Nice, strong massage, but all settings are the same
[[VIDEOID:f4dc4c038460254b3c6d84f812c5d24e]] My wife's feet are always hurting and, therefore, she's always asking for foot rubs.  In order to ease her pain and my sanity, I thought I'd give this product a try.  Before I even got home from work on the day it was delivered, I got a text from her, &#34;the foot massager rocks!&#34;  That is certainly a good first sign.  After I got home, I ran it through its paces.<br /><br />There are 4 options under Auto and 3 options under Custom.  Clicking through all 7, they did not feel different whatsoever.  Exactly the same.  That was a little disappointing.  Putting it into manual, you can select between 3 different speeds and then select if it moves forward or reverse.  Apparently this is the setting I'll be using on this, since the others are all the same.<br /><br />The remote is useful if you are like me and have a little belly that makes it hard to reach down and touch your toes when seated. You have to point it really close and sometimes press the button more than once, but it works.<br /><br />The actual massage is pretty nice.  Its deep and rough, so if you are looking to get your foot tickled, this machine is not for you.  It will borderline hurt sometimes, but it really gets in there and massages your feet.  My wife is a size 7-8 and I am a size 12, but narrow feet.  I could see how, if you had wider feet, this might be a little too tight.<br /><br />As far as long term reliability, the jury is still out.  If you search around Amazon, you can find this exact unit badged under many different names.  The 3 with the most reviews are [[ASIN:B00F7SC2K6 Kendal]], [[ASIN:B000C1KUHA Tripact]] and [[ASIN:B004EXOFVY Carepeutic]].  Looking through those reviews, the average rating is about 4-stars, but you'll find where some had issues with reliability.  The problem with a unit like this breaking is expensive return shipping costs due to size and weight.  Have a read through some of those reviews and decide if its worth the risk.  If you really need a product like this and can't afford the ones at Sharper Image, it might be worth the gamble.<br /><br />The video clip is a brief view of it working from the top view (with some slight Christmas music and my newborn in the background :-).  I received this product at a discounted price in exchange for my honest review.
Rating: 4 stars