Did you think your sauna prayers were answered when The Pod Company (podcompany.com) announced their new “sauna:” a 185 F hot air sauna pod? No more of those stupid steam booths that reach only 113 F, not to mention even more ridiculous infrared box costumes. Finally you can somewhat affordably get a portable dry sauna…
If you’re a (soon-to-be) sauna owner, you may have wondered which sauna accessories to get. Maybe you agree that a sauna bucket, ladle, and thermometer are must-haves, but what about cutesy sauna stones, headrests, ice crystals, and sausage pipes? (Don’t worry, I’ll introduce all these later). Some people love gadgets and being sold to, whereas…
If you’ve heard about a sauna company called Relax Sauna, then you’re most likely aware of their marketing lingo too: vibrating water molecules, resonating energy microns, and the poisonous gases in your cells. I come across terrible and inaccurate sauna information every day: plastic booths posed as saunas, infrared sauna scams, perverse sauna preferences disguised…
Most people, maybe you too, approach saunas asking rather specific questions: While questions like these sound sensible, there’s one huge underlying problem: asking how long you should sit in a sauna or how to sauna for weight loss or detox, for instance, doesn’t make sense when you don’t know how to sauna in general. This…
If your interest in saunas started on YouTube, chances are you heard about them from the Stanford professor, neuroscientist, and popular YouTuber/podcaster Dr. Andrew Huberman. (Or Joe Rogan, but that’s another article for another day.) Huberman has not only talked about saunas but has “created” three sauna protocols. Two of them make sense somewhat; the…
Can I paint my sauna is a question many sauna owners ask at some point. While you certainly can in many cases, it would often make more sense to ask whether painting a sauna is something you should do. When talking about an outdoor sauna and its exterior, then the answer is a definitive YES….
Whether wood-burning or electric, sauna heaters are used with sauna rocks, but why? And how to ensure you’re choosing the best sauna stones and thus, getting the most out of your sauna? And wouldn’t it be great if you could pick the stones yourself from the outdoors? (Read on before doing that!) In this article I’m…
Let me guess. When you google dry sauna vs. wet sauna, you not only want to know what these concepts mean and the differences between them, but you’re also interested in knowing which one is better and which one you’d prefer either at the gym or as a home sauna. If that’s you, it’s understandable…
If you know a thing or two about saunas, you may have heard that people in Japan are interested in the Finnish sauna more than ever before. I recently read an article that confirms this: sauna in Japan is a booming trend that has nearly 17 million (!) sauna-goers learning how to pour löyly (Finnish for…
So you’ve been thinking about getting a sauna of your own? Or at least you’re curious about what types of saunas for home the current selection has to offer to a sauna-goer like you? Great, you’ve come to the right place! In this article I will list and discuss sauna types and some of their…