Trib Tested: PedEgg Power
The claim: The PedEgg Power cordless electric callus remover turns dry heels baby-smooth in minutes. PedEgg Power's battery-operated automatic pumice rotates at 2,000 spins per minute to remove dry, cracked skin, revealing flawless feet and even hands. Unlike traditional pumices that require scraping back and forth, PedEgg Power is easy and fun. Each Ped Egg Power comes with a second, complimentary pumice head.
Cost: $14.99
Where: Retailers including Walmart, Target and CVS or www.PedEggPower.com
I've had calloused dancer's feet for more than half my life, so I am always looking for ways to reshape my feet. I tried the PedEgg Power after a winter of boots and running shoes. The device was easy to use, and I liked that it was cordless, but it didn't remove callouses as much as smoothed them.
Dry winter skin is something most people learn to live with. Especially on their feet, which remain unseen for the majority of the year. Others live with hard, cracked heels year-round.
To protect the innocent, I will simply say that the feet of the person I tried the PedEgg Power on are softer than I've seen them in years. Yes, years.
The rotating pumice wheel (and said person's heels) reminded me of the scene out of “Dumb and Dumber,” where Lloyd gets a pedicure with a grinder — but on a much smaller scale. And does it work? After just a few minutes using the PedEgg Power, my “friend's” heels were free of dead skin. Smooth and ready for some lotion. Because the cracks in these heels were so deep, it did not completely rid them after just one use, but socks could be put on without snagging the material. That was a huge improvement.
Three days later, the heels were still smooth, even without another treatment. We decided to see how well the PedEgg would work if we used it a few days in a row, and I am happy to report that even the heels that could have competed for the most dry and cracked in town are just about flip-flop ready.
The PedEgg is battery-powered, which is nice, but the cover is a little tricky to get off. It comes with an extra head that has a little softer-grade pumice, but it worked well on my feet to simply smooth and exfoliate.
Take note, though, because you will be ridding your body of the dry skin, it needs somewhere to fall. … I would recommend treatment over a small garbage can or, at the very least, a paper towel to catch all that dead skin.
Calloused, cracked and, well, crusty. Winter — and my lack of a pedicure since flip-flop season — have taken a toll on my tootsies.
Long a fan of the PedEgg, I was super-stoked to try PedEgg Power. And the timing couldn't have been better, with an imminent trip to Las Vegas, meaning a few days in sandals.
I'll admit to being leery that the battery-operated PedEgg would be as effective as the original, manual one. There's no substitute for elbow grease, right?
I'm a skeptic no more. After ransacking the house and eventually pillaging the remote control to find two AA batteries that actually worked, I was ready to smooth my soles.
I easily attached the nano-abrasion head and went to work on the perpetual callouses under my big toes and the rough, cracked skin on my heels. Within a minute or so, with minimal effort, they were gone.
When I was done, I switched to the smoothing attachment for a final pass.
If there's anything to complain about, it's a minor design flaw. When I briefly turned the PedEgg at an angle, the shaved skin that had accumulated inside was dumped onto my lap. Gross, but at least I was on my way into the shower.
