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