Archive for February, 2007

Infrared sauna review: CarbonFlex IG-520 by Saunatec

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Talking about new infrared sauna brands which use flat carbon sheets as a heating element in their saunas, a new line of infrared saunas, CarbonFlex from Saunatec clearly worths mentioning. I want to remind you, that Saunatec saunas are sold internationally by a group of companies which brand them under their own product names. These […]

Brighton Sauna discloses construction details for their heaters

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Not so long ago I’ve noticed the Brighton Sauna website has added details on internals of ceramic heater used in their saunas. Since companies don’t usually write about the nature of their far infrared heaters, I’ve thought it can be interesting:

Brighton Sauna does not use carbon heaters in our infrared saunas. We use ceramic heater […]

Smell of wood is important for sauna experience

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

Typical wood in an infrared sauna is not covered with any polish or paint, and it will smell naturally. Different woods have smells of many tones and intensities, from strong-smelling cedar to the mild smell of poplar. A smell thus becomes one more factor in a choice of wood for a sauna. Obviously, no definite […]

Infrared sauna review: Eacon 002

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Infrared sauna from EaconSauna are manufactured in China and I actually count is as a plus that they are saying it clearly on the website, while many other sauna companies do not like to disclose the origin of their sauna. English language on the website is somewhat awkward, it is apparent that is was written […]

Wood for infrared sauna as a toxin and source of allergy

Monday, February 12th, 2007

In our ordinary life we rarely need to think about hazards that wood in our furniture exposes. If you don’t have allergies of high sensitivity for different biological of chemical substances you will probably won’t have any medical problems with sauna wood. But if you have allergies, you should be aware, that in closed heated […]

Infrared sauna review: Waterstar 2-person (WSD-8002LD)

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Getting to Asian models, which become more and more widespread in recent time, I’m going to review Waterstar infrared sauna brand, which is manufactured in China, and is very popular among infrared sauna dealers, probably because of good price/quality value.
Waterstar brand includes many models, with both carbon and ceramic heaters. One of this models […]