Greg Walker
http://www.my-sauna.com
Home Saunas and Steam Rooms
Jan
22
Modern Home Saunas, Steam Baths and Steam Showers
ByWhat a better way to relax than in the comfort of your own home. If you are a passionate sauna or steam room extraordinaire, just like our Finnish friends, then home saunas and home steam rooms are just what you’re looking for. Imagine relaxing and bathing in your own personal sauna or steam room after a long and tiresome workday. Then imagine the feeling you get after releasing all the dirty toxins, chemicals and whatnot from your body coming out of the sauna or steam room. Sound appealing? Of course it does.
I’m not exactly sure of the first date a sauna was ever created but they have been in use since Greek and Roman times and quite possibly, even before that. According to many resources the people of Finland also known as the Finnish developed the first modern sauna which as you may well know requires the pouring of water onto smoldering hot rocks. Well, that time is up too. A new era has evolved and now infrared saunas are undertaking society’s markets everywhere. An infrared sauna consists of multiple infrared heaters strategically positioned inside the sauna to offer a quicker and more powerful heating experience. No rocks, no water, no steam, no mess just an electrical temperature control device on the outside and inside of the sauna. They also just plug right into the wall in a normal 110v electrical outlet. How does listening to your burned mp3s or store-bought cds on a built in cd player sound at the same time your working your sauna sweat? Thought so.
Well if you’re still reading I suppose I peaked your mind a little bit. That’s just saunas… What do you do exactly when you leave a sauna, all covered in sweat? I bet you want to take a nice relaxing cool shower to wash all those bad toxins away. Well, showers have come an extremely long way too and now the typical modern shower includes functions we never thought of. How does a hydrotherapy foot massage sound? Or a water acupuncture back massage? Well these and many other features including telephone support are built into showers nowadays.
Overall, experiencing the relaxed and soothing feeling a sauna or steam room environment provides you with can enlighten you and will ultimately make you just feel plain better. I guarantee it.
1 Comments
February 7th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
To begin, a traditional Scandinavian style sauna does not require the pouring of water over the sauna stones. This is an option, and doing so creates a wet, or steam, sauna experience. Omitting the water is fine too, and will result in a dry sauna, with no steam or moisture what-so-ever.
As for infrared saunas, if you’re looking for a true sauna experience you’re not going to find it here, and we’ve heard of many people wanting to turn their infrared sauna into a more traditional enclosure – which almost all of the time is impossible. Infrared saunas don’t get nearly as hot as a traditional sauna, and the ability to sprinkle water over the sauna rocks is taken away. We’ve heard the infrared sauna heaters equated to space heaters, and can’t count the number of times we’ve heard the owners of such spaces express their disappointment.
If you’re going to buy a sauna, do your research, and make sure you’re fully informed so you don’t end up regretting the decision you make.