A Review Of The Sanyo HEC-SR1000K Massage Chair - By: Robin OBrien

It's been said that if you want the best shiatsu massage chair that you should only buy Japanese. Sanyo are a Japanese manufacturer and they make some excellent chairs, however the HEC-SR1000K falls short on delivering the perfect shiatsu and for less money you can buy a better chair - and it isn't Japanese either.

Don't get me wrong, the Sanyo HEC-SR1000K isn't a bad chair, in fact it's quite good. However with its price tag of around $3,000 I would expect more in certain areas of functionality. So first let's see what's good about it.

Like all Sanyo massage chairs it comes with something called a Stiffness Sensor. The sensor is intelligent enough to locate areas of physical stiffness and automatically adjust to give a more personalized massage. It works by gauging perspiration and pulse with more than 1 million patterns of stiffness measurement.

Before each massage, the chair's Physical Shape Sensor adjusts massage heads automatically to an individual's body shape and shoulder height. The sensors will continually monitor and will change the massage heads even if the body position changes during massage or when reclining.

It comes with 7 automatic massage courses; Neck & Shoulders, Waist and Leg. The Leg course can be combined with the other 3 automatic courses. There are also a total of 11 manual courses; Massage, Tapping, Combination (Massage & Tapping), Stretch 1 (long), Stretch 2 (short),Massage + Stretch 1, Massage + Stretch 2, Tapping + Stretch 1, Tapping + Stretch 2, Combination + Stretch 1, Combination + Stretch 2.

The above features are extremely good and do deliver a great shiatsu massage around the shoulders and back. However, the chair does have some problems, at least for me.

First off, there's the general design of the chair. It's supposed to look sleek and contemporary without the usual bulk and thickness of other chairs. Its contemporary look is further enhanced with the black faux leather upholstery, wood arms and wood trim on the footrest. The chair really would look superb except for the back stand. In my opinion it looks ugly. Its shape looks out of keeping and its metal surfaces and gray trim only make it stand out more.

But aesthetics won't stop you getting a good massage but a poorly designed footrest will, and the Sanyo HEC-SR1000K chair really does have a very poor foot massager. I feel that aesthetic considerations came first and functionality second when this chair was designed. You have to manually adjust the rest for a leg, foot, calf or Achilles tendon massage. The administered massage is not very good and could in no way be described as Shiatsu.

At this price, the HEC-SR1000K is in direct competition with the Human Touch HT 125 massage chair - and the HT 125 is cheaper. The Human Touch massage chair offers pretty much the same massage courses, looks much nicer and has a far better foot massage - it has a powerful three-dimensional massage for calves and feet. As well as this the HT 125 also does a full body stretch - it grips the legs as the chair reclines to arch the back and gently stretch the entire body while massaging the lower back. The HT 125 chair isn't Japanese but it gives a better overall shiatsu massage than does the HEC-SR1000K.

In conclusion, the Sanyo HEC-SR1000K is a good robotic massage chair but it does lack in certain departments and because of it high price it is definitely worthwhile taking a look at what else is on offer.

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