Compression boots, compared
Every one of these machines does exactly the same thing.
A pump pushes air into chambers that squeeze your leg from the foot upward, then releases. That is all any of them do. The mechanism has been used in hospitals for decades and nobody owns it.
So the difference between £249 and £1,045 is not the mechanism. Here is what each brand charges, and what the extra money actually buys.
What each brand charges in the UK
Taken from each company's own UK website. Go and check them.
| Brand | Model | UK price |
|---|---|---|
| Evening Legs | Evening Legs Compression | £249.00 |
| Pulsio | Compression | £299.99 |
| Pulsio | Compression PRO | £399.99 |
| Therabody | JetBoots Prime | £469.00 |
| Compex | Ayre Compression Boots | £499.99 |
| Air Relax | PLUS 3.0 | £599.00 |
| Air Relax | 4.0 PRO | £1,045.00 |
Sources: pulsio.co.uk, therabody.co.uk, compex.com, air-relax.co.uk. If any of these have changed, tell us and we will correct this page.
What the extra £350 is buying
Not a better squeeze. These things.
A warehouse
Stock sitting in a UK distribution centre. Rent, staff, insurance, and money tied up in machines nobody has bought yet. That sits inside the price of every unit.
Shops
When a boot sells through a department store or a sports chain, the retailer takes a large share. The price has to carry that even when you buy direct.
Sponsorships
The big names sponsor teams and athletes. That is a serious annual cost and it is inside the price of the boots.
A range, and the staff to run it
Twenty products, product managers, offices. We sell one thing.
Unsold stock
Whatever does not sell gets written off against whatever does. Nothing of ours sits still, so you are not paying for anyone else's mistakes.
And ours is guaranteed longer than any of them
Pulsio are the closest to us on price. This is what they give you.
3 years
If it stops working, we replace it.
Pulsio give you one year90 nights
Use it every evening. If it has not helped, send it back.
Pulsio give you thirty daysBoth ways
We pay the postage out and the postage back.
Free UK deliveryThe one thing you give up
You wait two to three weeks. We do not hold stock, and that is precisely why there is no warehouse in the price. Your machine is ordered the day you order it and comes to you direct.
That is the whole trade, and it is the only one we are asking you to make.
See the machine, £249