Friday, November 30, 2007

Say Hello To The Puppies at Allegro

We love our dogs so much here at Allegro that not only do we let them join us in the office on any-given normal workday, we also threw together a blog and a banner featuring the furry four-legged friends. Each one has their own personality and we enjoy the company of everyone that stops by the desks to say high or even...beg. Sigh, they should know better.

Read more about the pups at Allegro Medical on Squidoo at The Dog Family of Allegro Medical.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

The New Perfect Pushup Travel Edition

The New Perfect Pushup Travel Edition Pushup Handles

Allegro Medical has just gotten the 'ok' from BodyRev to begin selling the The Travel Edition of The Perfect Pushup Ultimate Pushup Handles. The Perfect Pushup Travel Edition features the same great rotating handles as the Perfect Pushup Original in a compact, travel-friendly size. The Perfect Pushup Travel Ultimate Pushup Handle weighs only 2 lbs.

Perfect Pushup Travel uses the latest advances in biomechanics and engineering to give you better results faster. Each handle snaps securely into a non-slip base and stows in a zippered neoprene case that's compact and easy to stash in your briefcase, backpack, or office drawer. Includes Power Travel Workout Cards that fit in a special inside pocket.

Perfect Pushup Travel Edition Ultimate Pushup Handles

Push ups are an ageless and established workout, and are performed by world class athletes, soldiers, and anybody looking to tone their chest, shoulders and arms. Push-ups develop the pectoral muscles and triceps, with additional benefits to the deltoids, serratus anterior, coracobrachialis and the midsection as a whole. Even though push-ups are a great exercise, they can put unnecessary stress on the joints in your wrists, elbows and shoulders by not allowing them to naturally rotate. This problem is remedied by the Perfect Pushups. Now you can take your fitness on the road as your keep your body safe with the Perfect Pushup Travel Edition.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

The Indo Balance Board

The Indo Balance Board

Here's a great balance training product from Allegro Medical. Indo Balance Board balance training products have been used extensively by professional athletes and in physical therapy clinics as a means to increase core body strength and improve balance and agility.

While the Indo Board and other balance trainers are used by surfers, snowboarders, wakeboarders and skateboarders, word has gotten out that anyone can benefit from an Indo Board workout. 'Indoing' as it’s called, with an Indo Board can be surprisingly intense and fun at the same time.
Indo Balance Board Balance Trainer
Unlike stepping on a treadmill to grind out a couple miles, exercising on the Indo Board is simply a blast. When you first step on the Indo Board, even while holding on to something for support, you will feel the rush of exhilaration that comes with knowing that you might, at any moment, find yourself face-down on the floor noticing that it’s time again to get the carpet steam-cleaned. Soon though, you will gain the experience to ride the Indo Board for hours at a time while improving muscle tone, balance and agility. If you are into boardsports, from kiteboarding to surfing, you will benefit from your land-work with the Indo Board.

Check out Squidoo.com for more on the Indo Board.

The Results Are In!

The results are in and the winners of the iPod sweepstakes have been announced, thanks for participating and Happy Holidays from all of us at Allegro!

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Save up To 68% on These Holiday Gift Ideas

Save up To 68% on These Holiday Gift Ideas

It's all about finding the unique gifts that stand out to someone, the gifts that truly express how you feel about the person you love. Here are a couple of ideas from Allegro Medical with special pricing for the Holiday season.

Visuo 8" Digital Picture Frame
The gift of the season seems to be the Visuo 8" Digital Picture Frame. The Digital Picture Frames were a popular gift last year and they are back by popular demand. This one from Visuo has a full 64MB of internal memory, which gives it twice as many photos as some competing models. Plus, full compatibility with a wide range of memory cards and memory sticks lets you use it with the equipment you have now. The Visuo 8" Digital Picture Frame also has a speaker that allows you to play MP3 audio as background music. These are offered at a discount of 39% off!
Digital Picture Frame Gifts this Holiday Season

Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock with Bed Shaker
The new Sonic Bomb Loud Alarm Clock AKA “The Bomb”, has been designed for guys of all ages on a mission. The Loud Alarm Clock comes complete with a ground shaking super-charged bed shaker, and turbo-charged 113db extra loud alarm. Good luck sleeping through alarm. Save up to 30% on all Sonic Alert Alarm Clocks.
Save on Sonic Alert Alarm Clocks

7" Widescreen Portable DVD Player
This is the answer to the Holiday road-trips and flights this season. If there's anyway to shorten a Holiday trip home, it's a great movie playing on the Axion 7" Widescreen Portable DVD Player. The Portable DVD Player has built in speakers so your family can enjoy the movies with your but there is also a headphone jack for the fifth time you restart Finding Nemo while your brother tries to get some shut eye without hearing Dori go nuts. The DVD Player is now priced at 34% off at Allegro Medical.
Portable DVD Player

Fold 'N Away Transport Chair
The Invacare Fold 'N Away Transport Chair is lightweight at only 16 pounds and folds away for easy storage making this the ultimate transport chair and it's priced just right for Holiday travel at 68% off. The Fold 'N Away Transport Chair Assembles in seconds simply by taking it out of the bag and unfolding.
Fold 'N Away Transport Chair for Holiday Travel

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Win a New 8GB iPod Nano

Free 8GB iPod Nano

Guess what? At Allegro we're having a sweepstakes event where anyone can just submit their name, e-mail, and physical address into a bin for a drawing and they will become eligible to win the iPod as well as other great prizes. Names can be submitted until Monday November 26th, 2007 11:59 PM Mountain Standard Time and drawings for the prizes will be held on Tuesday November 27th, 2007. But that's not all, Allegro is also offering Free Shipping on most orders $99 and over until the 26th of November as well so if you need medical supplies, now is the time to buy. It's just something cool that we wanted to do for the upcoming Holidays to show our appreciation to our customers.
Enter for your chance to win an iPod 8GB Nano
The sweepstakes deal is featured in today's E-Catalog. So checkout the iPod Sweepstakes page on AllegroMedical.com and enter for your chance to win. No purchase necessary.

Swinging Door Hinge - Offset Door Hinges

Swinging Door Hinge - Offset Hinges

Ever had trouble trying to fit wide objects like furniture or wheelchairs through seemingly narrow door openings? Wouldn't it be nice to have an extra couple of inches of clearance so the daily morning battle with the bathroom door can be eliminated? Finally, there is a solution to your problems.

Allegro Medical presents the Offset Door Hinges with a Brass Finish. The offset door hinges fit 3-hole side measurements of 2" x 3.5" and they widen Your Doorways by 2" swinging the door completely clear of the opening. These offset hinges offer the extra 2" in doorways for clearance of wheelchairs and walkers. The Swinging Door Hinge allows you to use existing hinge holes and screws.
The Offset Door Hinges

DMI Swinging Door Hinge - Offset Door Hinges w/ Brass Finish

Monday, November 19, 2007

Invacare Overbed Table

Here's a cool item from the Daily Living Aids category on Allegro Medical's website. It is the Invacare Auto-Touch Overbed Table. The Overbed Table is practical and is an easy to use unit for home or institutional use.

The height of the overbed tables easily adjusts for comfort while reading, writing or eating and they feature an attractive walnut wood-grained laminate top with a T-molded edge that's designed to resist damage. The heavy-gauge chrome-plated, tubular, welded steel construction ensures durability, and the 1.5" casters ensure smooth mobility of the table in any direction. A light upward touch on patented spring-loaded locking handle allows the overbed table to elevate freely. The Invacare Overbed Table can support up to 50 pounds in the lowest position making it as durable as overbed tables come.

Friday, November 16, 2007

A Letter from the President & Founder of Allegro Medical

Here is a letter from the president of Allegro Medical:

"Hello, my name is Craig Hood and I’m the President and Founder of Allegro Medical.

We’re a small business run by family and friends, competing with corporate giants like Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, Drugstore.com and Amazon. Although we’re small, our capabilities are big, our product selection is huge and our prices low. We don’t have budgets for multi million-dollar TV advertising campaigns or hopes of sponsoring a professional sports arena. Instead, we have spent time and money building automation into our business. This helps keep our overhead expenses down and our prices competitive with the giants. However, at the end of the day, it’s your decision to order from us that matters. So this is our “advertising”, so to speak. We have lots of great products and wonderful gift ideas for family and friends.

Please consider shopping with Allegro Medical or other small businesses this Christmas season.

Remember small businesses support America. In fact, small businesses like Allegro Medical represent 99.7% of all employers nationwide and account for more then 50% of jobs in the private sector. I would guess that many of you whom I am writing today likely work for a small company. So on with our self promotion and holiday advertising... Here’s What′s Hot This Season Allegro offers lots of great gift items, many of which you would expect to find in any of the "Big Box" stores. Here are a few suggestions on what′s hot this holiday season.

Here’s What’s New at Allegro Medical in 2007 We continue to pioneer in our industry, launching the new “Shop by Condition”, a way to better find the products and supplies needed to treat and deal with a wide variety of medical conditions. Similarly, we are getting ready to launch the next innovative way to shop our website – “Shop by Body Part”. Enjoy this innovative and fun new feature with serious search results and let me know what you think. I would love to hear your feedback on this feature or any feature or improvement that would help us serve you better. Please email me anytime and to ensure your email makes it past all of our mail filters put “Craig Please Read my Feedback” in the subject line. We have added a “News Blog” section to the site and begun publishing useful guides to help select products. Last month we added “Google Checkout” as a payment option allowing our customers another more convenient way to purchase from our website.

Company History Our Company was started in 1996 with the idea of helping people. You see, for years I worked with people living with developmental disabilities and others recovering from traumatic head injuries and strokes. I understood the challenges in finding people the products needed for their recovery or to achieve more independence in their lives. The Internet seemed the perfect way to share great products with millions of people. So, we started off selling medical equipment and home health care products on the Internet in 1997. In fact, we were the very first in our industry to begin selling online. Since then, we have expanded into other areas like:

Our first website offered about 500 products. Today we have more than 45,000. We have about 40 employees in our Tempe, AZ location that handle Customer Service, Product Management, IT and Accounting. We ship from distribution points around the country and on average, orders are delivered in about 3 days. Our Company is a fun place to work and a "dog friendly" environment. It′s not uncommon to see a Dakota (Black Lab), Angie (Beagle) or Tanner (Terrier) wandering the office in search of an unattended sandwich. We offer our staff good benefits, time off with pay, insurance, disability, pet insurance and much more. Please remember to tell your friends and family about Allegro Medical. We′re small enough to care but big enough to provide the service you deserve.

Best Wishes,

Craig Hood
President
Allegro Medical
www.AllegroMedical.com"

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Holiday Gift Ideas

Time flies quicker and quicker

Wow, it went by fast but the holidays are upon us once again and you know what that means, 'Tis the season for giving. But the fellas over at Allegro Medical call it the season for savings. They scurry into the wide-world-of suppliers to find the best products and offer them to their customers at low, competitive prices.

Now if you're like most people, (me especially) then you're having trouble finding gifts for the sister that doesn't like to do anything or the brother that likes to do everything. What about your cousin who takes all of your gifts that piles them into the closet with the rest of his gifts from previous years? And how do you choose something for the well-off Uncle who already has everything he wants? Those hard to shop for people in life are just so...well...hard to shop for. Luckily there is a solution to that this year with unique Holiday Gift Ideas for everyone on your list.

Allegro Medical has a huge product catalog of over 40,000 thousand products so there is something for everyone. From healthy individuals that love to keep track of their heart rate during their morning jogs to those with conditions such as low vision or hard-of-hearing and everything in between. Be sure to check out our Gift Categories, they are bound to have that special gift that your friend or family member are looking for!

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Shop by Body Part

Allegro Medical Launches 'Shop by Body Part'

Here is a very cool application launched by Allegro Medical called 'Shop by Body Part' which enables users to click on the corresponding area of the snowman that is giving them pain and they get a page of results back with relief and assistance to remedy the situation. For instance, if someone has a bit of pain in their right elbow, all they need to do is simply mouse over the right arm and click on 'right elbow' to get elbow splints and braces of all types and sizes. The page theme for this holiday season is Shop by Snowman so take a browse at the page if time permits.

The 'Shop by Body Part' application was developed to make searching easier for customers with pain in certain areas of their body.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Suffering from Sleep Apnea?

Sleep Better This Holiday Season

The holidays are a tough time of year amidst all of the comfort and joy in the air. There are the decorations, party-planning, budgeting, and of course, countless hours in the sea of masses at malls and shopping centers all trying to find the perfect gift for the special someones in their lives. And the best part is that you get to juggle all of that with the normal everyday activities that you get to participate in throughout the year. I'm talking about the bill-paying, commuting, working, yard-cleaning, and financing activities. Now don't get me wrong, I love the holiday season. It is absolutely my most favorite time of the year, but the ability to alleviate some stress and get some good sleep makes family time a lot more enjoyable.

Now whether your can't sleep because you need to stop snoring or relax a bit more in bed, Allegro Medical has a few good reasons why they're certain they can help you get better rest at night, five good reasons in fact:

  1. Noiselezz Snore Wizard - Snore Wizard Snoring Mouthpiece Offering Effective Snoring Relief

  2. Snore No More Anti-Snoring Pillow - Stop Snoring! The 'Stop Snoring so You Can Get Some Rest' Pillow

  3. Better Sleep Side Sleeper Pillow - The Better Sleep Pillow fir Side-Sleepers and Those Suffering from Sleep Apnea

  4. Dream Pillow - The Ultimate Therapeutic Pillow That Gives Customized Comfort and Support

  5. Snoring Chin Strap - Snoring Treatment Snoring Chin Strap for Supporting and Positioning Your Neck for A Better Night of Sleep


So go ahead, Stop Snoring and Start Sleeping. Then you can be sure you'll have the energy to last through all of the Holiday festivities.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Allegro Medical Announces Google Checkout Offer!

AllegroMedical.com Announces it's Launch of Google Checkout!

In today's Google Checkout E-Catalog Allegro Medical is offering $5 off of every order $50 and more through Google Checkout! Simply add an item to your cart, use promo code 'google5' and select 'Google Checkout' as your payment option for your savings.

With Google Checkout, users can take advantage of a secure checkout process with a secure account set up through Google. Checkout by Google is a huge time-saver allowing you to enter your payment and shipment information one time only for sites across the web that accept Google Checkout as payment option. This offer is available for a limited time only so order today and save! Don't forget to read about the official blog entry on Google Checkout at Allegro Medical.

Take a quick tour of Google Checkout

Google Checkout - safe, fast and secure

Monday, November 5, 2007

Introducing The DryPro Waterproof Ostomy Cover

The Dry Pro for Ostomy Protection

Dry Pro (formerly known as XeroSox) has always been able to promise and deliver on waterproof covers so those with a cast or PICC Line can still get wet and stay dry! Now introducing the Dry Pro Waterproof Ostomy Cover for Ostomy protection. The DryPro Ostomy cover has a comfortable yet snug fit during showers, baths, water-balloon fights and even laps around the pool.

So if you've just had an ostomy procedure done and you need wet protection, go ahead, get wet and stay dry!

Be sure to check out the other Dry Pro Waterproof Covers.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

SmartGlobe 3D Interactive Globe Named Educational Toy of The Year!

Oregon Scientific SmartGlobe 3D Interactive Globe

A recent article featured on the Forbes Magazine website stated some well deserved notoriety for the SmartGlobe 3D Interactive Globe from Oregon Scientific. The SmartGlobe was just named Educational Toy of The Year by The Toy Industry Association. The title recognizes products that help to develop special skills or knowledge in children.

The Oregon Scientific SmartGlobe actually grows with the child because it continuously updates via the internet. The SmartGlobe has always been a favorite among parents as the article states " The SmartGlobe has also been recognized by other leading parenting organizations including Dr. Toy ("10 Best Educational Products"), iParenting Media, The Great American Toy Test, The National Parenting Center and Toy Wishes Magazine."

With numerous awards and an increased knowledge base, the SmartGlobe 3D Interactive Globe puts a little bit more presence on the map right before this holiday shopping season.