Infrared sauna temperature and time

Many people, when they’re first buying an infrared sauna, learn that they function at far lower temperatures than traditional saunas. Such traditional saunas include a Finnish sauna, for instance.

While I’m later going to break the exact numbers down, this blog post explores the topic of what infrared sauna temperature is best.

You’ll get all the answers on this topic you need. First of all, let’s look at the temperature differences between different saunas:

Temperature Of An Infrared Sauna Versus Regular Sauna

In the past, I’ve written an extensive blog post called How Hot Is A Sauna?

- Differences Between Dry Saunas, Finnish Saunas, Steam Rooms, And Infrared Saunas. In that blog post, I argued the following (1; 2; 3; 4).

• Dry saunas have maximum temperatures of 80-90 degrees Celsius, combined with low humidity
• Finnish saunas use maximum temperatures of 100-110 degrees Celsius paired with high humidity
• Steam rooms have maximum temperatures of 40-45 degrees Celsius, with maximum humidity.

These traditional sauna models work by heating up the air around you.

That air th

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