Mainly male waxing, what couch?

[Ditzy]

Hi all!

I'm soon going to be set up in a small room in a hairdressers which has mainly male clientele. I'm going to do a few beauty treatments but the main one is going to be waxing, and I think lots of the clients will be male.

Will I need a more heavy duty massage couch? If so, can you reccommend one? The owner of the salon will be buying it, and he's rather careful with money, but obviously I need one that's up to the job!

Thanks

 

[Apex73]

Hi,
most couches seem to take approximately 20 stone of weight, so unless you are likely to have very big men in, I'd have thought any decent couch would be ideal.
I got mine from the un-mentionable auction site of badness, & it cost me approx £60.
I love my couch, it makes me happy.

 

[Susie H]

I got mine from Therapy 2000, Welcome to Therapy 2000
They have a clearance and offers section, mine had been used once during the London Marathon and was reduced from £250 to £99 my hubby is a big man and so is my daughters fella and they both said its a very comfortable couch and it didn't have any probs taking their weight.

 

[TheBack&Beyond]

Hi I bought one of these since it was the lightest portable one I could find. It is billed as a massage table - so it is super strong.

They seem like lovely people to deal with too!

Portable Massage Therapy Couches, Craniosacral & Reiki Tables & IPM Training Centres UK

 

[fozzyo]

I always urge people to be very careful when choosing a massage table!!

This is what your client is going to be lying on for the whole duration of a treatment - maybe even several hours! If they aren't comfortable they aren't going to want to come back.

I have an Earthlite table that cost me not far off £300 ... I won't have any other table now!!

Some things to bare in mind:

1. It must be height adjustable
2. It must be well padded and comfortable to lie on
3. It must feel solid when the client lies on, turns over, moves about etc

I could never buy a massage table without trying it out! Otherwise how would you know the answer to these questions?

If it is to be used in a salon treatment room then you don't need to look at a lightweight table. Personally I don't like them that much because they don't look / feel sturdy to me.

Mat