The Hyperice Venom Back is quite unlike your ₹1K supermarket heat belts. It’s intelligent enough to not toast your back. The Venom Back has a set duration for which it runs (around 10-15 mins) after which it shuts down automatically. It also takes a break from roasting your back by turning off the heat. So even if you want a steady supply of warm and tantalising vibrations on your back, too much of it is also not good. At least in steady supply. In a single session with the belt, the Venom Back will pause the heat bit every now and then and only supply vibration for about a minute or so before kicking in the toasty feeling again. This lets the thing run optimally and also not tandoor your delicate skin.
The three levels of heat are 1 (55℃), 2 (63℃) and 3 (72℃). Meanwhile, the three types of vibrations are Wave, Pulse and Constant. You can choose to have only vibration and none of the heat or all of the heat and none of the vibration. It’s all simple and intuitive from the touch-sensitive panel. The panel also auto-locks the touch so you can wear the belt and go about your day without worrying about accidentally touching it. There’s a tiny button on the side to enable/disable the touch panel and also a power button on the bottom of the round block.
A single session is good for relaxing your lower back muscles. Especially if you’re training in the gym or you’re hitting an age where your bones crack faster than beer cans. Office crowd and gamers like us will also appreciate the portability of the Venom Back. Although the steep price gives us heartaches as much as we have backaches. But hey, at least there’s a device to solve one problem, right?
