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Portable Sauna
A concept of portable sauna is often misunderstood. Not only clients but also distributors find the term misleading. A portable sauna is a unit, which can be easily assembled and disassembled. This only includes simple tools and the time span of hour or so to perform the task. However, the technology did move forward and there are still more options to portable saunas. The inexpensive bag and dome sauna becomes a popular products for constantly moving populations.
Portable Sauna Benefits
For starters, these portable saunas are cheaper then their permanent counterparts. Also, these units are suitable to smaller rooms and more confined places. The excessively high cost to own the house forces majority of people to rent. Portable saunas are perfect for this lifestyle. In this case you invest into a product which you can take with you wherever you go.
Portable Sauna Types - The Fixed Structure
There are two types of portable saunas, which use a fixed structure: the steam units and the infrared units.
The steam portable saunas are not exactly what they were in the past.
You can generate steam using electric, gas, propane or wood fired heaters.
Usually it takes about 30 to 40 minutes to heat up the steam portable sauna.
The temperatures are usually within 60 degrees of Celsius.
The participants may manually add water to the hot rocks to artificially increase amount of the vapour.
In this case you control humidity and temperature to obtain the best results.
The infrared portable sauna does not use moisture.
These units use ceramic heat emitter of an electromagnetic energy.
This energy has the wavelength to heat up a human body but not the surrounding air.
Because there is no moisture, you can enjoy this sauna at temperatures reaching 100 degrees of Celsius.
The infrared portable saunas are cheaper to run.
There is less wastage of the energy and less time to heat up the cubicle.
These portable units are ideal for quick setup and disassembly.
There is no water, no hot parts and everything is on and off at the click of the switch.
Portable Sauna - Sauna in The Bag
These are new technological products which bring the sauna portability to the new dimension. The "sauna-in-the-bag" is in fact a portable bag or a tent. These units are great for camping and constant moving. They also improve the flexibility of sauna towards your everyday life. Some of these portable saunas are designed to fit you like a suite. Distributors claim that you can do a lot of housework duties while wearing this gadget.
Portable Saunas Prices
The conventional portable saunas can cost anything between $1000-$3000. The amount of space, strength of the heater and the finish will all contribute to the price. The new portable saunas which use bags, tents or flexible domes are cheaper. They range from $400 to $900 and are suitable to be taken anywhere.