Light Massage Table

[Erica =)]

Hi,

I mainly do mobile work and thinking about replacing my current table which weighs about 16kg. Probably my limit for lugging up and down stairs (although clients like it as it is very comfortable cf other tables used by mobile therapists).

I'm thinking about replacing it with a 'featherlite' table which has a mesh base rather than plywood under the foam. This means that there is a little bit of give in the base (but the plus is that it only weighs 10kg). I've tried lying on them and it feels pretty comfortable.

Info on the one I'm looking at is at
http://firm-n-fold.com.au/store/ultra-featherlite-adjustable-height-p-65.html.

My concern is that the give in the mesh base would reduce some of the impact of deep work.

Does anyone have any experience of using these tables/any comments.

Regards
Richard

 

[itisabeccathing]

Light Massage Table

(although clients like it as it is very comfortable cf other tables used by mobile therapists).

I get the same comment all the time with my table! Makes you wonder what most people are using!

Sorry, can't help with the mesh, no experience with that, though the fact you can't have a face hole would make me hesitate a bit - sometimes with outcalls there just isn't enough room for a face cradle.

 

[Linz]

Hadn't considered that but I currently use a face cradle and haven't run into the problem of not enough space (although I did do one job where the only way to fit was to have the client's head/shoulders in a bedroom and her feet in the hallway).

Cheers
Richard

 

[Tmucho]

Did you ever get one of the tables with the mesh base? If so, how is it going? Any problems? Is it OK for deep tissue?

(they don't seem to have the product you linked to on the website anymore, and the Featherlite now is 12kg, not sure if that means the mesh base is no more....)

 

[oops]

No. I procrastinated (well funds weren't available). I was in the Firm n Fold shop last week getting my current table fixed and noticed that there weren't any ultralite tables (but didn't ask why not). Looks as though they may have stopped making them.

Another therapist I work with has a mesh based table (made by Meridan) which she finds fine although not too sure about how deep she works. However Meridan apparently don't make them any more so makes me wonders if there have been any problems (or simply that there is insufficent market).