How we compare
Every compression boot on this page works exactly the same way. A pump pushes air into chambers that squeeze your leg from the foot upward, then releases. That is all any of them do. The mechanism has been used in hospitals for decades and nobody owns it.
So the difference between £249 and £1,045 is not the mechanism. Here is what each brand charges, and what the extra money actually buys.
What each brand charges in the UK
| Brand | Model | UK price |
|---|---|---|
| Evening Legs | Evening Legs Compression | £249.00 |
| Pulsio | Compression | £299.99 |
| Pulsio | Compression PRO | £399.99 |
| Therabody | JetBoots Prime | £469.00 |
| Compex | Ayre Compression Boots | £499.99 |
| Air Relax | PLUS 3.0 | £599.00 |
| Air Relax | 4.0 PRO | £1,045.00 |
Taken from pulsio.co.uk, therabody.co.uk, compex.com and air-relax.co.uk. Go and check them. If any have changed, tell us and we will correct this page.
What the extra £350 is buying
Not a better squeeze. These things.
- A warehouse. Stock sitting in a UK distribution centre. Rent, staff, insurance, and money tied up in machines nobody has bought yet.
- Shops. When a boot sells through a department store or a sports chain, the retailer takes a large share. The price has to carry that even when you buy direct.
- Sponsorships. The big names sponsor teams and athletes. That is a serious annual cost and it is inside the price of the boots.
- A range, and the staff to run it. Twenty products, product managers, offices. We sell one thing.
- Unsold stock. Whatever does not sell gets written off against whatever does. Nothing of ours sits still.
And ours is guaranteed longer than any of them
- Three years. Pulsio, the closest to us on price, give you one. If ours stops working, we replace it.
- Ninety nights. Pulsio give thirty days. Use it every evening, and if it has not helped, send it back.
- We pay the postage both ways.
The one thing you give up
You wait two to three weeks. We do not hold stock, and that is precisely why there is no warehouse in the price. Your machine is ordered the day you order it and comes to you direct.
That is the whole trade, and it is the only one we are asking you to make.