Ehhh. Not bad...
Ok look. I'm a professional body worker. I use oil a lot. I tried this out.<br /><br />Pros.<br />1. The unit heats up quickly<br />2. Another reviewer left a helpful comment, which is to keep the dial at ZERO when turning the unit on to avoid blowing a fuse. This DOES work. Thanks random commenter!<br />3. The oil does get good and warm or almost hot, eventually. It feels quite nice.<br /><br />Cons<br />1. I've tried plastic and metal oil bottles. Both leak oil as it heats up, continuously. It requires a towel. It can get pretty messy. (if anyone knows a hack to get around this please share!)<br /><br />2. I've left both bottles in for 30 minutes at full temperature. The oil inside only stays warm for about 15 minutes after I remove the bottle to use it. So that means if you want it hot enough to last you for an hour massage, you better have it warming waaaaay in advance. If you want consistently very warm oil, two oil warmer spots isn't going to cut it. You'd need 3 or 4 so that you can rotate every 15 minutes or so.<br /><br />3. Plastic bottles WILL get very soft and mushy. They still hold form, but it's a little disconcerting and possibly unhealthy. It may likely leach microplastics into the oil, into your bloodstream and into that of your recipient/client. I switched to a metal bottle.<br /><br />4. Naturally, the bottle will be notably hot if it has been warming for a long time. No way around that.<br /><br />5. This will not work for most lotions, and no creams. The high heat will change the chemistry too much in anything else and it will make it runny and gross. Oil only.
Rating: 3 stars