How to choose a foot bath?

Foot soaking can promote blood circulation in the feet, improve local metabolism, relieve body fatigue, and adding some Chinese herbal medicine when soaking feet can have a good therapeutic effect on many diseases of the body. If you can choose a suitable foot soaking basin when soaking your feet, it will make soaking your feet more convenient and the effect will be more obvious.

1. Safety first

A footbath is a hybrid electrical appliance that combines water and electricity, and the human body is in direct contact with the water in the basin when it is powered on. Therefore, safety naturally becomes the first issue to be considered when purchasing a footbath. Currently, there are two types of heated foot baths on the market: direct heating and indirect heating. The direct heating type generally places the energized electric heating tube, thermocouple, or electromagnetic tube directly into the foot bath water for heating. This heating method has potential safety hazards when the anti-leakage device ages or is damaged, and it is difficult to be foolproof. Indirect heating method refers to the use of steam heating method. This method uses steam to conduct heating in water, which can ensure that the foot bath water does not contain any electrically conductive objects, completely eliminating the risk of leakage, and is foolproof and safe. Therefore, we should choose a steam-heated foot bath to ensure complete safety.

2. Easy to use

Daily foot bathing at home requires repeated filling, pouring, and cleaning of water. Therefore, it is very important whether the footbath is convenient to use. Currently, the footbaths on the market can be divided into two types according to their structure: single-body type and split-body type. The single-body type means that the water container part and the main unit part are connected as one. The split type means that the water container part and the host part are separable (similar to the structure of an electric rice cooker). The single-body water dispenser must be lifted up together with the main unit, which is heavy and inconvenient to use. In addition, it is difficult to clean and disinfect the water-containing part after use. The upper basin can be taken out when the split footbath is filled with water, and the upper basin can also be completely immersed in water for disinfection and cleaning, which is convenient and quick. The split structure can also be equipped with multiple upper basins, so that family members can use them separately without worrying about virus transmission. Therefore, it is more convenient and hygienic to buy a footbath with a split structure.

When choosing a foot bath, you can also combine the above methods according to your preferences. If you use it with your family, it is best to disinfect the foot bath to avoid cross-infection of bacteria or fungi on the feet, which greatly increases the probability of certain diseases in the body.