I'm going for a paddle (Remington F 7027)

Member Name: kimking

Product:	Remington F 7027
Date:	06/05/04 (250 review reads)
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Advantages: Nice for your feet

Disadvantages: big

For one of my Christmas presents last year I received a ?Remington Aromatherapy Foot Spa? I think someone must have got a little fed up hearing me whinging on about my feet. I suffer from a complaint called ?Plantar Fasciitis? which is heel pain caused by an inflamed tendon, this makes standing and walking quite painful at times.

The first thing that struck me was the size of the thing, at 18 inches by 14 ½ inches and 7 ½ inches tall it is quite big and clumsy looking and should be quite comfortable for use by even the biggest feet. It stands on four large round feet and is very stable with or without water in it.

The blue oval spa has three carry handles, one is situated on the front end and is a good strong handle, and this one is for carrying the spa when it is empty of water. The other two handles are good sized pocket situated at each side the spa just slightly underneath, these are to give a good grip while carrying the spa when it contains water, all the three handles are very safe and useful.

I compartment where your feet go is semi divided, one section for each foot. Each section has little grooves in the bottom to put massage roller attachments three on each side; there are two different types of rollers six massage rollers and six magnetic rollers, these are placed in the grooves and you simply roll your feet over them.

There is a maximum fill level for the water; this is quite easy to see. There is a pedicure center, which consists of four round heads, which fit into a slot near the back of the machine, each one has a different head.

Acupressure Attachment.

This is one with large rounded metal pins, which are magnetic and rise up and down while the head rotates.

Massage Attachment.

This one has little round node?s, which massage as it rotates.

Brush Attachment
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This obviously is a little brush that rotates to gently clean and cleanse.

Pumice Stone Attachment.

A round pumice stone head to smooth away the rough skin on your feet.

When these are in the slot with the motor you simply activate them by pressing your foot on them and applying a little pressure, This is much easier said than done as the head is small, only approximately 2 ½ inches across and when it starts to rotate it is quite difficult to keep your foot on it as it makes your foot slide to one side as it turns. To be completely honest I found this part to be a complete waste of time.

The top of the spa is a bout one third covered with a rubber squeegee on the inside edge. This is meant to be for scraping the excess water off your feet after use, again I found this to be quite useless as it is very awkward to get to all you foot with the edge.

The rest of the cover has a transparent lid which lifts up and is designed to hold the pedicure attachments, each one has its own slot.

On the very front at the top are the control dial and five little red lights:

The first is to indicate the foot spa is turned on, you simply turn the dial towards the red light, and this will then come on.

The second position is for the heater; providing the water is warm the heater will then keep it warm while in use, but it will get quite cool before long.

The third position is for massage; when this is switched on the whole spa gently vibrate at a nice relaxing pace. I do like this action; I find it very relaxing and soothing.

The forth position is for bubbles, this is for a more vigorous massage where the bubbles come up from the footplate. I find this get a bit over bearing after a very short while, and makes me want to fidget.

The fifth is just a red light that comes on when you
depress the pedicure centre near the back, to show it is working. As I have already said it is quite difficult to keep your foot on this while it spins round.

Whit the foot spa you get some aromatherapy items, a little string sack containing 20 individually wrapped tablets, which fizz when added to the water, you only need to add one per session.

10 Peppermint, which is to invigorate and cool the feet and the body.

10 citrus, which is to help combat physical tiredness and fatigue.

There are also two small 50ml bottles of aromatherapy oil of which you add 2-3 capfuls per session.

Eucalyptus tea tree, which is for cleansing and healing.

Gentle Lavender with vitamin E, which moisturises and helps you relax.

My personal opinions of these are, the peppermint tablet and the eucalyptus make your eyes water, while the lavender smells very musty and the citrus smells sickly. After play around with several ideas, I have found the perfect relaxing experience.

Fill the spa with warm water and add a very tiny amount of your favourite bath oil, I like to use Radox herbal moisture soak with Calendula and added moisturisers. Then only operate your spa at the massage setting (if you make it bubble you will be over ridden with bubbles). When I have finished my feet feel lovely, soft, moisturised, invigorate, relaxed and sweet smelling, I have found this to be perfect bliss.

Although I received mine as a gift, I do know you can buy the in many out lets including Argos who sell them for£48.50.

Once like me you have found your perfect bliss, I am sure you will agree with me that they are just about worth the money. So I do recommend this product but also recommend you experiment to find your comfort.

Thanks for reading.

Kim.

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