Many of us have gone to the mall and seen the massage chairs in some of the stores. I saw people in these chairs and they seemed to be enjoying themselves. My curiosity got the best of me and I wanted to try one of the chairs. So I sat in one of the chairs and it was the Osim uComfort massage chair.
I had to first find the remote for the massage chair and then figure out how to turn the chair on. The remote control has an LCD screen that shows an icon. The remote fits nicely in the palm of your hand, but it’s more the size of your TV remote.
In the control there are automatic programs and also manual programs. The first thing I looked for was an automatic program. This immediately puts the massager and recliner into action.
I immediately realized that there was a lot going on with the chair. Many things are initialized in parallel with a massage chair. I felt things start on my back, others on my buttocks and others on my calves.
My back was covered with a kind of roller. This roller first started down my back and then went back up. He did all of this before he started massaging my back.
Before I started getting back massages, I felt the air massage my buttocks and calves. I must admit I was surprised that I was moved in some of these places. However, I sat back and let him do his thing.
Then the rollers at the back began to do some massaging movements. The program started working my shoulders down to my lower back. Different massage movements like quick tapping and gentle kneading were exchanged up and down my back.
Although I liked the direction everything was going, I still didn’t feel very comfortable. I realized that the chair was completely upright and I was sitting on it like a normal chair. Then I went for the remote again.
I found a button to recline the chair. I pressed the button and the power recline on the back of the chair began to lower. This was starting to get fun now.
As I lowered myself back with the power recline on the back of the chair, I noticed that my legs were still still. Again I went for the remote. I found the legrest up button and pushed it firmly.
When the leg rest shot up, I hit the right spot with the back of the chair. I stopped the back of the chair and continued to raise the leg rest, while receiving a full body massage. Now he was getting into a more comfortable position.
My legs were compressed on the footrest and that felt very relaxing. My back was also being massaged, but it felt shallow to relieve my tension. I went for the remote again and switched to another of the three full body programs.
The pattern of the massage movements changed in the next program, but it still did not satisfy my muscle stiffness. I thought the massage would be a lot firmer than it was. I was hoping uComfort would live up to its name.
Then I realized that maybe uComfort is not strong enough for me. Realizing this, I reached for the remote. I pressed the off button and was immediately sent back to the upright position. When the Osim uComfort massage chair returned to its reset position, I looked for the next Osim massage chair to try on my left.