20 Aug 10 Inada Massage Chairs Review
You may already be aware that the Japanese design and produce the best massage chairs. It’s not surprising, considering that more than 20 percent of Japanese households have a robotic massage chair. It’s therefore not difficult to understand the kind of competitive market Japan would have. As a result, the quality and sophistication and of the brands of Japanese massage chairs is far superior to what non-Japanese makers have to offer. Therefore, if you really like to buy a quality massage chair, go for a Japanese one.
Inada i.2 Massage Chair (HCP-i.2A)
The Inada i 2 priced for about $3,300 combines the latest technical innovations like acupressure optical sensors and armrest vibration with modish good looks that would easily go to match the decor of any living room. The Upper Body Massage includes:
* Rolling: 1 speed
* Kneading: 6 speeds
* Rhythmic Acupressure: 1 speed
* Tapping (Percussive Massage): 4 speeds
* Roller Width: Adjustable to 3 settings (narrow, medium and wide)
The Lower Body Massage consists of air massage that provides three settings low, medium and high.
Inada ROBO Massage Chair (HCP-D5)
The Inada Robo Chair costs around $5,800. It is the first to introduce 3D roller mechanism. So far, this has been the only one to offer a massage mechanism that pushes the rollers out for a deeper massage or withdraws the rollers for a more gentle massage. The rollers turn around very much like real human wrists and imitate the fine movements of a professional massager. Its optical sensors automatically determine the shape of your body and adjust accordingly to exactly fit you, making the ROBO a real shiatsu massage chair. Another important feature that helps promotes its sales is the voice-activated control system. Yes, you can verbally command the chair to change massage program, turn features on and off, recline or sit upright without ever having to press any button.
Inada ROBOSTIC Massage Chair (HCP-D6A)
The Inada ROBOSTIC chair costing about $6,800 can truly claim to be the world’s most advanced robotic massage chair. Loaded with optical shiatsu pressure point sensors and a 3D roller mechanism, the chair offers 10 Healthcare programs. The ROBOSTIC earns its name because of the provision of a joystick in the armrest of the chair. The joystick immediately responds to your commands enabling you to control all the functions of your massage. Further, ROBOSTIC has the capacity of memorizing five minutes of any customized massage that it will repeat with the touch of a button. It’s the just the right chair for your changing relaxation and back therapy requirements.
All Inada massage chairs come with very exhaustive warranty. Here is what it includes: 5 years structural, 3 years on parts, 1 year on factory service and 90 days of in-field service.
14 Jun 10 Human Touch HT-135 Massage Chair Deserves Your Attention
You may find it unbelievable, but now you can get immediate relief from that irritating pain in the neck or back by merely pressing a button. The HT-135 by Human Touch will simply do that for you. The HT-135 comes from the family of the HT-125 and HT-136, but with different aesthetics. The motor of all the three models has the same power.
In fact, this chair copies the artistic style of massage techniques as used by a professional massager. The Human Touch technology, which this machine employs, is the preferred technology of the American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists. The HT 135 comes with three programs, each pre-programmed to last for fifteen minutes, thus allowing you experience a quick fix.
This chair traces the natural path of your spine and moves along the three axes in four different modes. The headrest and rotating calf and foot massager of the HT 135 is ergonomically designed as is the remote control, making it all the more user friendly.
Human back is the home of the spinal cord and muscles, one of the most important parts of human body. The Human Touch 135 comes with three auto massage programs to eliminate long lasting pain from your back. This feature takes care of your full, lower, and upper back and relieves you of muscle soreness. The HT 135 has a detachable head pillow whereon you can position your neck for an intense massage that’s sure to leave you speechless. For additional comfort, the HT includes three shoulder height adjustments to ensure there is no unnecessary strain on your shoulders, and take care that the rollers don’t “thump” the back of your skull during the neck massage.
Massaging of legs is as important as neck and back. While gently sloping in an upward motion, the multi-speed foot and calf massager rotates at a speed that improves blood circulation thus prompting it to re-enter the calves and feet for therapeutic comfort. If you don’t feel like having a foot and calf massage, you may eliminate that and just prop up your feet and enjoy the neck and back massage. Its features allow you to have a relaxing foot massage in a reclined position.
The Human Touch comes with Visco Elastic Foam Seat Cushion that means it can perfectly align to the contours of your body. The cushion molds your body and eases pressure points, making your seating experience memorable! And the design of this chair is finally rounded off with a full body stretching feature. As the chair reclines gradually, it holds your legs, while stretching your spine that improves blood flow to the vertebrae and disks, thus keeping your lower back in a healthy state. This is a very favorite feature of users.
Apart from all these useful features, the chair is designed to include leather upholstery on a genuine wood base that’s available in many colors to blend in with your living space and furniture. There is also a two-layer folded design head pillow. With most acceptable colors like black, red and cappuccino, this chair is simply luxury wrapped in leather.
This chair has some of the same limitations as the HT-125 and the HT-136 and includes: no provision for adjusting the intensity of massage (though there is a ‘damper” pillow to alleviate the massage intensity by some degree), nor is there any provision for controlling the intensity of calf massage. There is no provision for lumbar heat, and no seat massage.
Nevertheless, compared to the cost of high end models of such chairs, the amount you invest in HT-135 provides value for money and comforts your back.
20 May 10 iJoy 130 Massage Chair Review
The iJoy 130 massager is a well accepted chair offered by Interactive Health and includes the company’s patented Human Touch Technology (HTT). iJoy massaging chair is designed to give trendy looks, deliver a realistic massage and offer value for money. But, I’m not too sure if this chair is trendy or tacky, and how close is the quality of its work to the natural one and whether it is the best massage chair for the price it sells?
The price range of The100 series of massage chairs from iJoy varies from $600 – $750. The 130 model sells for about $750. Like other models, the design accent is quite on a young and trendy theme. First of all I find the designs awful. My first reaction was as if a children’s balloon artist was entrusted with their design. Though many people may like the overall style and designing of the chairs, I wouldn’t venture into having one in a room where it would be seen by others.
But, it’s not the style alone, even the colors fail to please aesthetically. Imagine chair in scarlet red, purple or the most unbelievable shades of green. Yet, black and cashew are not so disappointing.
Talking of aesthetics, bring to mind the kind of upholstery used on these chairs. They all are covered with faux suede. It may look just fine initially, but this kind of fabric is hard to clean or wipe off. It’s beyond anybody’s understanding why the manufacturer decided against synthetic leather that is employed by most manufacturers.
Another drawback is that the control panel is built-in on one of the armrests. That makes difficult to rest your arms. Most wouldn’t like to have the panel under the lower arm, lest they press some button accidentally. On removing the control panel, you get a good gaping square hole there.
A not so comfortable feature of this chair is that it’s rather at a lower level, closer to the ground, whereas most robotic chairs are quite high off the ground, and people prefer to climb into a chair rather than just sitting down in it.
Probably, you guessed why it is so low? Yes, it has no foot massager. If you like to have one, then go for a stand alone iJoy ottoman with a built-in foot unit. But, it doesn’t come cheap and substantially adds to the cost of the equipment.
Nonetheless, the iJoy 130 robotic chair does provide all the special functions. There are four in all: rolling, kneading, compression and percussion. Each function can be performed using one of the four options that comprise of full, upper, lower and manual position. There is provision for manual adjustment of the back rollers to desired height that makes you feel comfortable.
How about the quality of the work? Well, it’s just fine. The iJoy Human Touch Technology doesn’t give a feel anywhere near to the real thing, but it is good nevertheless. The unit is also a bit noisy, which in a way takes away the ‘soothing’ and ‘relaxing’ experience that you expect. But there is a solution to that- listen to music!
Justifiably, the iJoy 130 massager delivers a good massage. If you can just overlook its design and visual features and use earphones, this robotic massage chair could almost deliver an enjoyable experience.
