Catch the reviews on the Compact Massage Chair in the previous SlickDeals Thread.
https://slickdeals.net/f/16107475-insignia-compact-massage-chair-black-199-99
For $200, it's smallish - weight limit is 225lb, recommended for those under 6ft.
Personal experience:
It arrived in a very large box, fully assembled, but well-packed. Best to leave the box outside.
The chair features Shiatsu-style rollers with kneading and knocking functions, has bladders like the big chairs, and ranges from your neck to your butt. It has adjustments for lower, upper, full body - and you can change the knocking/kneading action.
There is some ability to adjust where the action starts and stops, but I have not tried this out.
Power is supplies by a standard PC-type 3-prong cable.
I don't think there is anything else close to this price range offering a "real" massage chair experience.
It does not recline, or rock. DIYer might be able to mount casters.
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expiredShadowGuard posted Oct 24, 2022 11:36 AM
Insignia Compact Massage Chair (Black)
$200
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everyone in the family had good things to say about it. in fact, wife fell asleep in the massage chair last night. very relaxing massage overall. there are rollers on the bottom of foot rest as well as on the calf section. the calf section also rocks back and forth for "kneading" action while airbags are inflated. its also neat that it will grab onto the feet using air bags then the foot rest gently pulls the legs for a nice stretch.
it will also hold on to the shoulders using airbags then 3d rollers will push up on the back and create an arch for a nice stretch. rollers go from the head / neck area all the way down to the butt so its a pretty long track. there are 21 preset massages but haven't tried them all yet. there does seem to be variety to the programming from the few i've tried. during programmed operation, settings such as back intensity, airbag intensity and foot roller intensity can be adjusted. there is a manual mode where all settings such as massage speed and others can be adjusted which i haven't tried yet.
heating in the lower back does work and there are 3 levels that can be selected. bt audio does pretty good job and better than what i expected. besides, these speakers won't be used for jamming anyway. still have to work through all the options so it will take some time to get a full picture.
now for some issues...one thing i would have liked is lighted keys on the remote. while the screen is backlit, buttons are not so its bit difficult to navigate in a darker room. i guess it might be a non issue once i get familiar with the button layout. also placement of the control knob on the arm rests sometimes causes it to turn on when you accidently bump the button while getting up from the chair. for some reason the back intensity setting didn't seem to have much difference between lowest and highest setting. may need to try more to tell for sure. when going through the initial body scan, for some reason it asks to manually adjust the shoulder height. not sure if that is supposed to be done automatically but detracts from the full auto experience.
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shoulder height issue noted above is normal per the osaki/titan manual. insignia manual isn't very clear. osaki/titan manual has better explanation.
https://osakichair.com/products/acro-3d
2) Shoulder position adjustment
·After detecting the shoulder position, the buzzer will beep. If there is any difference
from the actual shoulder position, adjust it to the appropriate position by pressing
the "UP" or "DOWN" key. The shoulder position has 11 adjustable levels. If there is
no shoulder position adjustment within 10 seconds, the massage function will start
automatically. Press "OK" directly to start massage immediately. If no shoulder
position can be detected, massage will be started according to the shoulder height
by default.
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That was amazing.
I don't have the space neither the 1k, but am still considering buying it.
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That was amazing.
I don't have the space neither the 1k, but am still considering buying it.
I used to work at a hospital with both 2D and 3D chairs in the health lounge. The 3D chairs were always booked up because it just felt better overall and the foot rollers were top notch (the best part of the massage in my opinion).
Is it worth the additional $600? I would say yes since you will likely recoup that value over the course of the chair's life. If this can replace two massages a month for a year it is paying for itself 1.5x over.
The difference between 2D and 3D is the range of motion for the rollers. 2D goes up and down, side to side. 3D goes up and down, side to side and variable motion of the two. 3D was made to simulate more of a traditional massage experience.
I used to work at a hospital with both 2D and 3D chairs in the health lounge. The 3D chairs were always booked up because it just felt better overall and the foot rollers were top notch (the best part of the massage in my opinion).
Is it worth the additional $600? I would say yes since you will likely recoup that value over the course of the chair's life. If this can replace two massages a month for a year it is paying for itself 1.5x over.
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