does the water heat up, or does it have massage?
1441112
You need to put warm water into the bath. It ironically pulls toxins from your body. The pores in your feet are the largest in your body. There is no massage with the unit and not needed for its purpose.
1441113
It's not a foot massager, it's a detox bath. You put your own temperature water in it (it works best IMHO if the water is on the warmer side).
1441114
You have to put warm water. It does not heat up and no massage. You have to keep your foot in water and it detoxes as you wait for 30 minutes.
1441115
You need to add hot/warm water from the tap as there is no heating element in the unit; there is no massage element in it either. The warm water and ionizing of the unit make your feet feel as though massaged and your body very relaxed.
1441116
No, I use hot water to fill the basin. There is no massage. But your feet will will feel light and tingly when you're done.
1090183
You can turn the heat on by itself. I personally found that the massage nodules were very painful to sit on for any extended period of time, whether on or off.
359974
Hi there. If the unit is working you will see the little dimples on the surface of the water if you look at it in the light at the right angle. With this model, any heat generated is transducer heat, a byproduct of running unit. Unlike other units that are "supposed" to heat up, this unit does not have a built in heater.... It simy heats up from continued use. It is supposed to have an overload protection, or temperature sensor which will shut down unit with excessive heat. For example, I would occasionally used hot or warm water in the unit to improve cleaning, only to realize that eventually the unit would temporarily stop working. After cooling down, it would start working again. I am unfamiliar with the vitamin process you are using it for, so I'm not sure what conditions the unit must operate under for you to get the results you are looking for. If heat is needed, you may be better off with a heated unit. If you are simply wondering whether or not it is working based on heat produced, tbat won't necessarily be a good indicator. When cleaning something such as eyeglasses, for example, you will see what looks like "smoke" coming off of the eyeglasses or other object.... This is dirt, oils, etc. being cleaned off. Also, you will notice those little dimpmes in the water. Another was I would tear my unit was to put a fingertip on the water.... I would see the " smokey" appearance around my finger as the oils were cleaned from my finger.... Along with a little pain if I had a hangnail or cut! This unit leaked wayer into it from poor sealing between stainless steel tup and upper part of unit, and failed within less than a year. There are better units for not much more money. I would not recommend this unit for more than occasional use. I paid about $30 for the unit, and have seen the units vary in price from $19 to over $50, so that's a consideration, as well. Hope this helps.
801761
you press that and it starts to warm the water. I bought this cattle and it broke in a month. I would not recommend it.
175373
You use hot water from your tap. The hottest you can. That's it. It doesn't maintain the temperature, it's not heated.
1005827
It keeps the water nice, but there are no jet per se to massage on this model. The hot water outlet is not that powerful. The bubble action is good, but that doesn't really massage.
590754
HiYou can :-). I use both features or just one of them. So yes you can just turn the heat on and not use the massage feature :-)
247092
It's a mixture of water and cleaner. The manual suggests using warm water. There's definitely no steam, though.
1890725
According to what I just read in the instructions, it says to put either warm or cold water in the spa. I just received mine and just waiting for it to heat up as I type this. :D
1625192
It does not massage. It bubbles water. There are rollers that you roll your feet on it. Bewarn, it spills a lot of water. You pretty much have to have a towel underneath it when you use it. Hope this help
2247702
No. It uses the water you put in the tank. There is **no** heating function to create steam.
1963656
Yes, it is warm enough to heat water as we put a pot of water on it to put mosture in the air. Happy with it.
1473835
None...no real heat produced...you have to keep adding warm water to it....cools off right away
1841468
no, if you touch the top of the light it'll be warm but the light itself won't heat up the water's surface considerably.
475307
Nope. Sorry. However, my last very expensive one did--along with about half a kazillion variations--and I found I didn't use them. Given that there were all sorts of other massaging items around my house, the shower turned out to be naught but a place to get clean and occasionally wash out a rug. Good luck with your search. (Personally, I prefer a nice relaxing soak in a Jacuzzi style tub... easier to sip a hot chocolate laced with some Bailey's Irish Creme that way and let the tub do the work while I just sit there.)
266531
No. We leave ours on all of the time. It takes about 20-30 minutes to heat up when water is added. Uses very little electricity. We love it, one of our most used and most favorite appliances.
1792045
The foot spa itself doesn't heat up the water, it just maintains the heat for about 20-30 minutes. If you want hot water you need to heat up water and then pour it in. So if you want cold water you could just fill it up with cold water instead of hot water.