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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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For each balance sheet presented, the amount of accumulated amortization for capitalized computer software costs.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2022 USD ($) Segment shares	Jan. 02, 2021 USD ($) shares	Dec. 28, 2019 USD ($) shares	Feb. 01, 2021
Business Description And Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of operating segments \| Segment	2
Cost of sales	$ 757,965,000	$ 561,297,000	$ 484,588,000
Advertising Expense	$ 15,800,000	$ 11,600,000	5,200,000
Original maturity date of cash and cash equivalents	three months or less
Warranty expense, average rate	2.00%	1.70%
Portion of warranty expense related to issuance of product	$ 3,000,000.0	$ 3,800,000	2,700,000
Servicing warranty claims	$ 19,200,000	11,700,000	10,600,000
Lessee, operating lease, option to extend, description	Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease.
Operating lease existence of option to extend	true
Lessee, operating lease, option to terminate, description	Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease.
Operating lease existence of option to terminate	true
Capitalization of software	$ 31,800,000	30,400,000
Accumulated depreciation of capitalized software	29,000,000.0	25,300,000
Amortization expense for capitalized software	3,700,000	4,100,000	$ 2,400,000
The amount of insured limit exceeds by the balance	89,000,000.0	$ 96,100,000
Material liability for unrecognized tax benefits	$ 0
Weighted average diluted shares outstanding excluding underlying securities \| shares	0	23,000	74,000
Minimum [Member]
Business Description And Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Warranty periods	1 year
Warranty period of the majority of products sold	1 year
Maximum [Member]
Business Description And Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Warranty periods	10 years
Warranty period of the majority of products sold	3 years
Lessee, operating lease, option to extend, description	5 years
Lessee, operating lease, option to terminate, description	1 year
ECO [Member]
Business Description And Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Business combination, percentage of ownership stake acquired	75.00%			75.00%
Shipping, Handling and Distribution [Member]
Business Description And Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Cost of sales	$ 62,400,000	$ 39,300,000	$ 38,300,000