It’s important and helpful to get reliable information of any product before investing your money into that. There are many reviews available for almost any product, but we have evolved a comprehensive and systematic system for evaluating massage chairs and give readers an unbiased opinion on the performance and quality of these machines.
Our system analyses product on five different categories before coming to the final conclusion. As you’ll see each category weighs a different characteristic feature of the chair on a scale of zero to twenty. Each category is given equal weight. The scores earned in each category are added to arrive at the overall rating. The categories we take into consideration are: Warranty & Customer Service, Comfort/Ergonomics, Ease of Use, Features and Massage Therapy. This systematic approach enables us to have a more disciplined system of evaluating the product to help providing useful factual information to anyone looking at massage chairs. Here is a review of the Omega M-2 Orion Massage Chair. This is in the category of entry level chairs and sells for about $1,500.
Warranty & Customer Service: Any manufacturer of any durable product needs to offer warranty for its products. Warranty is indeed important as it safeguards the buyer against any manufacturing defect or bad workmanship. Likewise, customer service is equally important for taking care of any issues one may have.
This is all the warranty that you get with the M-2 Orion: Omega Massage: 1 year on the frame, 6 months on parts, 6 months of labor and shipping for 6 months. There aren’t many entry level massage chair offering such comprehensive warranty. Now consider the customer service side. Omega responds quickly and is competent in providing fast turnaround time, should any issue arise.
Comfort & Ergonomics: Unless the chair has an ergonomic design, it can’t provide the expected level of comfort. The massage chair should comfortably accommodate the body. The Orion is designed to include plush back rest cover and a large rectangular shoulder pillow. The back cover is fine, but you may find the second pillow a bit too wide and perhaps too thin. Otherwise, the chair provides a comfortable fitting. The curved armrests add to your comfort and the chair may be adjusted anywhere between 115 degrees to 170 degrees. Another helpful feature is that the leg rest can be extended by an extra 4 inches. The paddle system in the calf massager is effective and can be located for maximum effect. The manual levers are quite spontaneous in taking their position. In this category we give it a rating of 17.
East of Use: There is little doubt that unless the product offers ease of operation, it will remain unutilized, or at least underutilized. No want like to struggle operating an equipment of daily use.
The M-2 Orion shiatsu massage is very simple to control and operate. All you have to do is to simply push the main power, select the auto massage and enjoy a massage. There is provision for manual controls for the backrest and the footrest. The backrest and footrest are connected to a manual piston. On releasing it, the footrest or the chair gets adjusted. The M-2 performs the job of heavy lifting for you. The remote comes with 3 automatic programs, 3 manual programs and 3 back courses. The calf massage, seat vibration and seat massage is also controlled by the remote. Omega chair has the features of a higher end massage chair while continuing to offer an easy to use recliner. We’ll reward this category with a rating of 19
Key Features: The features that distinguish one massage chair from any other are studied in the category of key features. The Orion massage chair provides a continuously swaying Hawaiian massage. The swaying massage is accomplished with the aid of back rollers that provide good back coverage. The M-2 comes with an eight massage head system built into the seat .for the buttocks and thighs. The seat of M-2 is provided with an eight massage head system. These heads are mounted on a rotary to provide complete relief. Three variations of intensities are available, enabling the user to choose one. Further, the seat is also subjected to vibrations, thus helping to give improved flow of blood in the capillaries. For its price this is a well designed massage chair. For its features we like to award it with a rating of 18.
Massage Therapy: The massage chair should perform therapeutics function effectively. The Omega M-2 Orion includes 3 automatically timed massages varying from 5, 10 and 15 minutes. It gives you a choice of 3 manual massages and 3 back courses. The manual massage techniques include kneading, swaying and finger press with good force. The speed of the manual massages can be selected from among the three levels to suit users’ preferences. The paddle system in case of calf massage can be placed on the thighs, knees and calves because of extendable foot rest. Appropriate selection of functions results to offering effectual massage therapies for the whole body. The Omega M-2 Orion massage recliner deserves a rating of 18 for massage therapy.
How does the Omega M-2 Orion stack up? Overall, our rating of the Omega M-2 Orion is a 90/100. Omega surely offers some of the high value features in this entry level massage chair. The Swaying massage and the thorough seat massage make an excellent therapeutic package. The M-2 provides massages of good strength that provide effective relief. Omega also offers good warranty protection for the amount invested. You will find it hard to get another entry level machine offering full body massage at this price.
