Start with the price, then check what it covers
Recovery gear in this category spans an unusually wide price band. Across the listings we track, entry prices run €6.13 to €3,332.45, so the cheapest option and the priciest sit far apart and are aimed at different jobs. Rollga starts at $9.49 for single foam rollers, Manduka starts at $54 in the yoga mat collection, and Teeter starts at $349 for full machines such as inversion tables and cross-trainers.
The pattern matters more than the numbers. Rollga and Manduka sell equipment you use on your own body between sessions, while Teeter sells larger machines you own outright and store at home. Membership costs are $0 at Rollga, $0 at Manduka and $0 at Teeter, and none of the three require a membership, so the entry price is the whole recurring cost.
The Massage guns and recovery rankings put these brands in price order if you would rather see the spread before reading further.
Warranty length is the clearest reliability signal
Every product category carries a warranty, and the length varies more than most shoppers expect. Warranty terms in this data run 1 year to lifetime, from a single year at the short end to a term measured in decades at the long end. Teeter offers 5 years of warranty on its machines, which is a standard mechanical commitment rather than a generous one.
Manduka covers its products with a lifetime warranty, and Rollga does not offer one. If a roller or massage tool is the kind of thing you will drop, drag or use outdoors, that difference is the single most useful reliability fact on this page. Read it against the price: a low-cost foam roller that carries no warranty is a consumable purchase, while a higher-priced machine backed by 5 years is an investment.
The Rollga review and the Teeter review set out how each brand handles support and returns if something fails.
Check the returns window before you commit
A longer returns window gives you time to actually use the equipment before deciding. Teeter allows 90 days, Rollga allows 60 days, and Manduka allows 30 days, which is the shortest of the three.
Manduka publishes the same figure for money-back and returns, so the two periods line up. All three brands are headquartered in the US, and all three sell direct, which means the return window applies to the whole purchase rather than a third-party marketplace listing.
Weight limits only matter if you are near the limit
Some recovery products have a published maximum user weight and some do not. Teeter states a maximum user weight of 136 kg on its inversion tables, which is a hard limit on a machine where your full bodyweight loads the frame. This is the kind of specification to check before anything else, because a machine outside its rated limit is unsafe rather than merely uncomfortable.
For hand-held and self-massage tools from Rollga and Manduka, no maximum user weight is published, which is expected: nothing about rolling a foam roller along a calf depends on your weight. If a listing you are considering does publish a limit, treat that number the way you would treat Teeter's, as a ceiling rather than a guideline.
Look at what each brand actually makes
Product types tell you whether you are shopping for a tool or a machine. Manduka's range is listed under recovery, Rollga covers recovery and strength, and Teeter spans cross-trainer, rower, strength, home-gym and recovery. Teeter is the only one of the three with a full home-gym range, and it is also the only one with a screen, at 9 in, while Manduka lists no screen.
A screen on a machine typically reflects a console for guided workouts rather than anything specific to percussion recovery, so treat it as a machine feature rather than a recovery feature. Foldable matters for storage: all three brands list foldable designs, so none of them forces a permanent footprint, though an inversion table still needs ceiling clearance to swing.
Shipping reach and delivery thresholds decide the total cost
Where a brand ships changes the delivered price even when the sticker price is identical. Manduka ships to the widest set of markets of the three, spanning North America, Europe and much of Asia and the Middle East, while Teeter lists the US market and Rollga also lists the US market. If you are outside the US, Manduka is the only one of these three with published international shipping.
Free delivery thresholds differ. Manduka's threshold is $140 and Rollga's is $99, so on a small order Rollga is the easier threshold to clear and the cheaper delivery; on a large order Manduka's higher threshold rewards a bigger basket. Teeter publishes no free delivery threshold, so budget delivery separately from the machine price.
Support reach and who you are buying from
Manduka is a brand, sold by Manduka, LLC, and Rollga is sold by Rollga LLC, so both are first-party purchases. Support options are broad across all three: Manduka and Teeter both offer email, phone, chat and a help centre, and Rollga publishes a return policy and warranty policy on its own site.
Manduka also lists a recycled certification on its products with purpose page, which matters if you want to know what a recovery tool is made of before you buy. If you want a wider set of options to compare against, the Manduka review and the WaterRower review cover brands with very different price points, and the Academy review and ProsourceFit review cover more equipment-led recovery buying.
How to make the final call
Lead with the type of device. A foam roller or similar self-massage tool is a low-cost, high-frequency purchase, and among these brands Rollga is the cheapest way in. A machine such as an inversion table is a durable-purchase decision, and Teeter is the only one of these three that makes it, backed by 5 years of warranty, a 90 day returns window and a published weight limit you can check against yourself.
Then apply three filters in order: warranty, returns window and shipping. Lifetime warranty at Manduka and a 30 day window make it the safest choice outside the US, where its market list already covers you. Rollga's 60 day window is generous, but with no lifetime warranty, buy it as a replaceable tool. Add $9.49 for a Rollga or $54 for a Manduka product to the delivery cost, and check whether your order clears the free delivery threshold before you check out.