HoMedics SBM-200

Good – My dad bought this for the family. He is very into impulse buying. We don't use it as much as we used to but occassionaly it is used to get the knots and tension off our backs. Set up is easy and we have a permanent chair for this so all we have to do if we want to use it is plug it in and turn it on. Nice little massage when you have 15 or so mins of the day to spare and you can do it all at home! Doesn't get to the neck properly

OK – This is a good product for getting the knots out of your back or just for a relaxing rub. It would be perfect if it did your shoulders and neck too. I found after the first use I was pretty sore so you need to be wary of that. It also doesn't get right into your lower back down near your bottom very well. Not a bad product though. Good to get the… Read more

knots out of your back. You can be a little sore after the first use. It doesn't do your shoulders or neck which would be wonderful and it doesn't get into your lower back down near your bottom very well.

Good – This is a good purchase, but impulsive, like everyone else says. We used it a lot when first purchased, but not so much now. Although it is sitting there waiting and ready to be turned on. I discovered the updated model now has a neck massager, wish I had waited for that one. After all, it is often your neck that is sore, even if you have a bad… Read more

back, the neck gets stressed as well. Great for painful backs, seat vibrates also. The shiatsu massaging up and down your back is wonderful and helpful. You can stop it at a particularly sore spot and just massage that area. We leave it set up on one lounge chair and visitors come and sit and enjoy a relaxing massage. Some arrive and ask where our chair is, so they can relax for a little while. The shiatsu massaging can get a little hard at times and after first time, you tend to feel sore in the outer curve of the back, as that is where the harder part gets to you. Also does not have neck massager, which would just round it off.

Good – I leave this on a chair on the far side of our meals area table so it is constantly ready for my wife or myself to use yet out of the way and not obvious, otherwise if I had to set it up each time to use it would be a pain and we probably would not use it as often as we do at the moment. Before you get one though do consider if you really need it… Read more

or want it and whether it will get any or much use. a great powerful massager for the whole back, portable set up can be a pain, not cheap

Good – Before you buy - consider if you really need it or want it and whether it will get use. All that said, it gives a good, deep and satisfying massage. portable - can be used on almost any chair / sofa that has a back. Gives quite a powerful massage - the power is basically self adjustable depending on how heavily you lean back against it! Similar to… Read more

the other reviewer - these are really an impulse buy. They look great in the shops in the shopping centers - you love trying them out for that 5 minutes while shopping and it feels great because you been on your feet - but then you buy one, take it home - and find that after the first week you never use it again that year. It's ugly if left on the sofa, which means it will be put away after use, which means you probably won't bother bringing it back out again for quick use 'here and there'. this is not an indictment on the product, but on impulse buys themselves.

Excellent – I think I will get many good years out of this, it is very helpful when my back is sore. Gets me going in the morning when I am aching. I just have to work out a way to get around having to put it in and out of the box each time I use it. Maybe I could leave it on the chair and cover it with a blanket. Anyway, great product, pleased with my… Read more

purchase Great massager, powerful, great to use. It's a hassel to get out to use. Sometimes I just don't bother, because it isn't set up ready to go ('cause it can't just stay sitting on my chair).

OK – Always wanted one of these, and had tested it out in the shops numerous times as you do to find it rather enjoyable. Once i bought one and took it home i realised that it wasnt as good as i thought it was.Maybe it was the style of chair i had placed it on , and had found it alot firmer as in several golf balls being needed into and up and down… Read more

your back. I do feel maybe if i had an appropriate chair it would be much more affective. I have since taken it back to shop for refund, although now i am kind of regreting it , mainly because i dont have time to get a professional massage. Take it Anywhere, use it on most chairs, simple to use. Not the best for very tall people as would only go so far up your back.