Head to head · Brand level
Neither brand is the honest one and neither is the evasive one. Each is more forthcoming than the other in a different place, and which of those places matters depends entirely on what you are buying. Hyperice prints FDA clearance numbers you can look up and no warranty term at all. Therabody prints a warranty on every product and no clearance number on any of the nine products where it makes an FDA claim.
Hyperice K-numbers published
8
Therabody K-numbers published
0
Hyperice warranty terms published
0
Therabody warranty terms published
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Side by side
| Measure | Hyperice | Therabody | What it decides |
|---|---|---|---|
| FDA clearance numbers | Published — K220217, K221666, K240122 among eight on record | None published on any of nine products making an FDA claim | Hyperice, decisively |
| FDA claims on uncleared products | Makes none | Six products say FDA Registered — a facility listing, not a device review | Hyperice |
| Warranty term | Not published on any product page, including the $1,549 Full Body | 1 year, stated on every product | Therabody, decisively |
| Percussion rate | 1500–2500 RPM on the Hypervolt 3, 3 Pro and Go 3 | Published only on the two Minis; absent on the other seven Theraguns | Hyperice |
| Amplitude and stall force | Not published | Not published | Neither — a category-wide gap across 13 models |
| Best-documented product | Hyperice X 2 Knee — all fifteen settings published with figures | TheraFace Depuffing Wand — six temperatures in both scales | Both can do it when they choose to |
| Least-documented product | Hypervolt 2 — no percussion rate | TheraCup — no temperature, suction, speed, runtime or weight | Therabody's gap is the larger one |
| Compression clearances | Every current Normatec cleared, numbers printed | JetBoots PRO Plus cleared, K241256 | Both cleared; only Hyperice prints the number on the page |
| Compression specification | Normatec 3 — five gapless zones, 40–110 mmHg, seven levels | JetBoots PRO Plus publishes no pressure, chambers, runtime or weight | Hyperice, for the $1,149.99 model |
The call
Buy Hyperice for compression
Every current Normatec is FDA cleared with the number printed, and the specification is complete: zones, pressure range and level count. Therabody's $1,149.99 JetBoots PRO Plus is cleared under K241256 and publishes no pressure figure, no chamber count, no runtime and no weight.
Buy Therabody for the warranty
Hyperice publishes no warranty term on any product page. If cover matters more to you than a clearance number — and for a percussion device, where nothing is cleared anyway, it reasonably might — that is a real difference and it runs the whole catalogue.
Read the FDA badge carefully either way
Six Therabody products carry an FDA Registered badge and three say FDA Cleared. None of the nine publishes a K-number. Registration means a company filed a listing; clearance means the FDA reviewed a submission and issued a number anyone can look up. Our guide on the difference is worth five minutes before you spend $450.