Massage Chair and Cushion Reviews

Panasonic Massage Chairs

Panasonic makes a large array of massage chairs, under its own name and also under the name of retailers and others. You can learn more at the company's own website. (The Swede-Atsu WAVE Contemporary Massage Chair is pictured.)

Also available at the website are a demonstration video and a series of endorsements, including a lengthy one from author and acupressure therapy specialist Michael Reed Gach:

The Panasonic massage lounger gives an excellent acupressure massage – similar to being worked on by a skilled massage therapist. The Panasonic chair is preferable to any other equipment I have tried, due to its sophisticated technology. Let me explain why I recommend this product so highly.

I was introduced to the Panasonic massage lounger in 1984; a time when the precision of Japanese products was often surpassing what was made in the U.S. Having just published my Bum Back Book, I was introduced to the massage lounger by a friend. Panasonic had just launched the product in the U.S., and very few people knew about it.

I was immediately impressed by how realistic the acupressure massage felt. I found that the rubber rollers are contoured to resemble the surface of a thumb and have a density similar to the padding at the fingertips. Clearly, someone in product development was not only paying attention to details, but knew acupressure point therapeutics.

Since this early model, Panasonic has done remarkable things to improve how the product delivers a truly great massage experience. Before you can fully appreciate what the chair does, you have to know a bit about acupressure.

A report on massage chairs in the Los Angeles Times said:

The Brookstone chain sells the Panasonic Shiatsu Massage Lounger for $3,195. This one is a tad better-looking than the others. As for its massage action, it's better than Human Touch but not as good as the Premier. It does seem to reach a wider area of the back than the other two, but its remote is not nearly as easy to use.

Late in 2007 the new EP30005 massage chair attracted some comment. You can read a company press release here.

Tech Digest wrote:

We've not looked at massage chairs much...but this model from Panasonic looks the business.

The EP30005 is supposed to deliver the deepest massage available, with an intensity control to set the depth. It has well over one thousand massage modes, and even scans the user's body to adjust massage height.

It can store multiple massage routines for up to four different users, and is able to perform Shiatsu, Swedish, and Junetsu massage.

Great if you can afford it, it'll set you back around US$4,499.95.

Otherwise, some commercial sales sites - especially those specialising in massage chairs - carry customer reviews, and these can be helpful.

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April 19^th, 2006
Updated: October 25th, 2007