and slept on it for one night and noticed such a big difference in his sleep and well-being that he apparently felt compelled to devote his time and money into more research. Obviously if it had been me sleeping on grounded duct tape my lack of well-being would have had me immediately moving on to some other theory to test, but not him. Many stories are included in the book about fairly quick changes in peoples health. I think I remember one story concerning Lupus which now seems kind of hard to believe. Since nothing seemed to be happening, I called one of the companies involved with the mat. Soon I was trading emails back and forth with someone closely connected to the Earthing book and products. I don't want to give the name as I'm going to quote some of our correspondence in this review but I want you to know that this is someone extremely involved with the book and the earthing products. In the meantime I also spent another $40 dollars to buy a voltmeter after watching Clint and several others on youtube show how to check to see if the mat is actually working correctly. Initially my first thought was the grounding wire was broken. But my mat tested correct according to the youtube instructions, the voltage did lower when I touched the grounded mat. Of course the theory, according to the book, is that this lowering of body voltage is supposed to be beneficial. I have tested my outlet and tested the mat. I emailed my connection about why I wasn't noticing any differences after so many hours on the mat, why there could be so many other people posting online about also not getting any benefit...was this just another scam to sell books and expensive sheets? These are a couple of the actual responses: "In many cases it takes 12-16 weeks for a good healing process." Ok, fine. I've given it many weeks/months, many hours. "As far as the the negative reviews you saw at Amazon.com are concerned, they were written by idiots who never read the book but just dismissed the concept out of hand. Best to read the positive reviews. But please keep in mind that nothing is 100 percent and works for everybody." The last response pretty much got me figuring this whole thing is just a scam. I was experiencing no health differences yet I had never "dismissed the concept out of hand", I knew I had read the book numerous times, watched every video online and was spending many hours on the mat every day. Eventually I was asked about a long list of health issues I might have. I found this list of diseases that apparently Earthing has no positive affects on, kind of strange since the book has numerous health challenges grounding seemed to affect in a positive way in a fairly short amount of time. So, I was told that negative reviews are only written by idiots. I'm only writing this to share my experiences with Earthing. In full disclosure, I was eventually given the chance to return my mat and get my money back. I didn't- as I know in several years I'm sure I'll be stupid enough to plug it in again once I move to a new apartment...out of curiosity I guess. For those of you who this legitimately worked for...Congrats. I just wanted the rest of you who innocently gave this a try and spent money on earthing products and haven't experienced anything like what the book espouses--and written about it here...your not alone. It was utterly worthless for me also. And for those of you who think we were kind of silly for even giving this a chance...We/I aren't scientist. Granted there aren't any legit scientific studies despite what the authors says, but for me it seemed like a common sense kind of thing. I watched Clint on numerous interviews with Dr Mercola and he really seemed like a nice guy and he seemed to think this would help people. His sincerity is what helped me decide to give this a try. After all, it was only a small money investment on my part...and I had plenty of time to give to the mat. I'm not trying to cause trouble for Clint. He seems nice enough. I'm just not sure this whole thing is worth devoting time and money to. I live in a very large city where I haven't been in physical contact with the ground in over 11 years. So in my mind I wondered if that was having any sort of negative health affects on me. Apparently not. Good luck ya'll...good health, however you find it.