| The Human Touch 125 chair looks very stylish as is | | | | you get a full body stretch (as mentioned above) but |
| certainly one of the best looking chairs on the | | | | the Sanyo doesn't have this ability, so there's no full |
| market. What's nice is that it looks kind of like a | | | | body stretch available. |
| regular piece of furniture and would look great in | | | | Though not the most important point, I also prefer |
| most homes and offices - the HT125 certainly | | | | the overall look of the HT. |
| doesn't have the 'dentist's chair' look that many other | | | | Both chairs offer pretty much the same massage |
| brands of chairs have. It also comes upholstered in | | | | modes and speed but when it comes to massage |
| leather and leather match in Black, Cashew or Red. | | | | programs, Sanyo offers more. You get 7 automatic |
| It retails for around $2,300 and has many features | | | | courses compared to 3 of the HT. The Sanyo also |
| you'd expect at this price; power-recline, 170 degree | | | | offers 11 manual courses. |
| recline and massage functions of Rolling, Kneading, | | | | But where the Sanyo really outdoes the HT, is its |
| Compression and Percussion that offer a pretty good | | | | use of cutting edge technology that gives the chair a |
| shiatsu massage. Another really nice feature is the Full | | | | Physical Shape Detection Sensor and Stiffness |
| Body Stretch - it locks your ankles and then fully | | | | Detection Sensor. The first automatically adjusts the |
| reclines, to stretch your back while administering a | | | | massage heads to the shape of your spine, while the |
| gentle massage to the lower back - this is one of my | | | | second uses pulse and perspiration to target specific |
| favorite routines and I'm always glad to see it as a | | | | areas of stiffness using an exclusive massage |
| feature on a robotic massage chair. | | | | program for each person according to physical |
| The HT125 chair is in direct competition in terms of | | | | combinations and stiffness. The best the HT can |
| style, features and pricing with the Sanyo | | | | offer is to allow you to manually change the position |
| HEC-SR1000K Massage Chair. When comparing the | | | | of the rollers. |
| two, the Human Touch chair fairs well in some areas | | | | In summary the HT 125 is a good robotic massage |
| while not so good in others. | | | | chair from Human Touch; it looks great, offers |
| What I prefer about the HT 125 over the Sanyo | | | | decent shiatsu, full body stretch and an acceptable |
| massage chair is the foot massager. Both have a | | | | foot massage. But it does lack some of the more |
| massager that needs to be manually moved to either | | | | sophisticated technology that is increasingly being to |
| the calf or foot - HEC-SR1000K can also be moved | | | | put to use in other chairs. |
| to massage behind the knees and the Achilles | | | | Follow the links for the Human Touch massage chair |
| tendons - however, the massager on the HT is much | | | | or another robotic massage chair like the Fujikura, |
| better. The massager can also grip your ankles so | | | | iJoy and Sanyo massage chair. |