Review on 🧘 iLiving Shiatsu Portable Back and Neck Massager with Heat Therapy - Soothing Black by Jermaine Fleming

I'm not usually a fan of massage chairs - even very expensive ones seem no less painful than relaxing. However, my wife and kids love them so I took this little guy. A great advantage of this device is that it is just a cushion that can be placed on a chair, sofa or even on a car (a cigarette lighter power adapter is included). When you're done with it, it folds up nice and compact for easy storage. Major advantage. Like all my previous experiences with massage chairs, this thing hurt me trying it. However, this problem is easily solved by simply taking a blanket, folding it in half a few times and placing it between your back and a chair. When I did that I was very satisfied. The kids agreed - they fought over who would sit in it for the rest of the day (doing homework, reading books, watching TV, etc.). Eventually it was my wife's turn and she also said it was very nice - not as good as a human massage but still nice. She agrees - the "arms" stick out so much that you have to throw a blanket over the back of the chair, otherwise it's pretty uncomfortable. The kids found the vibrating seat fun and played with it for a while. but i found it the most annoying thing in the world. "Arrows" light up when the heating function is switched on. Heat can be comfortable, I don't know because I don't use it without a blanket and using a blanket doesn't let heat through. The glowing hands made the children very happy again. Obviously this is just a novelty and there is nothing special to admire. I think this chair would be a lot more comfortable if the arms 1) didn't protrude and 2) were softer (they're made of hard plastic), but almost all of the massage chairs I've shown in the past are very similar to this one, and the blanket easily fixes these issues, so I'm only deducting 1 star even though it's (what I think is) a flaw in its main function.