The full-sized massage guns will still give you all of these, or perhaps even better, but the important thing here is the portability the little percussive devices offer you instead. Most of us love a good ol' massage now and then, but sadly hitting the spa to have a personal rub down every week is but a daydream. Percussion range is 1300-3200rpm with 4 built-in speeds. This is normal range stuff as far as most massage guns go. Even so, it’s a super quiet massage gun – much better than what we’ve seen so far – with 45-53dB noise levels (this is largely due to small amplitude). Hushed! Ekrin Bantam vs. Lifepro DynaMini (first picture) and Lifepro DynaMini vs. Bob and Brad Q2 Obviously being a smaller gun you’d expect some compromises. That’s why the stall force is 35lbs. and not 56lbs. like the bigger guns. Still this is very impressive power for a mini massage gun. It also has a respectable amplitude of 10mm – you won’t need more.

The R3 is also surprisingly quiet at 51-62 dB of noise. Renpho chose to give their customers something that’ll give them peace of mind. Many minis don’t come close. It has 4 speed gears which we think is just enough.

How do you use a massage gun?

You get 5 speed gears to go with the high percussions. You probably won’t get a harder punch, but you’ll definitely get a thorough massage. But it’s not just the performance that has us excited about this new addition. The Theragun Mini 2.0 is now smaller and lighter than its predecessor, making it even more portable and easier to use. It now weighs just 1.1 pounds (watch out, Bantam!) compared to Mini 1’s 1.5 pounds. Not really a unique design – tons of guns look the same i.e. it borrows a leaf from Ekrin’s design book as far as the ergonomics go. Massage heads: Most machines we tried came with a selection of massage heads, varying in shape and texture to target different muscles and aches. While some only offered two, others offer as many as six different options. As you can see, it’s super compact and perfect in size. In fact, if there ever is an on-the-go travel massage gun, this is it.

The corded massager delivers maximum power to your muscles and can reach 3000 percussions per minute on the high setting and 1800 percussions per minute on the low setting. They also don’t get any points over any of the others as far as portability. It’s worse really, no pouch, no case, nothing!

CUSTOMISE YOUR MASSAGE

TheR3 Active (formerly the R3 Mini) isnot as mini as the others we looked at but it’s small and compact if only to compare it with any large gun. It’s made of good quality plastic, and finished nicely.