The Inada ROBOSTIC Massage Chair, Is It The Best Money Can Buy?

Inada claim that the ROBOSTIC is the mostscanning your back before the start of a massage
advanced massage chair ever made and you have toand then compares your profile to 100 stored
take anything Inada produces seriously. Well, theprofiles. The chair will then match your profile to the
ROBOSTIC is definitely one the most expensive you'best-fit' stored profile to provide you with a totally
can buy but can it really be said that it's the bestcustomized massage.
robotic massage chair ever made?But these features have already been incorporated
No other massage chair manufacturer in the worldinto other Inada chairs. What makes this model
has the legacy, technical expertise or dominantdifferent is the Joystick Manual Control System. This
position of Inada. It is the number one player in theallows you to customize your massage like never
world's most competitive market place of Japan.before. Using the joystick you can knead up or down
Every single major technical advance of massageyour back simply by pulling the stick up or down;
chairs can be traced to its research and developmentstrengthen or soften the massage by pushing or
laboratories in Osaka. The list of it industry 'firsts'pulling; control the kneading speed by pushing the
says it all.stick to either side; and fully control the tapping
1971 - First Kneading Mechanism. First Rhythmicspeed of the massage.
Movement FunctionAll of your actions can be recorded in the memory
1974 - First human touch function of squeeze andfunction, so that your custom settings can be
pressrecalled with the push of a button. The program can
1979 - First adjustable recline system and spinal rollerbe altered at any time to suit your current physical
1996 - First with four rollers that move in alignmentneeds. The joystick is housed inside the armrest
with the bodywhen not in use so it never gets in the way.
1998 - First to incorporate airbagsNo other chair on the market allows this degree of
1999 - First to use infrared technology for pressurecustomization to an individual's massage routine.
point detectionSo, is the Inada ROBSTIC the best robotic massage
2003 - First massage chair that detects body shapechair? Well, in terms of technical features it is but
and automatically adjusts itself to fitthat doesn't mean to say it will give what everyone
2004 - First massage chair that synchronizes musicconsiders to be the best massage.
with massageIt's also costs an awful lot of money, retailing for
The D.6 ROBOSTIC chair was designed buy thearound $6,800. Very few could actually afford or
renowned Chiaki Murata - who also designed thejustify spending this much, and are the 3-D rollers and
console for the X-Box 360 - and it shows. The chairthe joystick really worth it? Personally I'm not sure if
is large and full of gadgets but it manages toI would ever be prepared to spend that much to
combine all the elements together into a harmoniouscustomize my massage. If I had that kind of money
and attractive unit.to spend I'd rather buy the OSIM iSymphonic and the
The chair also comes with every technical innovationmusic therapy system that comes with it - a great
possible today. It has a 3-D roller system; most comemassage that is synchronized to the music you play,
with 4-way rollers, which mean they move up andand all for around $3,500.
down and sideways on the back but 3-D rollers alsoFollow the links for the Inada massage chair or
push in and out giving you either a deeper or gentleranother robotic massage chair like the OSIM shiatsu
massage. Like all Inada massage chairs it comes withmassage chair.
optical acupressure point sensors. It works by