Reviews

Human Touch Massage Chair

Interactive Health, a leading manufacturer of massage chairs, has introduced what it calls Human Touch technology, which it uses for its chairs, which include the Human Touch Robotic Massage Chair (the HT-135 is pictured) and the iJoy range.

At its website it describes these chairs as follows:

Human Touch Technology starts with a patented mechanism that works like “wrists and arms,” we added “hands”-- massage rollers that move three-dimensionally on a straight track. The result is a Robotic Massage that feels remarkably human.

Our multi-patent Human Touch Technology massage system so closely replicates the therapeutic techniques used by back and spinal care professionals that it is the preferred technology of the American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists. It is designed to follow the natural contour of your spine, and move three-dimensionally in four different modes.

The Gizmos for Geeks website wrote:

Now for the great part of the chair... the massager. The massager really feels like the hands of a real masseuse!

Four "Human Touch" rollers accurately replicate the techniques used by therapists and chiropractic professionals — Rolling, Kneading, Tapping and Compression. By pressing a button in Auto mode, you'll experience a blend of all four massage therapies in one continuous 15-minute program that travels all up and down your spine (in Full) or can be focused on the Upper or Lower back. In the customizing Manual mode, you can position the rollers to apply the exact kind of massage desired on the exact spot you want.

...Make sure you have something to clean up your drool when you sit in this chair!

A Los Angeles Times article commented:

On to Sharper Image, where salesman Avedis Donigian seems to be waiting for me like my long lost brother. "You have to come sit down, relax," he says, gently guiding me to the Human Touch Robotic Massage Recliner that has an honored position in the middle of the upscale gadget store. "You are going to love this."

I do not love the look of this recliner with the science fiction-like name. Sitting on round pedestal, the chair has big, wooden, bowed arms that I guess were supposed to make it seem homier. It was a nice try.

But the chair is reasonably comfortable, even if it feels a bit weird for the legs to snuggle into twin troughs built into the leg rest.

Donigian pushes a button and the chair's pre-programmed cycle begins. The action is similar to that of the Premier, but wimpier. And there is no effective neck action. The calf massager, however, gives the best leg massage of any of the chairs tested.

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April 6th, 2006
Tpdated: October 25th, 2007