PRESIO
Our story
Pro recovery, without the pro budget
A family business, founded by Harry Macaffrey and run with his wife Maria.
Who
I’ve never made a living from sport. I did it because I loved it: midweek runs, a marathon every autumn, fitted around a full-time job. PRESIO was founded in 2021 in Manchester, and it’s still run by a team small enough that the person answering your emails has worn every model.
Why
The hard part was the day after. Stiff legs on the stairs, sessions skipped because the last one hadn’t settled. The pros I followed had a physio, a recovery room and those long inflatable boots you see in every changing-room photo. Twice I got as far as the checkout, and twice I closed the tab: a price built for a club budget, or alternatives sold on promises nobody could verify. I was convinced a serious amateur deserved a professional’s evening routine — without a sponsor to pay for it.
How
So I did what an amateur does. I ordered compression systems, tested them on my own legs, sent some back, and wrote to the factories with questions they weren’t expecting from a buyer. Today, our systems are made in England, at our own factory in Manchester. For each of our three models we publish the numbers that matter: pressure range, pump noise, weight and warranty. Every kit ships with a colour-screen controller you can work one-handed, a remote and a carry bag — so the whole routine happens from your sofa.
The team
A family business
Harry & Maria — the couple behind every parcel
Harry Macaffrey
Founder — product & testing
Maria Macaffrey
Co-founder — customers & dispatch
Who it’s for
You train hard several times a week, around a job and a life — and you want Monday’s session to stop deciding whether Wednesday’s happens.
Harry MacaffreyFounder, PRESIO