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She has also written for a variety of publications including Business Insider, Glamour, Bustle, Metro, HuffPost UK, gal-dem and more. If on-the-go-massages are on the agenda, there's a slick, lightweight carry case that will fit neatly into your gym bag or suitcase. The accompanying app is excellent too, and offers personalised routines according to your needs – it can even control the gun’s speed via Bluetooth, so you can really relax. Opt for a gun that comes with a choice of massage heads, from the standard ball attachment to thumb, wedge and cones for trickier and more sensitive areas.

In the box, you’ll find a whopping five different attachments (we loved ‘the fork’ for relaxing your spine or working on your Achilles) and there are five speeds to play around with. Our Good Housekeeping Institute fitness expert put a range of top massage guns from leading brands to the test on their sore muscles and found the best to suit all needs and budgets. It is a hefty machine, which means it can get a little heavy, but it certainly goes big on power (especially on the higher speed settings). You get four interchangeable massage heads to target different muscle groups, it packs a considerable punch and our expert raved about how well it glided over their muscles.It doesn’t seem quite as powerful as some of the other guns we tried, so we nearly always used it on the highest setting, but it’s great for a quick blast after the gym to prevent muscles getting tight. It should come with instructions for safe use, but, in short, don't turn it up to full and stick it on your neck! If you’re willing to splash some cash on a massage gun that will deliver long-lasting results, consider this serious bit of kit.

Despite being light enough to carry about with you, the Bob and Brad Q2 Mini Massage Gun is actually surprisingly heavy and solid for its size, weighing 435g.

It proved extremely powerful and effective, gliding across skin without pulling for a relaxing massaging experience. The attachments are simple to swap and the novices among you will appreciate the accompanying videos that show you how to use each head properly. Bob and Brad are Bob Schrupp and Brad Heineck, and if you haven't heard of them yet they're well-known physical therapists.

One of the attachments recently became loose and would not stay on, I contacted vendor support, and after a few quick communication, a brand new unit was sent my way, including a new massage gun. There's just one button on the compact, rubberised unit itself, and it acts as an on/off switch at the same time as controlling the intensity of the vibration. I've never used a massage gun before, so when the opportunity arose to test one I was more than a little intrigued.Simply start a session and it will tell you which attachment to use, where to pummel, which motions to follow and for how long. The best massage guns make the perfect pocket-friendly substitute for a private masseuse, so it's no surprise they've taken the fitness scene by storm in recent years. This massager reaches 45C in seconds and we found it incredibly effective at soothing our muscles after a workout and just helping us to relax after a day at our desk. For each, we judged how easy it was to use and control, if it moved smoothly over our muscles and how comfortable we found the gun to hold. Though this was one of the least expensive massage guns we tested, it got a huge thumbs-up from us for being the easiest to use on our back.