{"id":1080,"date":"2013-07-08T07:20:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T21:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hypervibe.com\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2026-04-29T01:26:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:26:05","slug":"vibration-machine-cost-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hypervibe.com\/au\/blog\/vibration-machine-cost-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s a Fair Price for a Vibration Machine?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vibration machines cost anything from a few hundred dollars to over twenty thousand dollars. Why is there such a large price difference, and does choosing a more expensive machine automatically mean it\u2019s going to perform better than a less expensive one?<\/p>\n

In other words – Do you really get what you pay for?<\/strong>
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\nFor the most part, \u201cYes\u201d<\/strong> you do but there are quite a few exceptions to watch out for if you really want to spend wisely, particularly in the $1000 – $3000 price range.<\/p>\n

Pay A Little<\/strong>
\nAt the low end of the price scale, you find low-acceleration<\/strong>, home-use, mass-produced vibration machines; what some may call \u2018massage machines<\/strong>\u2019 as that is about all they are good for.<\/p>\n

Pay A Lot<\/strong>
\nAt the high end of the price scale you find high-acceleration<\/strong>, commercial-use, made-to-order vibration machines. These are considered \u2018training machines<\/strong>\u2019 and many have research-backed evidence to support their claims of body strengthening and improved sporting performance.<\/p>\n

So the first trend you will notice is G-force or Acceleration. Generally speaking:<\/p>\n

The more money you spend, the more G-force you get.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is one notable exception to this rule. If you didn\u2019t know How To Choose A Vibration Machine you could potentially spend many thousands of dollars for what is actually just a low-powered \u2018massage\u2019 machine. Pay a lot and get a little<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Conversely it is not possible to pay a little and get a lot<\/strong>. There are no high-performance machines available for under $2000; machines which are capable of producing:
\n\u2605 More than 10G<\/strong> of Acceleration, and
\n\u2605 Vibration Frequencies in the range of 20-45Hz<\/strong><\/p>\n

In our Whole Body Vibration Buyers Guide<\/a>, 41 vibration machines covering the entire range of prices were professionally tested by independent engineering companies to determine maximum performance ability. This graph shows the average G-force scores found in each price category:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe more you spend, the more G-force you get\u201d appears to be true.<\/p>\n

However, this next graph shows the individual G-force scores of each machine and now the (good and bad) exceptions start to stand out:
\nThe machines with faded bars were not capable of producing between 20-45Hz. more<\/p>\n

Firstly you might notice that our Hypervibe Performance<\/strong> machine (the tallest green bar) is the stand-out in the $1000 – $3000 price category. It has a G-force score comparable with machines that cost up to five times as much. In relative terms you actually can pay a little and get a lot<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

If you were to take that tallest green bar away however what would be left? Twenty of the remaining twenty-one green bars are all approximately equal in height to the blue \u201cunder $1000\u201d bars. This means that in all of those twenty machines you really are paying a lot to get a little<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

When you also consider that of the twenty-two machines in the $1000 – $3000 category, the Hypervibe Performance machine was the only one capable of:
\n\u2605 More than 10G of Acceleration, and
\n\u2605 Vibration Frequencies in the range of 20-45Hz<\/p>\n

It should make you think carefully before buying a home-use machine, particularly if you are after high-performance health benefits!<\/p>\n

Home vs Commercial Use<\/strong>
\nIs it worth venturing into the $10,000 – $20,000 price range? Will it give you access to significantly greater health benefits than a sub-$3000 Hypervibe machine? For the most part, \u201cNo\u201d.<\/p>\n

The main benefits offered by highly expensive commercial-use machines are increased:
\n\u2605 Machine Size
\n\u2605 Durability<\/p>\n

Commercial machines are often made-to-order using heavier, more expensive material capable of withstanding the heavy traffic expected in a gym or vibration training studio.<\/p>\n

If you want a machine so the family can get in shape at home it is not necessary to spend more than $3,000 to own a solid, highly effective vibration training machine that will bless you with health benefits for many years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vibration machines cost anything from a few hundred dollars to over twenty thousand dollars. Why is there such a large price difference, and does choosing a more expensive machine automatically mean it\u2019s going to perform better than a less expensive one? In other words – Do you really get what you pay for? report For the most part, \u201cYes\u201d you do but there are quite a few exceptions to watch out for if you really want to spend wisely, particularly in the $1000 – $3000 price range. Pay A Little At the low end of the price scale, you find […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10124,"featured_media":1313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-1080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vibration-machines","tag-complete-wbv-series"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypervibe.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypervibe.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypervibe.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypervibe.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypervibe.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypervibe.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23169,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypervibe.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080\/revisions\/23169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypervibe.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypervibe.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypervibe.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypervibe.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}