Personal Pedi Review (Mar. 2015 Update)

My review of Personal Pedi by Laurant. This product is advertised as a solution for men and women who suffer from callused feet and hands.

What is Personal Pedi?

Personal Pedi is a hand-held motorized device which includes a roller that is applied to problem areas. There are two roller attachments: A mineral roller and a buffing roller. It spins at 2500 RPM and is said to remove calluses by applying the spinning roller to calluses. The product is not rechargeable and uses two AA batteries, which are not included.

The official website is personalpedi.com, which was registered in July 2014. A trademark registration was filed in July 2014.

How much does Personal Pedi cost?

The product costs $19.95 plus $7.95 shipping for a total cost of  $27.90. Replacement rollers are offered for an additional $7.95 shipping, bringing your total to $35.85.

It does not appear that Personal Pedi is in stores as of this writing. If you’ve seen it in stores, drop a comment below.

Television commercial

Below is a television ad for Personal Pedi, which has been airing in late 2014.

Transcript of the TV commercial above:

Are you embarrassed by your constant losing battle with callused feet? You’ve tried filing and scraping, and your feet still are not smooth!

Introducing the amazing Personal Pedi! Just one press and Personal Pedi does all the rest. You just roll the callus away with the rotating micro-mineral that quickly removes hard, ugly calluses leaving your feet callus free! Then finish with the buffing roller. Buff, smooth, and massage your feet! It looks and feels so good!

Look, you went from this to this, and it felt like a foot massage.

And to clean, remove the roller and rinse under water. The secret is the 1800 RPM rotation of the mineral roller that loosens and lifts the hard ugly calluses. The smoothing roller leaves a polished, perfect look and feel.

“When I first used the Personal Pedi, I knew it was the real deal. It saves time, it does a great job, and my feet feel so good, and I’m not afraid to wear my sexy heels again.”

This revolutionary foot-care system is waterproof, so you can use right in the shower.

“I just don’t have time to battle with my calluses all day. Now that I can do it in the shower, its part of my daily routine.”

Just look at the difference!

“I can not remember the last time my heels were soft. Now with my Personal Pedi, they look and feel amazing.”

With the Personal Pedi, you can even remove those stubborn hand calluses. Look, gone right before your eyes!

Order your Personal Pedi with removal roller plus smooth and polish roller all for only $19.95, but hold on, replacement rollers can be expensive. Order today and receive your free Lifetime Replacement Certificate for both rollers! You heard right, you’ll get the Personal Pedi kit with two rollers plus the Lifetime Replacement Certificate and our 90-Day Satisfaction Callus-Free Guarantee, all for only $19.95! This offer is not available in stores! Order now!

To get your Personal Pedi call 1-800-709-3121. This offer’s not available in stores, so call 1-800-709-3121. That’s 1-800-709-3121, and order your Personal Pedi today.

Personal Pedi Review and Observations

Some products have become mainstays of late night As Seen on TV programming: Knives, choppers, makeup… and callus removers. In late 2014 Personal Pedi has become the latest entrant in the crowded callus remover arena.

If the design of Personal Pedi looks familiar, that’s because there are several other products already on the market which sport a similar design, as discussed below. Personal Pedi is operated by running the spinning mineral roller over dry, callused areas. Ideally, the rotation of the roller will remove dry, dead, callused skin. I recently had a chance to try out Personal Pedi, and here I offer my observations.

• Motor – When reading reviews for roller-type callus removers, you’ll find that the strength of the motor will make or break this type of product. I found the power of the motor for Personal Pedi to be adequate for removing skin – provided I didn’t press too hard. Pressing too hard or using weak batteries will degrade the quality of performance significantly.
• Battery life – This will depend on the user, but in my case the original batteries are still working, so I would say that battery drain is not excessive. The fact that Personal Pedi is not rechargeable, however, is one of the product’s biggest design flaws.
• Cleanup – One facet of callus removal which is not depicted in the commercials is that of skin particles falling to the floor below. When you use Personal Pedi, you may want to do it over a towel or somewhere that will collect the skin as it is removed.
• Buffer – Although the buffer is included to “give a polished look,” this is not the product’s selling point, and I only used it one time, and found it of little use.
• Time – Adequately treating both feet does take time. This means that there is a certain time investment required. I can see how an impatient user may be inclined to press harder in hopes of speeding up the process, which will actually make the product work less efficiently.

After a week of use, I would say that my results were moderate. Not as stark as those shown in the advertising, but certainly some improvement was achieved.

Similar Products

Callus removers have been on the market for decades, and several have gone the As Seen on TV route.  The Pedi Egg is a handheld (not motorized) callus remover, while Callus Clear is a liquid that is applied to calluses.

There is a device by Emjoi called Micro-Pedi which looks quite similar to Personal Pedi. That product has excellent reviews and retails for about $30 to $40. There is also a Nano model which has a different design and is about $10 cheaper. Another device called Pedi Perfect is also available in stores for about $40.

In December 2014, Amope Pedi Perfect has been advertising on television. This product has a very similar design to Personal Pedi, and is available in stores for about $40. It is highly rated on most sites, such as Target.com, where it boasts a 4.5 star rating. Refills for that product are available for about $15.

Google Trends

As you can see from the chart below, Personal Pedi began appearing on Google Trends in the summer of 2014 and interest surged in December and January 2015. It appears that the advertising began tapering in February of 2015.

Bottom Line

Personal Pedi is an adequate As Seen on TV callus remover. Its moderately-powered motor will prove to be sufficient to some users, but not all. Patience is required to achieve results, and the time investment may be surprising to some consumers. If you can wait until it arrives in stores, you may want to go that route. You may also want to consider one of the other highly-rated callus removers with similar designs before making your final decision.

Your Reviews

If you’ve used Personal Pedi, let me hear your thoughts in the comments below.

Updated March 13, 2015
Originally published November 2014