Re: Grounding/Earthing Testimony

Howdy Jim, Uny here...

The last paragraph quote that you pasted from the manufacture is what I am referring to. If you use the 10 x 20 inch carbonized rubber Mat without the optional cover, but instead with wearing light cotton socks, you will get a ground. Also again the rubber mat if used in your bed, it will make a conductive ground connection through very light cotton PJs or socks.  Yet both the book and Willowley's and I's phone calls 'say' that bare skin contact is preferable.  I'm no electro-whiz, but anyone with even a bit of knowledge of electricity & grounding knows that it's best to have a 'direct connection' rather than one through 'light cotton'.  They recommended to Willowley to NOT use the cover for the mat (that they enclose) for the best ground...even though it's made of conductive fiber.

The Earthing Sheet products will Not do this, as they are not as intensely conductive it seems as the rubber mat. The problem with the mat though is that it is small for the bed. But I do know many people using the mat only in the bed with great results.  Hmmm, I'm always willing to learn - can you define more clearly the phrase "intensely conductive"?  And explain why you feel a conductive sheet would be "less conductive" than a conductive mat.  I've already got a list of questions for the Institute, and I'll be including that one when I email them.

I want to state that I am a retailer for the Earthing products from the manufacture you are referring to so I know what I am talking about.  With all due respect (and I mean that sincerely and I'm not trying to be sarcastic) - but being a retailer for any product does not necessarily ensure "knowing".  There is product tester also which will indicate if there is flow from the product into the person's body which also verifies that it works with some light clothing, but the best results is how well you sleep and feel in the morning.

Yes, I've used the 'product tester' quite a bit, and see quite clearly that the sheet is conductive, the mat is conductive, and that a light cotton piece of fabric doesn't hinder the 'green light' coming on.  So the 'product tester' obviously doesn't test (as you said) the "intensity" of the ground connection.  In fact, Katie (at earthing.com) was quite clear that the 'product tester' doesn't test for a ground, but rather it tests merely for 'conductivity' (something I've also got on my list of questions for the Institute, because her response doesn't resonate correctly with me).    When I apply the 'product tester' to my skin and I'm standing on the mat, the light comes on - but when I'm standing on rubber-soled shoes, the light does NOT come on.  I'm definitely "conductive" whether I'm grounded or not, eh?  So the tester must test for a ground connection.

I definitely have no intention of "detailing this to death" - after all 'a ground is a ground is a ground' - it's certainly not rocket-science, nor do I want anyone on this forum stressing about unneccesary details.  But as a forum owner (and Willowley as a moderator), well, we both take this responsibility very seriously.  So I hope we're not conveying disrespect; this topic (and these products) is still in it's 'scientific infancy' (although grounding has been used therapeutically for centuries).  We just want to work through the conflicting statements/info to make sure we've "got it right" when it comes to the details.

Blessings,

Unyquity