Don't have AMEX. And did note that comment in other posts on this topic. 3 year warranty if hassle free would be sufficient for me to try. Air Relax only has a 1 year warranty and $40 per year for additional years. Though I think that Air Relax would be of better quality than the Vive for $275 which is made in China. It would be nice to have them both to compare since that way you can really see the quality. Though then you would probably need to return one. I may just spend the extra money and go with the Air Relax. But Amazon third parties do sometimes have good warranties that are hassle free with no shipping cost. What good is a warranty if you have to pay for shipping and that can be $60? Plus take weeks. And then if they send it back "repaired" and it fails soon again? Would like to avoid those hassles. Thanks for mentioning that there aren't many reported fails. Though will take in consideration that is just because Air Relax is new, nobody in the forum on this topic may have tried Vive, and most the pros use Normatec.

Some concerns were the stitching. That can fail. Or the "glue" used to hold the chambers together. That can wear and fail. One little hole, be it a puncture or other hole, and that chamber is useless. It is hard to tell in a picture, but to me it looks like the Air Relax is far better quality than the Vive. They do not list the materials used for the boots or for the pump. The hoses look similar but one could be much better quality materials. I have bought Chinese products that looked the same as others but fell apart due to cheap materials. Though sometimes it is okay. Many athletic shoes for example are manufactured in China now. Though unless the customer stipulates particular quality control or material use, the manufacturer may use less expensive or cheap materials to cut costs.


Also, in terms of the pressure rating, I'm not sure that I would go by it for comparison. Since I have found that in products made in China that they often will report a product as having XYZ properties when it does not really have that. For example, with flashlights they sell cheap ones that are advertised as 10,000 lumens. But when you get them, they are more like 350-400 lumens! I think that the same may be true of the pressure ratings. So even though it says 250mmHg, you would really have to compare it to the Air Relax side by side with a trial to see if the Vive 250mmHg is equal to, less than, or greater than the 240mmHg of Air Relax. It might be that Vive 250mmHg = 180mmHg on Air Relax for example. And it also depends how they programmed the controller of the air pump. Maybe one has a better ramp up, and a more effective hold. While the other may be too quick to get good fluid moving through the legs. I tend to agree with another post that says that they found little data on the use of sequential air compression systems. You kind of have to try it to see if it works for you.


The hose attachments probably aren't compatible. Though if they were, Air Relax also has a Shorts option for another $250. Though as Thomas said about longer boot sizes, it may interfere with the "boys". Looks to me like it goes right over the groin area. But they must have thought about that and it is chamber free.

https://air-relax.com/...cts/air-relax-shorts