OK… seriously. When are we getting a Woot-After-Dark? I mean… I’m there… I’m just wondering how much longer I gotta wait?
This has all the looks of being a cheap, yet ultimately poor value: knock-off type product made in China by a no-name company, plus sketchy details. In other words - classic Woot stuff. Accordingly, I actually looked at the warranty details because I expect it might come into play if I bought this, but I see that the warranty info seems to pertain to watches and not massage guns. Despite all these red flags, I can’t help but be intrigued by a $53 price tag for something whose pedigreed brethren sell for upwards of $300. Woot - any chance we can get the warranty situation clarified?
I cannot speak to this particular brand, but I purchased one from the mothership back in August for $72, after an $8 coupon that is very similar to this in design. The controls are identical as are the attachments.
I’ve been very happy with it. It literally packs a punch. It really helps sore/stiff muscles and feels very good. No problems with it so far.
Looks similar to many on the mothership site for $35-75 so don’t fall for the “retail price”. And if you really want it , a $4.99 3 year warranty on Amazon may be the answer. BTW, I have read scientific reviews of these guns and other than a slight increase in blood flow and the placebo effect, they don’t do very much. But some users love them.
I own this one. It’s fine. The power is limited to if you really push, it freezes up. But it does do wonders on IT bands and shoulders, Given the weight, it’s almost but not required that someone use it on you rather than using it on yourself, except for easy to reach areas like calves and forearms.
Overall, it’s fine.
Got a link for your scientific reviews?
WARRANTY
Hi all. We updated the warranty link to something a bit more clear.
Vendor confirmed that it’s a 1 year warranty that covers defective product.
What type of battery? Lithium? In my experience all non-lithium rechargeable products are useless after a year.
If you look at pics 5 and 6, they claim it is a preium lithuim battery. So maybe some new technology better than lithium?
This broke barely before the second use, this is a garbage knock off.
Hi there. Sorry for the problem. Did you contact Woot (w/i 30 days) or Ztech for warranty?
Hello. It’s a lithium battery.
See this excerpt and link below to NCBI.
Nothing wrong with massage guns and may help short term but a foam roller or other massage devices can work as well or better. Guns are easier though so if you end up using it more, go for it. There are not a lot of conclusive studies.
Vibration Massage for Muscle Recovery and Regeneration
Tapotement massage is simply a rhythmic activity in any form by caused by soft tissue manual therapists. Lateral vibration patterns developed by the legendary Waldemar Matuszewski are extremely effective for loosening muscle tone. With vibration massage, the most common debate we see concerns the overall argument about massage in general: Does it work?
In theory, if a massage is designed to wake up the body and stimulate a stress response, how does it create a recovery response? Second, even if it does create a regeneration effect on the body, how long does it last and how can we measure it? I’ve asked these timeless questions about massage and regeneration techniques for nearly twenty years, and believe I have a scientific answer at a time when science is struggling to explore muscle physiology.
Massage does work, but only if the right instrumentation is used. Elastography, Tensiomyography, and Myotonometer are the only tools that make headway in the understanding of the properties of tissue.
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Image 3. I’ve observed some amazing soft tissue therapists, and vibration methods set at slow frequencies do allow for a relaxation change to hypertonic muscle. If an athlete does not have a problem with an injured muscle, manual vibration is a good option for therapists.
I’ve looked at peripheral changes to the leg muscles as well as vibration massage in multiple forms and saw absolutely no changes locally. But with other measures, we saw dramatic changes. A major increase in sympathetic status was seen using galvanic skin conductance. This was confirmed with invasive biomarkers such as free cortisol.
Athletes who receive vibration work from handheld instruments and digital products experienced decreased sympathetic drive, and we improved their real time heart rate variability (HRV) when using a measuring tool like Hexoskin. A coach in Toronto measured other therapy options like Graston, and the athletes’ HRV was severely decreased for days after just one 20-minute therapy session. Vibration never seemed to have negative effects systematically to the whole body or directly to the muscle.
During the same time as electricity became available commercially, so did a rise in “medical” vibration tools. These tools repeatedly make the rounds every decade with growing popularity, each time with more settings and features. All of these products are a response to the universal acceptance of vibration as a medium of health and wellness. Currently, we see foam rollers with vibration settings, showing how far public awareness has come and how little has changed.
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Image 4. The new version of the TheraGun was released to assist athletes and sports professionals with recovery and regeneration. The use of rapid vibration with specialized “bits” is a growing market in sports performance, and the TheraGun is a market leader.
Some of the sports technology on the market is capitalizing on the professional-grade device space, such as the Hyperice Raptor (not to be confused with my jump test) as well as other products that are growing in popularity. These products have been used for decades but are only now being researched because of the current ease of measuring muscles. One new product, the TheraGun, resembles an electric hand saw with a rubber mallet. About 100 professional teams are now using it.
I believe the potential of sports vibration exists, but we need a sound methodology to come up with protocols to allow validation by the peer review process. As far as I know, there is no research published about manual vibration and its lasting and significant changes to muscle tone.
AND THIS Does vibration benefit delayed-onset muscle soreness?: a meta-analysis and systematic review - PMC
I just received mine. The gun itself is hit or miss as to whether it cooperates. I have times where turning it on, it wont start. Move through the cycle from 2-6, and it still doesnt do anything. Have to move it a certain way, and it will finally kick on, but the movements are sporadic. Will pulsate no problems, then acts like its dying before finally starting back up. Even on its lowest setting, it struggles to maintain a rhythm before finally stopping…and randomly starting back up 5 seconds later.
When it does work, it feels great. But 1 day and the device has issues does not bode well for the remaining 364 days left on the warranty.
WORST PEICE OF JUNK WE EVER BOUGHT ON WOOT! Ours does the same , very weak and not smooth, not a constant speed
NO POWER!
this looks nothing like what we recieved!
Worst piece of junk we ever bought on woot!, very disappointed. I am sure mine is defective, and I see everyone else also got a defective one. Paying for return shipping and dealing with the hassel is not worth it.
Where is this link? the warranty in the package is vague.
Hi there. I’m sorry you’re unhappy. Please reach out to Woot! Customer Service.
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