MassaMAX MD306 Pro Massage Chair

My daughter and I are enjoying this product very much. She works long hours, different shifts…and so do I! After working for decades in the medical field I have developed herniated disks at several levels of my spine with terrible neck muscle spasms and debilitating flair ups of lumbar pain. She has tight neck muscles. She gave the chair a try one day…and many days after. Then stopped asking…because her neck was so much better! It’s also my experience the relieve will last for several days! After searching for several days I found MassaMax 2022 to summarize the best features available and the best offer out there. I’ve been using this product for three months and it does not disappoint. It offers an array of Presets 1-7 (f1-f5 and ‘More’ on the remote). The Modes shortcut offers different massage techniques rendered by what I call the ‘hands’ of the Manipulator (the part doing the action up and down your spine, buttocks and hamstring area). I was greatly surprised by the combination of features I was able to get from this chair. The more I got to know all the available functions the more I felt the MassaMax offers more than I need for relaxation and pain relieve. All functioning in perfect harmony and sequence, one can feel the science behind it all. For instance, the massage provided to hands and forearm doesn’t occur ramdomly, it squeezes your finger tips, then your forearm, promoting the blood flow back to the heart through the veins. I can also feel the relaxing stretch through the pressure applied. By the way, the great majority of features one can control, like the intensity of the airbags, the width of the spine massage unit and the speed of the massage. I love switching Modes: from shiatsu, to tapping, to tapping plus shiatsu combined (my favorite), 6 modes in total; they are a blast! One of my favorite features is to fixate the manipulator in one area during the 20-minute massage. To get there, while all the airbag action is going on, I tap the human torso icon on the remote then select the level of massage by clicking the mentioned icon one more time when the manipulator get to the area I want, then one more time to keep it there. I can always use the arrows to move it up and down if I am not happy where the massage is going on. This can be done also with the neck Pre-set via the “shoulder position” arrows at the left upper quadrant of the Remote. There’s the legrest area great for people who are standing for long hours. There are rollers for the bottom of your feet and dedicated airbags with kneading action for your calf , all of which you can control or simply turn of if you had enough of it. The time of massage is 20 minutes by default, but you can increase it up to 30 minutes at a time. If I need more work in any area or my daughter wants it, I let the machine rest for at least 30-45 minutes before starting another session. The time you can adjust from 5 to 30 minutes, via 5 minute increase. I love the lumbar heat. I take prevention very seriously because I want my chair to last for years to come. I follow directions according to the manual: at the end of every session I turn of the chair in the back and unplug it form the power outlet. I even have a surge protector dedicated to this chair. I understand this is not an industrial grade chair; it’s for personal use. I try not to abuse it and also keep it in an area of good ventilation; I turn the ceiling fan on -I am hot nature anyway- most of the times. This chair looks great, very decorative . Leather feels real, good quality. A couple words of warning: the chair is narrow at my shoulders (I am kind of athletic type), I just twist them a little until I find a time to call Costumer service to get instructions on how to remove the upper body airbags ( I don’t need them anyway). Secondly, at some point some area may feel like the mechanism is hurting your spine joints, even painful, I think this is because those muscles are now relaxed and the manipulator is reaching deeper. What works for me to adapt to this situation is to just widen the (width) of the massage or place a 2-inch-thick cushion in the area of concern. Lastly, Costumer Service can be reached via phone call, email and even video chat. I had a software malfunction with a prior chair and the Seller decided to send me a brand new chair. You can tell they care about your satisfaction with this product.

Quick delivery, easy to assemble, great appearance and good build quality.There is plenty of preprogrammed massages, and the SL track combined with the reclining option offers great quality massages.

When I started researching massage chairs it was very difficult to find objective reviews. They were either made by the manufacturer, or someone who didn't seem to have ever tried the actual chairs. Here is an unbiased explanation why I chose the MassaMax306, and what to look for in your chair.Why this chair?This particular model is essentially the same as several other "brands" (like the iRelax 306a, among others). This one however has a calf kneading capability. In reality all that means is that the little separator between your calves goes up and down in some of the modes. It's nice, but not that much of a difference. I bought this chair over the other "brands" mainly because it had a $400 coupon at the time and put the cost under the others with the same features. That was really the selling point.This chair has full SL track (you want this! meaning it goes from your neck to your mid thigh). It has 6 main pre-programmed modes and 6 other "hidden" ones. Hidden in the sense it isn't a short cut on the remote you have to enter the hidden modes in, its not that hard and you can find them in the book. Ah, the book, its well....limited. There isn't a ton of information, most of what you will learn is from trial and error. Like- if you change anything to a custom setting- say change the type of massage from kneading to pounding the auto mode stops and now you will need to change everything manually for that session. Good and bad, but you will need to play with it and what works for you- don't expect the book to explain it.Now, once you get the hang of how auto modes work and how to work everything manually its a pretty good machine. Its solid, it's well made, it is strong, and in my opinion after having it a month it seems solid enough to last a long time. However....the limited modes, and the inability to easily manage manual modes simply may be a limiting factor for anyone who is looking for a simple set it and forget it machine. If you have a brain that can work though the menus and abstract levels and modes you will enjoy this much more. The auto modes are limited, and even though I have some skin on my bones, there are some modes that HURT in certain places. Especially in kneading as it goes over your hip crest. You can adjust this by arching a little when the roller gets there to alleviate some of the pinch.When I say auto modes are limited, I prefer a knocking massage to a kneading massage- BUT I would like to use the auto mode "relax" with knocking- you can't do it! Once you change to knocking the auto mode turns off and now you are in manual mode. I find this to be very disappointing. Those tow things are my biggest cons for this machine- pinching and auto mode adjustment.Once last thing, maybe it's just me and I haven't found the right setting, but when the auto program ends you are left in a zero gravity position. Now thats great if you still want to relax once it's done. However, if you want to get out of the chair you have to spin the dial on the arm rest to get sent back to the starting position.Improvements?Obviously the ability to modify the auto modes to adjust amount of pressure, width of rollers, type of massage would be great.A better remote, the remote is limited and pretty clunky in the sense it is difficult to understand how to do what you want to do (except for the auto program)A few "memory" saves so that you can make your own programs- but I can see that might be difficult to program out a full 20 minute session, so I get it.The leg feature does not adjust automatically, the length is spring adjusted. Meaning you have push down on the foot rest to get the length where you want it- some of the more expensive models do this automatically with a motor, this one does not.The arm sleeve sits a little too far away, so your arms when in the sleeves don't always match up to where they should be when the air bags activate.Overall:I went between this general model (like I said there are lots of "brands" out there but its the same chair) with the features it has at the $2k price point and the iRest a710 ($4k) which had a few more features, a more intuitive remote and a little more plush look. While I think the a710 may have been nicer in the sense it MIGHT have been easier to control- having sat in a few of these chairs throughout the years- I don't think the difference would have been worth $2k more- again, just my opinion. Overall we are happy with this chair, it has already helped my back (I sit at a desk 8-10 hours a day) I use it daily after work and it loosens everything up. I have found several modes that work for me at this point, and the back heat is a nice added feature as well. I would recommend this chair, it seems to be a good value based on features, price, and projected lifespan. I hope this helps someone else looking, because there isn't a ton of good information out there! Good luck!

Definitely worth the money spent. It has a great range of motion and is pretty aggressive when it comes to the actual “rub”. It has multiple massage features and you can even set a custom one to your liking. Highly recommend.