The Best Foot Massagers of 2026

The Arch Refresh has all the trappings of what one might expect from a luxury foot massager. It looks like a box with two deep crevices lined with removable and machine-washable pieces of cloth that you stick your feet into and get a massage from the tip of the toes to the ankles. It also has four main massage settings—vibration, pressure, heat, and knead style—that you can use to customize the type of massage you receive.

For most of its settings, it works really well. My feet felt great both during and after both test massages, and I liked the amount of customization it allowed. In fact, it just had one un-zenlike problem: When I set the pressure of the massager to its highest intensity, it made a loud knocking and grinding sound. The high pressure felt good, but the sound was unpleasant and made me worried about what was happening within the otherwise solid-seeming machine.

No other reviews of the machine mention this problem, so it’s possible that I received a lemon. But based on my experience, I’d say this: For someone who only plans on using the gentler settings, and likes the look of this particular machine, the Arch Refresh is a fine option. If you’re someone who wants to take advantage of the highest-pressure setting (and there’s no reason why you shouldn’t, based on its price and the fact that it’s available), I’d recommend a different massager.

The Miko Shiatsu massager gives a full-foot massage via two chambers that you slide your feet into like a pair of slippers. It offers five pressure and knead intensity settings and the option to add heat, all of which can be controlled with the buttons on the console or the remote control that comes with the machine. When you turn it on, it automatically sets a timer for 15 minutes, so you know exactly how long you’ll be receiving the massage.

For the most part, I liked the way the massage worked and felt. It was easy to toggle between settings with both the buttons and the remote control and I liked having the ability to shift the knead and air pressure intensity to my liking. But the pressure seemed to get a little too intense for me—it was great at the milder settings, but when I changed it to the highest one, it squeezed my foot to a painful degree. I usually like a firm massage, so this meant it was squeezing really, really hard. You also can’t adjust the height or angle of the device.

If you end up with the Miko massager, the solution to this is relatively simple—don’t use the highest knead and pressure intensity if it causes you pain. But compared to other massagers that didn’t cause any pain, even at the highest intensity setting, it may not be the best pick for some people, particularly those who want a gentler massage.

In general, using the Homedics sole-only massager was an unmemorable experience. Like other massagers of its ilk, it has massage nodules covered in mesh and an option to add heat to the massage—you can’t, however, adjust the height or angle on this one. The massage felt good, and my feet felt loosened up after using it, but nothing about it was particularly special. Because you can’t adjust the angle, you may want to go with the Belmint sole-only machine instead, but using this one is fine, too.

The MED Massager, which massages just the bottoms of the feet, looks and feels different from all the other foot products we tested. Instead of a smooth surface that you place feet upon, it has a metal triangular base covered by a hard plastic surface with ridges (where you place the feet) that looks a little like a Lite Brite toy covered with something you could use as a building ground for Legos. When you turn it on, it vibrates—and that’s about all it offers. You can adjust the intensity of the vibration by twisting a knob on the upper corner of the device, and use the surface to massage (or, really, vibrate on) the back or calves as well as the feet, but it doesn’t offer any kneading or heating. Because of this, the massage experience itself was hardly relaxing. That said, my feet felt loosened up and less tense when I was done, even though the experience itself was not exactly full of zen.

The Med Massager seems effective for what it claims to do, which is stimulate circulation—and on its site, it’s marketed as more a medical device than a home relaxation device, so it doesn’t exactly fall short of any claims, either. So if you are looking for a casual, relaxing foot massager, it’s not the one to try. But if your doctor ever tells you to get a Med Massager for any medical reasons, listen to them, not me.

The NekTeck foot massager is highly rated on Amazon and less expensive than many of the devices on this list, so I had high hopes. Indeed, it kneads the bottom of the feet with the same cloth-covered massage nodes as other similar massagers. You can also add heat to the massage by pushing the power button and adjust the angle by twisting the stands at the base of the massager.

For the most part, it was fine—it was easy to set up and figure out how to use, and some parts of the massage felt nice. But the kneading massage could sometimes be painful, depending on how I rested my feet on the machine. This was always easy to adjust by switching the angle of the device or reshuffling my weight, but I didn’t experience pain with any of the other similar massagers, which have the same style and special features at comparable prices.