The JPMedics Kumo therapeutic massage chair (previously referred to as the Fujimedic Kumo) comes from the identical firm that brings us the Cozzia and Ogawa manufacturers. It’s made in the identical manufacturing facility in China (beforehand known as EasePal, now known as Ogawa) and is nearly the identical mannequin because the Cozzia QiSE, with one main distinction. The elements are made in China however exported to Japan the place they’re assembled, quality-control examined, and programmed earlier than being despatched to America. Thus, the assertion “Made In Japan” is stamped onto it’s transport packing containers.
The Kumo is a 3D/4D L-track (aka SL-track) chair with 4 rollers, 64 airbags, a multi-language pedestal distant management, and heated rollers and calf airbags. One of many first belongings you discover whenever you activate the Kumo is that the calf airbags migrate to the knees. When the calf airbags warmth up, the compression therapeutic massage on the knee joints feels fabulous. This heated knee therapeutic massage is in contrast to every other therapeutic massage chair, excepting perhaps it’s large brother model, the Ogawa Grasp Drive AI. The calf/knee airbags play an enormous position within the stretch program of the Kumo, by the way in which, as I’ll focus on later on this article.
Heated Rollers?
The Kumo additionally has heated rollers, which is a pleasant characteristic to have in a therapeutic massage chair. Nevertheless, I need to say that the heated rollers gives little or no warmth, a minimum of that’s what we’ve seen within the Kumo ground fashions we’ve in our showrooms. There’s some heat felt, however it’s laborious to inform whether it is from the heated rollers or from the warmth generated by the rollers shifting up and down the backbone and rising the blood stream to the muscle tissues and pores and skin. Warmth is generated within the massaged areas of the backbone in any case by elevated blood stream brought on by the massing rollers. I anticipated a bit extra warmth emanating from the rollers in order to take away all doubt as to why my again was feeling hotter. Not an enormous factor, however a factor, nonetheless.
The JPMedics Kumo has an general very comfy match, which you’ll really feel the second you sit in it for the primary time. “Fast Keys” are situated on the correct arm relaxation, which let you function the chair with some very fundamental instructions, i.e. energy on/off, 3D curler depth, warmth, physique place, and two of it’s 12 auto applications.
The distant itself is a pedestal kind and is sort of straightforward to make use of. The show is massive, tablet-sized, making the person contact display interface straightforward to learn. This is among the comparatively few fashions that has a reminiscence operate. It is not going to memorize a spot therapeutic massage or any of the auto applications, however you may create as much as 3 applications for both the entire physique or most well-liked areas of your physique. After you have created your program(s), you may modify the depth/depth of the rollers and the compression depth of the airbags inside that program every time you utilize it.
3D/4D Curler Depth Adjustment
Talking of the power to regulate the 3D depth/depth of the rollers, curiously sufficient you can’t do this on a everlasting foundation for any of the auto applications. That’s not to say you can’t change the depth of the rollers in an auto program, however whenever you do change the curler depth, the depth setting will routinely restore to the pre-programmed depth as quickly because the rollers transfer on to the subsequent spinal section and the curler mode modifications. In different phrases, the depth/depth settings are all preset and whenever you change them, it’ll solely be non permanent, till the rollers transfer on from that spinal section.
This can be a little irritating in case you are accustomed to with the ability to modify the depth/depth of the rollers on different chairs you may have been testing. The preset depth settings modifications from one space of your backbone to a different so it isn’t at all times the identical all through this system. Nevertheless, for those who discover the preset depth/depth to be too sturdy, you may’t make a everlasting change to make it much less intense apart from utilizing a throw blanket as padding.
You CAN, nonetheless, modify the curler depth within the spot therapeutic massage and, as talked about above, your customized applications. By the way in which, if you’d like a regional/zone therapeutic massage, you’ll have to set that up within the customized applications. The spot therapeutic massage is simply that…a spot therapeutic massage. The rollers will keep within the one place you choose and won’t transfer up and down inside 6″ or 9″ radius, like most different therapeutic massage chair manufacturers will do.
Therapeutic massage Program Choices
I hope I didn’t confuse you with these various kinds of therapeutic massage applications and the power to regulate the depth/power of the 3D rollers. In abstract, you may have 3 therapeutic massage choices:
- Auto Applications – 12 applications; 3D/4D curler depth/depth is preset and may solely be adjusted briefly.
- Spot Applications – focal curler therapeutic massage; 3D/4D curler depth/depth is adjustable.
- Customized Applications (3) – regional or full physique applications; 3D/4D curler depth/depth is adjustable.
By the way in which, you may modify the airbag compression power throughout any of the above applications.
Relating to the 12 auto applications, their names are Spinal Care, Joint Care, Demo, Stretch, Loosen up, Japanese, Thai, Balinese, Chinese language, Swedish, Vigorous, Mild. I’m not completely acquainted with every of those applications, however we use the Demo program with each new buyer in our showroom because it provides the person a small style of all the pieces the chair can do, together with the stretch program. I like to make use of the Joint Care program after I desire a deep tissue therapeutic massage. It’ll work on every section of my backbone with a shiatsu-like curler therapeutic massage that’s fairly intense.
Stretch Program
Though the stretch applications of L-track chairs are usually not the identical as these of the S-track chairs, I’ll say that the Kumo has one of many higher L-track stretch applications. I feel it’s as a result of the calf airbags transfer as much as the knees and once they inflate in live performance with the foot airbags, the entire decrease a part of your physique will get pulled by the stretch as one unit. If you’d like an S-track kind stretch in an L-track, the Kumo comes nearer to it than most different choices.
I’ll say that the Kumo has the capability for a VERY sturdy curler therapeutic massage, if that’s what you might be on the lookout for. Among the many L-track chairs, it has one of many strongest curler massages within the neck and shoulder area. You’ll like it! However, for those who favor a extra mild therapeutic massage, it has that capability as effectively on the decrease vary of depth settings.
Relating to the Spot massages, these are the focal handbook applications that incorporate kneading, tapping, swedish, clapping, and shiatsu modes. Every of these modes have two settings from which to decide on. Within the Spot massages you may mix kneading & tapping or kneading & clapping or kneading & shiatsu. Tapping, clapping, and shiatsu are all the identical apart from the rhythm/cadence of the tapping.
By the way in which, when you’re within the Spot therapeutic massage settings display, you’ll see a setting known as “Kneading Energy”. That’s completely different from the 3D/4D depth settings and refers back to the kneading pace. Elevated curler pace can really feel like a stronger therapeutic massage with out even altering the curler depth.
Customized Applications & Reminiscence Perform
Relating to the Customized applications, throughout this system setup, you may have the next areas to deploy in your therapeutic massage program: Neck & Shoulder, Again, Lumbar, Buttock, Arm, Knee, Leg, and Foot. You may choose all or a few of the areas in your customized program. The primary 4 areas are coated by the rollers, the final 4 areas are coated by airbags. The therapeutic massage mode choices are Knead, Faucet, Swedish, Clap, Shiatsu, and Roll. The proprietor’s handbook states you can mix Kneading, Tapping, Shiatsu, and Clapping with Swedish or Roll, however this isn’t right. You may mix Kneading with both Tapping, Clapping, or Shiatsu solely. Swedish is a mixture of Kneading and Tapping however with a unique cadence.
In the event you can’t discover the “Create New” button for a brand new customized program, it signifies that you’ve already created 3 and you have to to delete considered one of them earlier than the “Create New” button will reappear. By the way in which, you may take away a program by holding your finger down on this system picture in your distant management and will probably be deleted.
The elimination of a Customized program jogs my memory of the chromotherapy characteristic of the chair. You’ll discover that as quickly as you activate a chair program, the chromotherapy lights will seem above the shoulder airbags on both facet of your head. You may choose completely different mild patterns from the distant management settings, however you there isn’t a on/off button to push to show them off. If you wish to flip off the chromotherapy lights altogether, simply push and maintain for 3 seconds the picture of the sample that’s displaying and it’ll flip off the chromotherapy characteristic altogether.
Foot rollers are fairly comfy within the Kumo. Not too intense in any respect. You may at all times use foot pads if they’re too intense for you, however the depth is lower than numerous different therapeutic massage chair foot rollers we’ve skilled.
Physique Scan
The physique scan works like most others, with the rollers finding the highest of your shoulders and the bottom of your cranium in order that they don’t go too excessive or too low in the course of the auto program. In the event you discover that the chair is just not scanning you correctly, and the rollers are usually not going excessive sufficient up your neck, then you may override the scan and transfer the rollers as excessive as you want earlier than finishing the scan. Close to the top of the scan, the chair will beep. That beep is the chair’s method of asking you if the rollers are excessive sufficient or too excessive to your torso. At that second, you may transfer the rollers up or down utilizing the arrow buttons to get to the place you want them.
A phrase of warning: In the course of the scan, the rollers dig fairly deep into your shoulders. You’ll really feel just like the chair is abusing you! Don’t be discouraged. That’s solely non permanent, whereas the rollers work out the placement of the highest of your shoulders. Let the scan move and you’ll really feel the actual depth of the rollers (it received’t be almost as sturdy).
By the way in which, this chair’s specs states that it may well match somebody as tall as 6’4″. Whereas it might be true {that a} 6’4″ individual can match within the chair, the rollers will NOT attain the total size of the neck. Our expertise is that it’s going to therapeutic massage chair total neck of somebody who’s 6’1″ – 6’2″, tops. In fact, your torso could also be longer than one other, which suggests at 6’1″ or 6’2″ tall the rollers should not get all the way in which up your neck.
The foot relaxation has an digital extending mechanism. Everytime you begin a brand new program, or change the chair or ottoman place throughout a program, the legs will reset and recalibrate. This includes the legs extending absolutely out after which retracting electronically. There’s a sensor within the backside of every foot massager that, when pressured by your toes, will cease the retraction of the leg massager. That is how the chair”measures” your leg size. In the event you push your toes towards the sensor prematurely, the retraction will cease quick. You have to to enter the distant management and modify the leg size at that time.
Listed here are a number of different options of curiosity within the JPMedics Kumo:
- One zero gravity place.
- As much as 30′ lengthy applications.
- Distant management language choices – English, Vietnamese, Chinese language, Japanese, and Korean.
- Manufacturing unit guarantee is 3 years elements & labor, with 2 extra years of elements protection.
- Shade choices: Pearl/Cappuccino, Pearl/Espresso, and Black/Purple.
General, the JPMedics Kumo is an effective sturdy L-track therapeutic massage chair. If you’re on the lookout for an L-track chair with sturdy neck and shoulder therapeutic massage, good stretch program, and a snug match and really feel, this might be on the prime of your checklist.
Dr. Alan Weidner
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