How Is An Infrared Sauna Different From Other Saunas?
Traditional saunas, also called rock saunas or Finnish Saunas, use various types of heaters to warm the air and stones in a room. Stones placed over the heat source attain a high temperature. Heat is maintained by the stones. Stones are usually peridotite as they are heat stable. In a traditional sauna the air temperature typically runs between 169 to 190 °F (76 to 88 °C), though temperatures over 200 °F are sometimes encountered. The hot air causes the body to heat up, and eventually results in a sweat. Water is thrown on the stones to achieve a “steam shock”. When the heat becomes intolerable one cools down under a cold shower or, as in Finland, by jumping into a frozen lake, or perhaps, most delicately, one rolls in powdery snow. Then one repeats the process to satisfaction. An infrared sauna uses newer technology like ceramics to newer carbon heaters that create infrared waves that heat your body directly, instead of just by the air. The temperature in them is much cooler, at aroun
