Mickey2

I use the button controller the wrong way around (I think); I have my foot on top of the pedal and the big toe on the button (the power cord side is closer to the heal of my foot). There is a description or manual some where on the web on how it's suppose to be used. It shows a lady with shoes on and she has the heel on the floor and the tip of the shoe up against the button side of the controller. The shoe rests on the solid bakelite knob, and you press on the button with the right side of your shoe tip. I have tried it and it works. I think the manual was made in a time when leather soles were more common and women often had shoes with a one and a half inch shoes. Lots of shoe types will work just as well with this approach, not all though. In the house I tend to wear socks only and that's why I use it the wrong way around, it works very well for me.