MassaMAX MT339 4D Massage Chair, Full Body Shiatsu Recliner with Electric Extendable Footrest, Zero Gravity, SL Track, Deep Yoga Stretch, 15 Modes, AI Voice Control, Foot Rollers, and Heating (Golden)

My daughter and I are enjoying this product very much. She works long hours, different shifts…and so do I! After working for decades in the medical field I have developed herniated disks at several levels of my spine with terrible neck muscle spasms and debilitating flair ups of lumbar pain. She has tight neck muscles. She gave the chair a try one day…and many days after. Then stopped asking…because her neck was so much better! It’s also my experience the relieve will last for several days! After searching for several days I found MassaMax 2022 to summarize the best features available and the best offer out there. I’ve been using this product for three months and it does not disappoint. It offers an array of Presets 1-7 (f1-f5 and ‘More’ on the remote). The Modes shortcut offers different massage techniques rendered by what I call the ‘hands’ of the Manipulator (the part doing the action up and down your spine, buttocks and hamstring area). I was greatly surprised by the combination of features I was able to get from this chair. The more I got to know all the available functions the more I felt the MassaMax offers more than I need for relaxation and pain relieve. All functioning in perfect harmony and sequence, one can feel the science behind it all. For instance, the massage provided to hands and forearm doesn’t occur ramdomly, it squeezes your finger tips, then your forearm, promoting the blood flow back to the heart through the veins. I can also feel the relaxing stretch through the pressure applied. By the way, the great majority of features one can control, like the intensity of the airbags, the width of the spine massage unit and the speed of the massage. I love switching Modes: from shiatsu, to tapping, to tapping plus shiatsu combined (my favorite), 6 modes in total; they are a blast! One of my favorite features is to fixate the manipulator in one area during the 20-minute massage. To get there, while all the airbag action is going on, I tap the human torso icon on the remote then select the level of massage by clicking the mentioned icon one more time when the manipulator get to the area I want, then one more time to keep it there. I can always use the arrows to move it up and down if I am not happy where the massage is going on. This can be done also with the neck Pre-set via the “shoulder position” arrows at the left upper quadrant of the Remote. There’s the legrest area great for people who are standing for long hours. There are rollers for the bottom of your feet and dedicated airbags with kneading action for your calf , all of which you can control or simply turn of if you had enough of it. The time of massage is 20 minutes by default, but you can increase it up to 30 minutes at a time. If I need more work in any area or my daughter wants it, I let the machine rest for at least 30-45 minutes before starting another session. The time you can adjust from 5 to 30 minutes, via 5 minute increase. I love the lumbar heat. I take prevention very seriously because I want my chair to last for years to come. I follow directions according to the manual: at the end of every session I turn of the chair in the back and unplug it form the power outlet. I even have a surge protector dedicated to this chair. I understand this is not an industrial grade chair; it’s for personal use. I try not to abuse it and also keep it in an area of good ventilation; I turn the ceiling fan on -I am hot nature anyway- most of the times. This chair looks great, very decorative . Leather feels real, good quality. A couple words of warning: the chair is narrow at my shoulders (I am kind of athletic type), I just twist them a little until I find a time to call Costumer service to get instructions on how to remove the upper body airbags ( I don’t need them anyway). Secondly, at some point some area may feel like the mechanism is hurting your spine joints, even painful, I think this is because those muscles are now relaxed and the manipulator is reaching deeper. What works for me to adapt to this situation is to just widen the (width) of the massage or place a 2-inch-thick cushion in the area of concern. Lastly, Costumer Service can be reached via phone call, email and even video chat. I had a software malfunction with a prior chair and the Seller decided to send me a brand new chair. You can tell they care about your satisfaction with this product.

I decided to buy one of these after I developed severe arthritis in one hip joint and it was going to be 6 months until I could get a hip replacement. Since it's nearly impossible to find retail stores where you can try massage chairs, I researched them extensively online. There are many very similar contenders in the $1800-$2500 price range. Look for deep discounts. And of course no massage chair will ever be as good as a great deep tissue massage expert.I really like this chair. I wanted the longest possible SL track, because I wanted it to massage my buttocks and the top of my hamstrings. I also wanted 4D (which means that the massage head moves in and out as well as up and down the track). The other major feature I wanted was programmability, since there are many settings and it's MUCH better to be able to just pick your favorite. This chair lets you save three programs, but I should say that the massage it delivers automatically after its "body scan" is really very good and you don't necessarily need more than that.This one met all my criteria. I've used it nearly every day since I bought it.A few tips: You can watch TV in the chair if you don't lean it back too far. Once you've set your programs, you can just bypass the body scan and go straight to the "customize" feature where you store your favorite programs. There are also 18 pre-programmed massages, all worth exploring until you find your favorites. The control panel is very bright, but you can set it to turn off after a minute.Maybe most important: the angle of the chair determines how intense some features are. The more weight you put on the massage head, the stronger it will feel. If you want the most intense back massage, lie all the way back. If you want a great buttock massage, sit up as far as possible - I often lift my back off the chair to get even more weight on top of the massage head.I had it delivered to my garage, unboxed it there, then got my 21yo son and his bodybuilder friend to carry it up three flights of stairs with a couple of narrow turns. They struggled but nothing was damaged. If you don't have this kind of help, you'll want the white glove delivery service because the chair is super heavy and awkward to move.I'm 5'9" 175 lbs; for me, the leg and forearm airbags feel nice but they're mostly window dressing. If you have thick forearms and legs, they might do more for you. The "stretch" and "yoga" features are more like gimmicks - it doesn't really stretch you much, and it's nothing like real yoga - but they're still fun.