Office Chairs – Massage Chairs – Ergonomic Chairs

This is a massage chair comparison of the Sanyo SA 5000 and the Panasonic 30004. These are both upper and massage recliners. They both go for about $4000 each. We take a head-to-head approach on evaluating both of these massage chairs. We will review their warranty coverage and also compared their important features.

The Sanyo SA 5000 has an impressive feature list. This massage chair comes with the GK roller system. This roller system is the reach out and grab you system. It enables the rollers to come over the top of the shoulders. This gives a firm, like massage which is soothing to tense shoulders.

The contender also comes with some fantastic features from Panasonic. The 30004 comes with the Junetsu massage. The Junetsu massage provides for deep tissue relief and releasing of knots in the back. The soothing circular motions along with increases in pressure soothe the entirely through the muscle region.

The Sanyo SA 5000 comes equipped with four automatic massage programs. These are preprogrammed into the computer with different themes. The four automatic programs are the following Stiffness, Recovery, Relax and Fine. Stiffness utilizes the GK rollers and is specialized in the upper back, shoulders and neck. This is a very relieving massage to the upper body.

The 30004 massage chair by Panasonic has five automatic programs for your massage needs. They provide a good sampling of massage techniques including deep tissue, Swedish, shiatsu and stretching. Stretching massages work in conjunction with other parts of the chair to stretch the lower body and also the upper body and arms. The shiatsu massage takes a reading of your body and notes exactly where your acupressure points are located.

A stress detector is incorporated into the Sanyo SA 5000 massage chair. Sanyo also makes lie detectors and they use the same technology to determine where stress is coming from in the body. You copy or hand over the top of the sensor and the computer then runs a reading to determine stress points in the body. The program then inputs those points into the computer and the program then identifies and targets your stress points for relief.

Need a good stretch? Try the Panasonic 30004 massage chair with its upper body stretching capability. This amazing technology actually can stretch your arm and shoulder areas. A lower body stretch capability is also incorporated into this massage recliner. This is an excellent way to relieve tension and the joints and to help increase flexibility.

The manual massages of the SA 5000 allow the user to choose the massage technique. There are four manual massage techniques and this recliner. This comes with kneading, tapping, rolling and combination massage. Also, manual massage courses are available to massage a specified region or point.

The 30004 comes with manual massage techniques as well. This recliner is loaded with eight manual massage types including Junetsu, shiatsu, kneading, Swedish, stretch, tapping, rolling and grip. The variety of manual methods is quite extraordinary in this massage chair. You are also free to choose from manual courses to contain the massage in a specific in a specific region or area.

The warranty coverage of the Panasonic is quite good. You get three years of parts protection on the 30004 massage therapy recliner. Also, Panasonic includes in home technician service for the first year. Sanyo also matches Panasonic on the one-year in-home service. However, Sanyo covers only the roller mechanism for three years. The other parts are covered only for one year.

Both of these massage chairs by Panasonic and Sanyo have some of the latest technology features. Massage therapy of both of these chairs are invigorating and intense. If you need relief, both of these chairs will deliver. We favor the Panasonic 30004 with it stretching capability but we enjoy the shoulder and neck massage with GK rollers and the gripping massage. Both of these massage chairs are worth checking out and determine which one is right for you area.