Many of us have been to the mall and seen the massage chairs in some of the stores. I saw people in these chairs and they seemed to be having fun. My curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to try one of the chairs. So I sat in one of the chairs and it was the Osim uComfort massage chair.

First I had to find the remote for the massage chair and then figure out how to turn the chair on. The remote control has an LCD screen that displays an icon. The remote fits nicely in the palm of your hand, but it’s more than the size of your TV remote.

In the control there are automatic programs and also manual programs. The first thing I looked for was an automatic program. This immediately puts the massager and recliner into action.

I immediately realized that there was a lot going on with the chair. Many things are initialized in parallel with a massage chair. I felt things start on my back, others on my buttocks, and others on my calves.

My back was covered with some kind of roller. This roller first started down my back and then came back up. He did all of this before starting to massage my back.

Before I started getting back massages, I felt the air massage my buttocks and calves. I must admit that I was surprised that I was moved in some of these places. However, I sat back and let him do his thing.

Then the rollers on the back began to make some massage movements. The program started working my shoulders down to my lower back. Different massage movements like quick tapping and gentle kneading were exchanged up and down my back.

Although I liked the direction everything was going, I still didn’t feel very comfortable. I noticed that the chair was fully upright and I was sitting in it like a normal chair. Then I went for the remote again.

I found a button to recline the chair. I pushed the button and the power recline on the back of the chair began to lower. This was starting to get fun now.

As I lowered myself back down with the power recline on the back of the chair, I noticed that my legs were still still. Again I went for the remote. I found the button to raise the legrest and pushed it firmly.

As the leg rest shot up, I got to the right point with the back of the chair. I stopped the back of the chair and continued to raise the legrest, while receiving a full body massage. Now he was getting to a more comfortable position.

My legs were compressed on the footrest and that felt very relaxing. My back was also being massaged, but it felt shallow to ease my tension. I went for the remote again and switched to another of the three full body programs.

The pattern of the massage movements changed in the next program, but it still did not satisfy my muscle stiffness. I thought the massage would be much firmer than it was. I was hoping uComfort would live up to its name.

Then I realized that maybe uComfort isn’t strong enough for me. Realizing this, I reached for the remote. I hit the off button and was immediately sent back to the upright position. When the Osim uComfort massage chair returned to its reset position, I looked for the next Osim massage chair to my left to test.