The 4 Best Massage Guns of 2025
Therabody Theragun massage guns
The Therabody Theragun Elite is a souped-up, more expensive version of the Therabody Theragun Prime. Compared with the Prime, it has five attachments instead of four, a higher stall force (40 pounds versus 30 pounds), and an OLED display (instead of LED lights). Those upgrades might be valuable to some people, but we found the overall experience of the Elite and the Prime to be similar, and we concluded that most people would be satisfied with the Prime.
The Theragun Prime Plus is another upgraded version of the Theragun Prime, highlighted by its attachments for heated massage (you can also buy an additional attachment for cold therapy). The Prime Plus has a more compact grip than the Theragun Prime. But although we found the Prime Plus to be a little quieter than the Prime, unless you really desire a heated massage, the Theragun Prime does the job just as well for about $100 less.
The Theragun Pro Plus incorporates infrared LED light therapy, and special attachments for vibration therapy and heat therapy (the company claims heating can reach 131 degrees Fahrenheit). These features are controlled on an LED screen on the handle of the device, and you can use five other attachments (dampener, standard ball, thumb, micro-point, and wedge). Though the wave of heat felt nice during a massage (you can adjust the temperature or turn this feature off by cycling through the LED screen), we don’t think heat and infrared therapy justify spending almost twice as much as the Theragun Prime we recommend. We’ve also seen customer reviews claiming their Pro Plus batteries didn’t hold a charge.
The Theragun Relief is the least-expensive massager in Therabody’s line, and it’s lighter than other models at just over 1.3 pounds. It has three speeds, which are adjustable by an easy-to-maneuver button on the back of the device, and three attachments: dampener, standard ball, and thumb. We found that its battery drained quickly. Listed as lasting two hours on a full charge, the massager regularly came in well under that time.
If you seek a massage gun experience built around relaxation just as much as pummeling away at your muscles, the Theragun Sense may be for you. The Sense has visually guided routines and breathing exercises that are supposed to add a layer of calm to a massage (instructions appear on a small monitor on the back of the gun, with additional feedback available when connected to the Therabody app). A finger sensor located on the inside handle also provides a fairly accurate heart rate reading; it stayed within 5 bpm of readings from a heart rate monitor during our testing. Our testers enjoyed the guided routines, as the clear directions made recovery sessions feel more thorough. But for a massage gun so targeted at being a calming device, we found the sound a big detractor. When oiled, the Sense is fairly quiet — you can still hear a TV at standard volume while using it. But we found it gets louder and rattles quickly; we had to oil it more frequently than the company suggests. We also found the battery life to be shorter than the listed two hours; we rarely reached an hour when using the device for guided sessions. The Sense has four attachments (dampener, standard ball, thumb, micro-point) and five speeds.
The rest
The Aduro Percussion Massage Gun is the cheapest of the massage guns we tried, and in our tests it showed. The body felt plasticky. The four, hard-plastic attachments felt cheap — the flat version had a small but sharp irregularity — and its overall iffy quality knocked it out of contention.
The Compex Fixx 2.0 Massager has a multi-grip handle reminiscent of the the handle on the Therabody Theragun Prime. Weighing about 3 pounds (the heaviest of the models we’ve tested), it can be difficult to hold. Instead of buttons, it has an adjustment dial, which we had a hard time controlling. It has a decent two-year warranty, and the neck can move into three different positions. But overall it felt plasticky, and our struggles with the adjustment dial threw us off.
The Renpho R4 Pro Massage Gun has a curved neck that can adjust into five positions, but it was hard to move — we had to either use two hands or brace the device against the body and adjust from there. A couple of times, its large foam ball attachment began to pop out at the machine’s highest speed.
The TimTam All New Power Massager (currently out of stock) was so loud and so intense, it felt like something out of a horror movie. The massage gun comes with just one attachment (a hard ball), and it has the lowest continuous battery life (40 minutes) among our test group. It no doubt has its fans, but one of our notes sums it up: “This thing is nuts.”
The Vybe Premium Muscle Massage Gun is nearly identical to the Ekrin Athletics B37, save for a few key features: It has a lower stall force (30 pounds versus 56 pounds), a shorter amplitude (10 mm versus 12 mm), and a less generous warranty (90 days versus lifetime). Still, it is comfortable to use.
This article was edited by Ellen Lee, Tracy Vence, and Kalee Thompson.
