“Really pleased at my initial impression. If I don’t update the review, than my opinions are unchanged. Great build quality, with a very solid feel. I borrowed a friend’s massage gun, and became sold on the benefits, especially for sore muscles and joint areas. His was about 1/2 larger and sells for $35 on its perpetual sale, but shows as about $100 for normal price. Without a doubt, this massager is better. I prefer the more compact size, yet stronger massage and greater head travel. It is also significantly quieter. I can use this while watching TV, and NOT adjust the TV volume. I found the loaner to be hard to use watching TV, even if turned up. I also see now that I prefer the 5 gear speeds/power steps, to some model’s and my friends, 30 steps. It becomes more of a chore to adjust the intensity. When you spread the 2000 additional revolutions over 30 steps (starting at usually about 1000 at level 1), your talking about a pretty imperceptible difference per step. This massager decides the into 5ths, and it is perfect IMO. I also like the inclusion of a couple of stainless steel heads for use with massage oils. Very nice and useful feature. The case with this is very nice, and has a nice feel of rigidity. I think it is very much worth the price premium for the quality I can see between this and the cheaper one (which didn’t even have a case, so my friends keep it in the product box - not very convenient). The $20 bill for scale.”