Top 7 Considerations When Buying A Massage Chair
April 30, 2009 by: Guest Author
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This massage chair buying guide will cover the main factors to consider when looking to buy a massage chair. The first thing to consider is the back massage functions. In addition to back massage, what other massage functions does the chair offer and what adjustments are available? Then there’s comfort, the layers of padding, and ease of settings management. There are other features that high end chairs offer. It’s up to the buyer to know what’s important and what features are worth paying a premium price for.
We’re looking for the range of motion the chairs motor can offer. The most beneficial massage functions in the backrest are kneading, rolling, and tapping or percussion. Most massage chairs will offer all of these functions and high-end chairs offer a combination where any of these functions can be applied at the same time.
Air bags inflating and deflating creates the feeling of a massage therapists hands applying and releasing pressure on your body. The air massage function is usually found in high end massage chairs so don’t expect to find one if you are looking for a budget chair. It can also create the feeling of rolling along your muscles depending on the sequence of inflating and deflating of the air bags.
The third thing to look for is what adjustments are available. For shorter people, it’s important to be able to start the back massage lower than the standard starting position as it is too high and will begin at the head instead of upper back. Speed and intensity adjustments are important for a comfortable massage. Some high end chairs can automatically detect the user’s height and make width and height adjustments accordingly.
One of the biggest oversights in some massage chair design is comfort. The chair may be designed to give great massages but do not make great chairs just for sitting. Many people like to use their massage chairs are lounge chairs as well and the chairs need to at least have the proper padding to be comfortable.
It’s important that there are removable layers of padding.
Removable padding allows you to increase the intensity of a massage or decreasing the intensity by adding more padding. Also, more padding means an increase in flexibility to suit a person’s lounging level of comfort.
When checking the controller of the massage chair, there should be a display that is easy to read and the buttons make it easy to use. The best displays are LCD screens that show what massages are set to be performed and what part of the body it is targeting.
The last thing to check for in a massage chair are the extra features that are not available in other models, brands, or just not typical of any massage chair. This can range from seat heaters, built in speakers or speaker hook up options as well as television or radio. These features tend to run up the price and are not critical but can be nice for some people.
Penned by Will Edison
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