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The Best Foot Spas of 2024

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Editor's Choice Product image of Ivation Foot Spa Massager
Best Overall

Ivation Foot Spa Massager

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This foot spa has the most amount of customizations to create a perfect experience no matter who is using it. Read More

Pros

  • Adjustable heating
  • Includes massage rollers
  • Splash guard transforms into a handle

Cons

  • None that we could find
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Editor's Choice Product image of Conair Foot Spa with Vibration & Heat
Best Value

Conair Foot Spa with Vibration & Heat

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If you're looking to spend less, the Conair is your best option. For less than a third of the price of our overall pick, the Conair hits the high notes of a good foot spa, but with less nuance. Read More

Pros

  • Easy to clean
  • Good budget buy

Cons

  • Heat function not very strong
  • Lacks frills such as massage rollers and bubble options
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Editor's Choice Product image of Homedics Bubble Spa Elite Footbath
Best Feature

Homedics Bubble Spa Elite Footbath

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We loved this foot spa because of the "seagrass" inserts, which provide a slightly tickling, but pleasing sensation while using it. Read More

Pros

  • Seagrass inserts that tickle your feet
  • Less expensive
  • Easy to clean

Cons

  • No digital thermostat
  • A single button controls heat and bubbles
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Product image of Kendal SI-FB10 All in One Foot Spa
Great Bubbles

Kendal SI-FB10 All in One Foot Spa

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A solid option, easy to use and has heat, bubbles, vibration, lights, and massage rollers. Options are vibration and lights, heat and bubbles, or all four at once, but no other combination. Read More

Pros

  • Strong bubbles
  • Easy to rinse and transport
  • Includes vibration

Cons

  • Massage rollers too tall
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Best Foot Soaking Tub

Lee Beauty Professional Foot Soaking Tub

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If you’re strapped for storage space and just want to soak your feet or prep them for a DIY pedicure, this is a good option for you. Read More

Pros

  • Retains heat well
  • Easily collapses for storage

Cons

  • Can only be used for soaking
  • Best Overall Ivation Foot Spa Massager
  • Best Value Conair Foot Spa/Pedicure Spa
  • Best Feature HoMedics Bubble Spa Elite Footbath
  • Great Bubbles Kendal Foot Massager
  • Best Foot Soaking Tub Lee Beauty Professional Large Foot Soaking Tub
  • Other Foot Spas We Tested
  • How We Tested
  • What You Should Know About Foot Spas
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We put our feet through a lot. We jam them into ill-fitting shoes that cause blisters, walk in paper-thin sandals, and squish around wearing damp sneakers in the rain. They endure a lot, with little gratitude beyond the occasional sandal-season pedicure. Enter the foot spa.

Foot spas circulate warm water with vibration or jets to massage the feet, softening hardened dead skin in preparation for removal. Some have additional features like rolling massagers, vibrating massagers, or heaters to keep the water warmer for longer.

In order to find the best foot spas available, we spoke with a podiatrist about the benefits and potential issues before testing several top-rated models. Our top pick, the Ivation Foot Spa Massager (available at Amazon has all of these features and makes for a comfortable, relaxing experience.

If you just want to soak your feet in warm water (maybe with some soap or essential oils), you can do that without a motorized foot bath. But having one (especially the right one) makes the experience more pleasurable and spa-like.

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The Ivation Foot Spa Massager wins Best Overall because it is the best option for the greatest number of people with heat control, comfortable massage rollers, and a deep basin.

Best Overall
Ivation Foot Spa Massager
  • Dimensions: 16.5” x 14.9” x 9.2”
  • Weight: 6.7 pounds
  • Heat: Yes

Every pair of feet (and their owners) has different needs and preferences. The best foot spa overall needs to have enough options that it can suit the greatest range of preferences, and the Ivation Foot Spa Massager does just that.

This spa is packed with great features that give you the most for your foot bath money: adjustable heating, massage rollers, water jets, and a timer. What’s more, the control panel lets you manage each function individually, rather than lumping certain features together. (Other baths had the massage rollers and bubbles in one function, for example.)

The Ivation bath has tightly-intertwined, ridged massage rollers located on each side of the bath. This feels far more comfortable than other rollers, which had bumps or nodules sticking out. These feel less like being jabbed and more like, well, a massage.

The heat controls display the temperature in Fahrenheit; where others simply offer an on and off button or no heat at all. When I turned on my preferred hot water temperature, the bath quickly warmed to it and maintained the temperature for the duration of my testing. The maximum temperature setting is 122 degrees, though 100 degrees is the upper limit for people with many health conditions.

This bath is easy to carry with or without water, as the cleverly-designed splash guard transforms into a handle. It was also one of the easiest to clean. The textured bottom has enough space in between the bumps to maneuver a paper towel across it. Other baths didn’t have this spacing, so the towel got shredded as it glided over the texture.

A panel of four coworkers all loved this foot bath, with three of them giving it raves. One cited this bath as the most comfortable, saying the massage rollers actually scrubbed the bottom of her feet for a smoother feel.

To enhance the experience even more, the bath comes with a pumice stone. You can rub the stone along the heel, sole, and ball of the foot to soften calluses and remove dead skin.

Despite having more features than other baths on this list, the Ivation is easy to use and customizable for the user, making it an easy choice for Best Overall.

Pros

  • Adjustable heating

  • Includes massage rollers

  • Splash guard transforms into a handle

Cons

  • None that we could find

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$79.99 from Home Depot

$64.80 from Walmart
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The Conair Foot Spa/Pedicure Spa is our Best Budget winner because it hits the high notes of a good foot spa, but for a fraction of the price.

Best Value
Conair Foot Spa/Pedicure Spa
  • Dimensions: 7.5” x 14.63” x 16.63”
  • Weight: 11.2 ounces
  • Heat: Yes

If you're looking to spend less, Conair is your best option. For under a third of our top pick’s price, it hits the high notes of a good foot spa, but with less nuance. Like the HoMedics, the Conair has one button for heat and vibration. It lacks bubbles, massage rollers, or inserts, making it the few-frills alternative to pricier options, without just being a bucket. (We also tested those; more to come in a bit).

The heat function didn’t increase the heat of the bath, but it did slow down the cooling process. It lost 11 degrees over 25 minutes. In the same amount of time, a regular plastic bucket lost 16 degrees.

Of our picks, this is the easiest to clean. The bumps on the bottom surface are practically flat and provide no friction against a paper towel. You also don’t have to work around massage rollers or clean any inserts. The splash guard is removable, so it can be taken out of the way and rinsed independently.

The Conair has a massage attachment situated on the top center of the spa, designed to provide extra pressure on the foot when grazed over. Several others have similar accessories but we opted not to test these, instead focusing on the main features of the bath.

Pros

  • Easy to clean

  • Good budget buy

Cons

  • Heat function not very strong

  • Lacks frills such as massage rollers and bubble options

$34.99 from Amazon

$29.99 from Home Depot

$34.00 from Walmart
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The HoMedics Bubble Spa Elite Footbath with Heat Boost wins a Best Feature spot because of its unique “seagrass” inserts.

Best Feature
HoMedics Bubble Spa Elite Footbath
  • Dimensions: 15.5” x 14.75” x 6.75”
  • Weight: 4.75 pounds
  • Heat: Yes

The HoMedics foot bath is unique among options we tested for its “seagrass” inserts. These rubber inserts attach to the floor, and lightly tickle your feet if you move them. All of our testers enjoyed the sensation. This bath was the most memorable, and it's the one I'd purchase for myself.

For about a third less than Ivation’s price, this HoMedics foot spa has fewer features and they aren’t as customizable. A single button combines the heat controls and bubbles into one function instead of separate controls. It also lacks a digital thermostat.

But though you can’t set the temperature, you can turn up the heat. In testing, the bath cooled from 106 to 103 degrees before I turned on the heat, then rose to 107 degrees in about 13 minutes. That’s a bit high for some people, per our expert podiatrist’s recommendation, but it felt nice to me. The bath doesn’t list vibration as one of the features, but there is a vibration along with the heat and bubbles.

Be careful not to overfill this bath (or any of them), as a bit of water leaps out of it when the jets churn. If you have larger feet, the water will rise quite a bit even if you fill below the maximum line.

The removable inserts make this bath extremely easy to clean. It has a handle so you can easily carry it to the sink, wash the inserts separately with soap and water, then wipe the whole interior with a soapy cloth.

Pros

  • Seagrass inserts that tickle your feet

  • Less expensive

  • Easy to clean

Cons

  • No digital thermostat

  • A single button controls heat and bubbles

$69.95 from Amazon

$69.99 from Target

$69.99 from Home Depot

$69.99 from Best Buy
The Kendal All in One Foot Spa in both a teal and a rose gold color scheme
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The feature combinations are locked into pairs, limiting the Kendal's versatility, but the powerful bubbles are noteworthy.

Great Bubbles
Kendal Foot Massager
  • Dimensions: 17” x 13” x 10”
  • Weight: 5.3 pounds
  • Heat: Yes

The Kendal Foot Massager is a solid option that’s easy to use and has heat, bubbles, vibration, lights, and massage roller inserts. You can use the vibration and light together, heat and bubbles together, or all of them at once. However, you cannot choose any one setting independently or in any other combination.

I appreciated the power behind the bubbles on this bath. Some other baths’ bubble functions barely worked, or that weren’t useful except for ambiance. The bubbles in the Kendal actually felt like a soothing, massaging tool.

For a more intense massage, you can insert rollers into the bottom of the bath, which you can rub your soles across. However, I didn’t like using them, because the tops of my feet stuck out of the water when atop the rollers.

The texture at the bottom of this bath was slightly pointier (not painful, don’t worry!) than others and caused my paper towel to shred while I was cleaning it. Other than that, the bath is easy to rinse, transport, and store.

Pros

  • Strong bubbles

  • Easy to rinse and transport

  • Includes vibration

Cons

  • Massage rollers too tall

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$74.70 from Walmart
two angles of the Lee Beauty Professional Foot Soaking Tub
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If you want a simple tub for soaking your feet, this collapsible option features solid heat retention.

Best Foot Soaking Tub
Lee Beauty Professional Large Foot Soaking Tub
  • Dimensions: 18” x 16” x 2”
  • Weight: 2.75 pounds
  • Heat: No

This “foot spa” is a fancy bucket. As far as buckets go, though, it’s a fabulous one for soaking your feet. The collapsable silicone basin has foldable plastic legs and a plastic floor that offers structure and support while you’re using the bath. When I first unpackaged it, I worried I would break it while popping it into shape, but it’s surprisingly easy to maneuver, fill, and transport.

The bottom of this bath feels soft and nice on the feet, plus the space is deep enough to soak up to the ankle bones. Surprisingly, the bath retained heat well, too, only dropping 4 degrees in 25 minutes, compared to the other bucket that lost 16 degrees in that time.

The heat retention beats out other baths, too, including some that actually offer heat settings. If you’re strapped for storage space and just want to soak your feet or prep them for a DIY pedicure, this is a good option for you.

Pros

  • Retains heat well

  • Easily collapses for storage

Cons

  • Can only be used for soaking

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Other Foot Spas We Tested

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Belmint Foot Spa Bath Massager
  • Dimensions: 15” x 12.5” x 5.5”
  • Weight: 3.5 pounds
  • Heat: No

The Belmint claims to be for the feet and calves, but the water level only reached my ankles. While this model’s heater was fine, the massage rollers were squeaky and loud.

Each side of the bath has three ridged rollers that are almost the length of my foot (I wear a size 8.5 women’s sneaker). These are tightly intertwined, much like the Ivation ones, but hurt my feet after consistent use. In order to not have these hurt or squeak, I had to lift my feet off of the rollers, which meant not being able to relax my muscles.

Pros

  • Heaters worked well

Cons

  • Rollers irritate feet after a while

  • Rollers are obnoxiously squeaky

$64.06 from Walmart

How We Tested

The Tester

Hey there, I'm Jessica. As the former beauty editor here at Reviewed, I tackled all things beauty and health, and foot spas fall between the two. I spent years of my childhood tagging along to the nail salon with my mom, where she generously let me get my nails and toes done beside her.

Those trips to the nail salon taught me that feeling clean and polished (pun intended) is how I feel my best, and that pampering yourself is a good thing. In more recent years, I received a foot spa (the Conair) to use at home.

At Reviewed, I focused on products designed to pamper us, to bring us relief and joy in our everyday lives. I’m passionate about reviewing at-home spa-like products because I want you to treat yourself, too.


The Tests

I scoured the internet for a healthy variety of different features and price points. The list of test subjects ranged from a $16 bucket with zero bells and whistles to a $180 “spa-quality” bath with water jets, heat, motorized massage rollers, a remote control, and red lights (that supposedly boost circulation).

As the heat of the water is paramount to the benefits of a foot soak, I filled each bath with hot water from the office sink and then plopped three heat sensors inside. One went in the shallowest part of the bath, one in the deepest part, and one right underneath my big toe.

These sensors gauged how the baths retained heat throughout the 30 minutes (or longer) I was soaking my feet. If the bath had special features (heat, vibration, light, massage rollers), I slowly added in the settings, allowing each one a full 10 minutes to see if it affected the water temperature in the bath and to evaluate the experience subjectively.

Reviewed’s senior scientist wrote a list of questions about the overall bath experience. These included the feel of the water and how soothed I felt, alongside practical concerns like portability. Since many of these questions are subjective, I answered them for myself and then called for reinforcements.

We selected the top four foot spa choices from my testing and asked four Reviewed coworkers to test each one for 15 minutes each. These testers came with their own preferences: Melissa has ticklish feet, Lee has colder feet due to reduced circulation from his diabetes, Kyle doesn’t like any massage rollers, and Betsey is down for all of it. They answered the same survey questions I did, based on their own experiences with the foot spas.

I also tested how easy each one is to clean. The cleaning instructions were similar, making it easy to standardize the cleaning tests. I washed the basin with a sturdy paper towel soaked in water and dish soap. I rinsed the basin a few times to fully rinse the soapy water, then dried it with another towel.

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Melissa and Lee test the Kendal Foot Massager and Prospera PL028 Pure Calf and Foot Spa.

What You Should Know About Foot Spas

Foot Spa Temperature

The foot spas we test offer options ranging from “no heat at all” to “temperatures up to 122 degrees Fahrenheit.”

Dr. Miguel Cunha, a podiatrist and the founder of Gotham Footcare in New York City, suggests keeping the bath between 92 and 100 degrees, especially if you have any ailments that make you sensitive to heat. “Anything above 100 degrees is considered unsafe for people with certain conditions, such as poor circulation, diabetes, and pregnancy,” he says.

Short-term benefits of foot spas

Foot spas feel pleasant and soften skin, but they also promote circulation in the feet. This can relax muscles, and reduce strain swelling. “Our veins become progressively more tired as the day goes on because of the accumulative effect gravity has on fluid retention in our lower extremities,” says Cunha.

When we heat up our feet, like in a foot spa, the veins dilate. This increases blood flow to deliver more oxygen, nutrients, and growth factors (vitamins or hormones that stimulate growth in living cells).. In turn, that soothes achy muscles and tendons. To enhance the short-term experience, you can even add bath salts—also called Epsom salts—to reduce swelling and alleviate stress.

Long-term benefits of foot spas

The benefits of a foot spa may appear temporary—soak your feet and get instant relief. But as Cunha says: “The long-term benefit is the stress relief...if a foot spa helps you reduce your stress levels, then the benefit of a regular foot spa is worth it in the long term."

Meet the tester

Jessica Kasparian

Jessica Kasparian

Beauty Editor

@jkasparian_

Jessica writes and edits beauty content as a member of Reviewed's commerce team and manages a beauty TikTok called Beautorial. She's spent four years testing makeup, skincare, hair care, and body care products, and she acts as Reviewed's beauty expert.

Jessica represented Reviewed's beauty section at CES in-person and virtually for four years, and she was nominated for and graduated from the Gannett Emerging Leaders 2021-2022 program.

Jessica holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Emerson College, and she's written for Scary Mommy, 7News, Boston.com, Citizine, and Boston Common Magazine.

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