PainGone Plus TENS Pen — Save Your Money, Bestie
Price: $69 (Instagram impulse buy… don't judge me)
Claim: "Drug-free pain relief in 30–60 seconds!"
My verdict: I have questions. And a refund link.
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Introduction
If you live with chronic pain, you already know the drill: you start collecting devices, creams, gadgets, crystals, essential oils, heating pads, and every "miracle" thing Instagram throws at you… because you're desperate for relief that isn't addictive.
Same.
I had scoliosis surgery in December 2020 — rods, screws, the whole bionic-spine package — and the pain?
Let's say it didn't exactly pack its bags and leave. If anything, it unpacked, redecorated, and asked for a Wi-Fi password.
I've done opioids; I've done the weaning-off part; I REFUSE to go down that road again.
So when the PainGone Plus TENS Pen popped up in an Instagram ad promising "drug-free, instant pain relief," I clicked faster than a mom hiding snacks from her kids.
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The Product
First off, they sell three-packs of these pens on their website. THREE.
Why?
For who?
Are they assuming one will break, and the other two will make up for the trauma?
When it arrived, I popped it out of the box, didn't read the directions (as one does), and sat there like, "Why isn't this thing working?"
You have to hold it a particular way for it to activate. Ugh. That’s annoying.
My aunt warned me: "It shocked the shit out of me."
So now I'm nervous.
I handed it to my husband — human guinea pig — and he felt… nothing.
So I try it.
I feel… barely something like the ghost of a cheap battery trying to tingle me from the afterlife.
Pain relief in 30–60 seconds?
Absolutely not.
Pain relief at all?
From this thing?
Nah.
And listen: I've had real TENS units. Big ones. Small ones. Clippy ones. Wireless ones.
This one is hands-down the worst I've ever tried.
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What Their Website Claims
Here's the fantasy:
"It's drug-free, works fast, and is great for a whole range of aches and pains."
"Relief is often instant!"
"Just 30–60 seconds!"
"Revolutionary, compact, no wires!"
"Pain relief in less time than it takes to brew a coffee!"
Here's the reality IMBHO:
My coffee was done faster AND worked better.
If this is "powerful stimulation," my toddler's toy robot is stronger.
I don't know how you sold 2 million of these, but I'd like to see the refund statistics, please and thank you.
They also say it's "TENS therapy used in hospitals around the world."
Sure. TENS therapy is legit.
THIS pen? Not the same thing.
This is TENS therapy's sad cousin who shows up uninvited to the cookout, brings nothing, and leaves with a to-go plate.
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So… Does It Work?
No.
I wish.
But absolutely no.
And trust me, I want something drug-free to work. I need it. My spine needs it. Chronic pain affects people everywhere.
But this ain't it, and I'm not letting anyone waste their money hoping it might magically do what it doesn't.
Final Verdict (aka Save Your Coins)
If you're chasing pain relief?
If you're exhausted?
If you want SOMETHING that works?
IMBHO: Hard No. This one is all hype and no healing.
