Archive for March, 2006

Brochures timeline of Health Mate

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

I discovered this pretty brochures timeline on the renewed Health Mate website some time ago. It was really interesting for me to look back to 1979 year and look on the first Health Mate brochure cover. There are presented all their brochure covers from 1979 to 2004. Nothing extraordinary, just some old pages scanned and […]

Infrared sauna and health: Part 1. Is there benefit in infrared sauna?

Saturday, March 11th, 2006

In the modern world sauna is surrounded with an aura of health, beauty and relaxation. Many articles and books agree that sauna (sweat lodge, thermae, hammam, banya – substitute what you like) was used by Finnish (Indian, Ancient Greek, Turkish, Russian) people from ancient time to modern days and was a proven way to become […]

List of infrared sauna manufacturers is updated

Friday, March 10th, 2006

The list of infrared sauna manufacturers was expanded and updated. Instead of just listing manufacturers with links to their main pages, it now contains manufacturers’ names, addresses, phones, emails and other contact information that has been made publicly available. Number of listed manufacturers increased from 8 to 14.
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Infrared sauna dome

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

Infrared sauna dome is another wide-spread infrared sauna type. It is usually designed as two domes, one dome is a little smaller than other and two domes can be folded in one to take less space when infrared sauna is not used. One takes the sauna lying on a supplied mat, while domes heat the […]

Heavenly Heat Saunas review

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

Heavenly Heat Saunas is a well-known sauna manufacturer in environmental medicine circles, as it is popular between environmental health doctors and clinics.
The main thing by which Heavenly Heat Saunas differ from other infrared sauna manufacturers is that they offer a line of saunas which combines usage of infrared and conventional steam heaters. They suggest that […]

Why infrared sauna consumes less electricity

Saturday, March 4th, 2006

In a recent comparison of infrared heaters with electrical stove I showed that infrared sauna consumes 4-5 times less electricity than conventional sauna. In this post I will explain why it is so and how it follows from the basic physical principles.
There are three ways heat can transfer from its source (heater) to surroundings (sauna). […]