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The Best Foot Spa Is a Bucket of Warm Water

Remon R.
Last updated: 2023/09/22 at 6:33 PM
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After trying four popular at-home foot spas, I concluded that they are generally not worth the roughly $70 investment: A bathtub or a bucket of heated water will work just fine to soothe and soften your feet.

Some experts advise against a water soak before painting fingernails or toenails, as water makes the nail swell and can lead to the varnish chipping when the nail dries back to its normal size. For many people, though, the best part of the pedicure experience is the soak, for pampering tired feet at the end of the day or for softening corns and calluses before a good buffing.

You can use any large-enough vessel to soak your feet, no specific equipment required. However, some people prefer a dedicated foot soak bucket, like this tall, sturdy one from Inomata.

This bucket is especially nice if soaking your feet becomes a daily or weekly habit. It’s tall, sturdy, and easy to carry even when filled.

If you know you’ll enjoy a continuously warm soak at home, don’t want to be tied to a tub or other source of hot water, or want to give one of these devices to your most calloused loved one, MaxKare’s Foot Spa Massager (14 rollers) might be worth the investment to you. It provides consistent water heating and a halfway-decent foot massage, which the bucket you might also use to mop with likely does not.

The MaxKare foot spa, shown filled with water.
It might be worth upgrading to a powered foot spa if you don’t want to be tied to a source of hot water. Photo: Sarah Kobos

If you’re sold on a foot spa, this powered bath provides consistent water heating, pleasant bubbles, and a halfway decent massage. It’s fairly noisy, though.

I tested four top-rated models, including Amazon’s three top sellers: the Conair Foot and Pedicure Spa with Vibration and Heat, the MaxKare Foot Spa Massager (four rollers), and the MaxKare Foot Spa Massager (14 rollers). I also tested the Kendal All-in-One Foot Spa Bath Massager, which The Strategist and The Spruce both recommend. I used each model for up to three hours, evaluating the (subjective) usefulness of features such as water circulation, heating, and vibration or massage.

The best feature these baths can offer is sustained heat and the fleeting thrill of some bubbles. But of the four I tested, only the MaxKare models were able to genuinely produce heat, whereas the Conair and Kendal foot baths could only maintain the initial water temperature. The MaxKare models’ heating mechanisms, located in the middle of the basin, can get very hot within minutes, which can be uncomfortable—if not searingly painful—on the insides of your feet. Both foot baths can reach 118 °F, but I tapped out at 105 °F (plenty hot for my taste) even with the bubbles circulating the water more evenly. According to MaxKare, the minimum heated water temperature is 95 °F.

I struggle with plantar fasciitis and was personally seeking a solid set of massage rollers that could offer intense pressure. Although the rollers on the Kendal model offered decent pressure on the muscly parts of the sole of the foot, each foot bath’s removable rollers can be attached in only one fixed spot; if your sore feet aren’t the exact right size for the rollers to hit that sweet spot, you’re out of luck.

The best feature these baths can offer is sustained heat and the fleeting thrill of some bubbles.

The MaxKare Foot Spa Massager (14 rollers) is the only option I tried that offers the best of both worlds: a legitimate heater that keeps the water warm and a decent set of rollers to engage the muscles in your foot. (The other MaxKare model I tested offers the same heat settings but fewer rollers, and none ideally situated.)

If you can handle trading in the ethereal spa music of your local salon for a laughably loud hum (video), and you want a shallow basin perfectly shaped for feet, go for it. For now, though, I’m holding on to my $70, grateful that closed-toe shoe season is finally here.

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Remon R. September 22, 2023 September 22, 2023
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