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does this shiatsu foot massager actually
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work let's find out Dave Taylor here and
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this time I'm not looking at regular
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consumer electronics I'm looking at
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something that's more personal something
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to do with my feet yes I said it my feet
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this is the Miko shiatsu foot massager
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and it's pretty sweet so go ahead and
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put my feet in and you can put in up to
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a size 14 foot they say I have a size 11
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and it's already on them maybe the edges
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of it comes with two remotes though so
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smaller feet are gonna get more benefit
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out of this perhaps but it definitely
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works so let me go ahead and turn it on
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but before I turn it on first off here's
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a close-up of the remote you can see
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basic functionality here's a really cool
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thing comes with two remotes so if you
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lose one you got another one that you
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probably just leave stashed in the Box
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in the basement or garage works great
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now it has switchable Heat and five
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pressure settings so I'm gonna turn it
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on and use the default which is pressure
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level 3 oh yeah it's really nice
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actually and as you can see in this
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picture there's different things
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happening at different points on your
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foot there's sort of this shiatsu
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rolling massage thing going on under the
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balls of your foot that generally get
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your toes and then there are other
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rollers at the arch of your foot and
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your heel and then on the top there's
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this sort of air pressure cushion thing
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that inflates and deflates and that
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gives you some pressure on top really
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though the huge benefit of this is at
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the bottom of your foot and when you get
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it onto higher pressure levels or higher
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it's pretty intense actually so what the
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company recommends and I have to agree
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you start at level one and give yourself
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a chance to get used to it before you
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freak out it's really nice but it can
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definitely be like someone giving you a
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pretty enthusiastic massage so there's
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the kneading and rolling going on
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really not much else I can tell you
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about it is it's pretty heavy it's a 12
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pounds so if you're giving this to your
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parents or something you might want to
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help them position it in the right place
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one thing I really like about it is it
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has a 15 minute automatic turn off so if
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you're doing this and you're sitting in
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front of the TV and you start to drift
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off and you fall asleep you're not gonna
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wake up six hours later with your feet a
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mushy pulp I mean it wouldn't happen
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anyway but after 15 minutes it just
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automatically turns off so that's a nice
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amount of to get actually a nice amount
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of foot massage this is really great for
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people that are on their feet all the
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time and you know is it as good as
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actually having someone giving you a
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foot massage probably not but it's
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surprisingly close actually it's quite
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the heat I don't feel much heat but
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you're experiences may vary I also use
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it with socks on and I tell my kids to
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wear socks because it's just a little
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more hygienic but you can actually pop
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out the cloth or fabric insert you can
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take them out and you could wash them
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separately I haven't tried that so I
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assume it works it's very nice so
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something you could even have under your
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desk at work so when you're like come
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out of one of those really stressful
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meetings go for a few minutes of foot
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massage while you're chilling out and
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having a cup of tea not such a bad thing
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anyway before I tell you the price let
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me ask you to do one thing for me is to
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go ahead and click on that subscribe
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button thank you now the only thing left
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to talk about is the price and it's not
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inexpensive it's a hundred and forty
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dollars for the mikoshi Otsu foot
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massager at amazon.com but that sounds
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like a lot unless you think about how
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much it costs to get a couple hours
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worth of a massage right if you go for
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an hour massages generally around a
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hundred bucks and you're done
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this thing you could use for years so
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this is something that I really like and
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I have to say this is gonna be a
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permanent part of our living room
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because I know that my kids especially
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with all their sports having a little
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foot massage is a very pleasant thing
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I'm not gonna touch their feet don't
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tell them that anyway this is Dave
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Taylor thanks for watching and I'm gonna
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just let this thing finish its 15-minute
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cycle so I'll catch you in the next
