As you probably know, many massage chairs come with airbags. But each massage chair is likely to have different pressure inside their airbags.
The worst part is, none of the product manual’s have any measurements inside of them!
So how on Earth would you know which one is right for you?
Well today, I’m going to rank each of the OGAWA Massage Chairs that we have to demonstrate to you what each massage chair’s airbags are like, and how hard they press.
To do this, I’m going to set each of the massage chairs to the maximum air pressure intensity, then rate the firmness on a scale!
I’m lucky enough to have all the massage chairs in our Brisbane showroom, so without further ado, let’s get to testing!
For this, we’ll set the score for each rating to help make the results make a bit more sense!
On this massage chair, I tried out the hip, arm, shoulder, calf and feet airbags.
The hip massage on the Master Drive AI is something which really impressed me. It can press from both sides at the same time, and can also press one-by-one, which pushes my body around.
It’s got the perfect pressure that doesn’t feel too tight, but it does a great job reaching out. Personally, I wouldn’t want this to be any firmer, otherwise this might even hurt.
When experiencing the arm airbag massage for this chair, I really liked the way it felt like it was gripping on my arm. It wasn’t a simple flat press, but rather a grab, hold, release, and repeat sort of sensation.
When combined with the foot roller, the massage chair helped pull my foot in, and pressed it into the multiple rollers beneath my feet.
This was such a relaxing feeling!
Out of all the massage chairs, this was ultimately the most relaxing foot massage I had!
Because it wraps around from the sides, and pushes inwards, it doesn’t hurt the sides of my feet, but rather feels really nice on the top side!
Spoiler, this also was the best shoulder airbag for the range of massage chairs I tried today!
I really liked the way the massage chair felt like it was constantly expanding outwards into the shoulders.
Similar to the feet airbags, the shoulder airbag wraps around and pushes inwards on my shoulders.
It’s honestly so so comfortable.
This one gets a bonus point simply for having the adjustable calf/knee airbags on its side. I really enjoyed the way this wrapped around my calves and knees, it wasn’t too firm, and it really got my muscles good.
When I moved the calf part up towards my knee, the massage feels just like a person pressing down, and travelling up my calf to my knees.
It’s genuinely so relaxing.
On this massage chair, I tried out the hip, arm, shoulder, calf and feet airbags.
When sitting in this chair, I was impressed with how quickly the air enters the airbags in this massage chairs hips. In comparison to all the others, this one did the one-by-one hip massage style faster.
I really felt this pressing down on my, somewhat like a hydraulic press.
I promise I mean this in the nicest way!
It’s like feeling the tension smoothing with each approaching second.
Out of all the massage chairs, this definitely had the firmest foot rollers of them all. This is probably due to the massage chair pushing my feet down onto the massage rollers firmer than the other massage chairs.
I definitely felt the press on this one, and I really needed it. I often have really tight shoulders, so something like this was perfect for me.
I felt my shoulders press in, and once they released, they felt so loose.
Sharing the same ability as the Master Drive AI, the Master Drive Plus massage chair can also move along from the calf to the knee.
Except this one really presses into the calves much deeper.
It’s like the stretch you’ve needed, without needing any effort.
On this massage chair, I tried out the arm, shoulder, calf and feet airbags.
This honestly felt really nice with the dotted pads on the arm airbag. When it presses down, it’s feels refreshing.
It also inflates pretty quickly!
I actually liked the way this pressed down on my feet.
It’s simple, and similar to the others too!
Because of the Cosmo-X massage chair’s more-snug frame, the airbags dug into my shoulders very nicely!
Despite seemingly smaller, the Cosmo-X packed a really good punch!
I didn’t expect it to wrap around so nicely, and feel like it absorbed my calf!
On this massage chair, I tried out the arm, shoulder, calf and feet airbags.
I was surprised at how strong this was!
I was also equally surprised at how soft this was!
This might be because the rollers themselves were different, but I didn’t feel too much strength here!
This was quite nice because the airbags were much bigger in size than any of the others!
I was happy with the calf airbags on this one!
Now, let’s get the average score of each massage chair, and rank them on their firmness!
Based on my ranking and scale as above, here’s the list from firmest to softest.
While I haven’t been able to supply any form of pressure, if you do know how to measure this, leave a comment below!
OGAWA Master Drive Plus 4D
$9,500.00
OGAWA Cosmo-X Massage Chair
$6,800.00
OGAWA Smart Reluxe Intelligent Massage Chair
$4,850.00
The master drive plus’s airbag is definitely quite intense (but in a really good way). The press against my calves and arms increase the blood flow and helps to relieve some of that soreness. The airbag is especially intense in the Thai massage function because it uses the airbags to secure your legs and shoulders while it performs the stretches. I personally love a strong press on my arms and legs
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