Ownership

Buying a used or discounted recovery device

The two things that protect you are the serial number and the published specification. Where a manufacturer has stopped publishing specs — as Hyperice has for the Hypervolt 2 — a seller's claims cannot be checked against anything.

Undocumented

01 MODEL

Warranty transfers

CHECK

Serial

REQUIRED

Spec check

USE IT

CHECK THE CLAIM AGAINST THE PAGE

The most useful thing you can do with a listing is compare it to the manufacturer's own specification. If a seller says a Hypervolt 3 does 3200 RPM, the Hyperice page says 1500–2500 and the listing is wrong. If a seller quotes an amplitude figure for any Theragun or Hypervolt, it is invented, because no model from either brand publishes one.

THE MODEL YOU CANNOT VERIFY

The Hypervolt 2 is the exception, and it matters here. Hyperice's page for it now carries a struck-through price and marketing copy with no speeds, no rate, no runtime and no weight. Nothing a seller tells you about a used Hypervolt 2 can be checked against a manufacturer figure, because there is no longer one to check against.

BEFORE YOU PAY

Ask for the serial number and photographs of it, not just of the device.
Ask where and when it was bought, and whether they still have proof of purchase.
Ask whether the warranty transfers — for Therabody products that is a one-year term from original purchase, so a two-year-old unit has none left.
For anything with a battery, ask how old it is. Neither brand publishes a cycle rating, so age is the only signal you have.
Match the model generation. Theragun Mini Gen 3, Prime Gen 6 and Sense Gen 2 are current; older generations share names and different specifications.

Worth knowing

Generation naming is a genuine trap on the Theragun line. Prime and Prime Gen 6 are not interchangeable in a listing, and a seller may not know the difference themselves.